After years of activism, risk awareness, and AIDS prevention, increasing numbers of gay men are not using condoms, and new infections of HIV are on the rise. Using case studies and exhaustive survey research, this timely, groundbreaking book allows men who have unprotected sex, a practice now known as barebacking, to speak for themselves on their willingness to risk it all. Without Condoms takes a balanced look at the profound needs that are met by this seemingly reckless behaviour.
Key Features
- Compassionate and nuanced insights into the complexities of gay male culture.
- Exposes the role of the Internet and club drugs in facilitating high-risk sexual encounters.
- Challenges readers to confront the ongoing AIDS epidemic.
Additional Information
The result is a sophisticated understanding of a perplexing aspect of today's lifestyle. Michael Shernoff digs deep and forces us to see that the AIDS epidemic is not over. We must now ask the hard questions and listen to the voices that answer. The stakes are too high to ignore.
