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Title: Experiencing Release: Sex Environments and Escapism for Hiv-Positive Men Who have Sex with Men.
Author : The Journal of Sex Research
Release Date : January 01, 2005
Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
Pages : * pages
Size : 221 KB

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Sexual behavior is often driven by nonsexual motivations, such as the need for socialization or to alleviate negative affect (Gagnon & Simon, 1973). A corollary of this principle is that research on sexuality should pay particular attention to the motivations that people have for seeking out sexual experiences. It also follows that there will be differences in the ways in which concrete aspects of sexual situations (e.g., type of partner, presence or absence of substances, setting) relate to each other. Thus, differences in motivations will have implications both for understanding sexuality in general and, more pragmatically, for studies seeking to understand sexual risk. Parsons et al. (2004) recently outlined how alcohol played different roles in the sexual behavior of HIV-positive men who have sex with men. The desire to escape from stressful thoughts and feelings related to HIV was one of the principle motivators for combining alcohol use and sexual activity. Although many of these HIV-positive men reported using alcohol to facilitate escapism during sexual activity, in some situations, sexual behavior was actually an unintended outcome of using alcohol to cope with other stressors, particularly related to HIV.