Bareback Sex — Part I
Before the mainstream wakefulness of HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s, anal sex with and without condoms was not as widespread in communications among men who had sex with the same sex. Sexually transmitted disease (STD) deterrence campaigns persuaded condom use but an importance arose once spread of HIV/AIDS was somewhat understood. Researchers promoted condom usage as an effective process to reduce HIV transmission. Condoms are now known to be an effective barricade against HIV, as well as to herpes simplex, CMV, hepatitis B, chlamydia and gonorrhea. The gay male community, having been affected the most by the pandemic, mobilized rapidly and the practice of unprotected anal sex instantly became taboo within the community.
Posted: March 14th, 2008 under Information.
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