Bareback sex: A conflation of risk and masculinity

International Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-191

  Holmes, Dave ^a   Gastaldo, Denise ^b   O'Byrne, Patrick ^a   Lombardo, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bareback sex; Masculinity; Public health; Qualitative research; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CANADA; COITUS; CONDOM; EDUCATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 75349086070     PISSN: 15326306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/jmh.0702.171     Document Type: Article

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