0038/2021 - Sexualidade e prevenção entre homens que fazem sexo com homens nos contextos das pandemias de AIDS e da Covid-19 Sexuality and prevention among men who have sex with men in the context of the AIDS and Covid-19 pandemics
Este ensaio reflete sobre práticas sexuais e prevenção nos contextos das pandemias de AIDS e da Covid-19. Analisa dados coletados no âmbito de uma pesquisa etnográfica sobre vulnerabilidade e prevenção ao HIV entre homens que fazem sexo com homens da Região Metropolitana do Recife. Os resultados apontam para a relevância da aparência corporal e da vinculação afetiva entre os parceiros no engendramento de emoções que mediam a lida com risco de infecção em ambas as pandemias. Sinaliza para a necessidade de incorporar essas dimensões comunicacionais em materiais informativos, de modo a torna-los mais eficazes.
This essay thinks about sexual practices and prevention in the contexts of the Aids and Covid-19 pandemics. It analyzes data collected as part of an ethnographic research on vulnerability and HIV prevention among men who have sex with men, in the Metropolitan Region of Recife. The results show that body stylizations, nuanced by affective bonds with the partners, produce emotions which mediate the unprotected sex. It signals the need to incorporate these communicational dimensions in informational materials, in order to make them more effective.
Keywords:
Homosexuality, body stylization, Covid-19, AIDS, Prevention, Sexuality.
Sexuality and prevention among men who have sex with men in the context of the AIDS and Covid-19 pandemics
Resumo (abstract):
This essay thinks about sexual practices and prevention in the contexts of the Aids and Covid-19 pandemics. It analyzes data collected as part of an ethnographic research on vulnerability and HIV prevention among men who have sex with men, in the Metropolitan Region of Recife. The results show that body stylizations, nuanced by affective bonds with the partners, produce emotions which mediate the unprotected sex. It signals the need to incorporate these communicational dimensions in informational materials, in order to make them more effective.
Palavras-chave (keywords):
Homosexuality, body stylization, Covid-19, AIDS, Prevention, Sexuality.
Rios, L. F.. Sexualidade e prevenção entre homens que fazem sexo com homens nos contextos das pandemias de AIDS e da Covid-19. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/Fev). [Citado em 17/09/2024].
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