Bareback (sexual act)
Bareback sex is physical
Etymology
An LGBT slang term, bareback sex comes from the equestrian term bareback, which is the practice of riding a horse without a saddle.
It is not known when the term (as sexual slang) was first used, although its use did gain momentum in the 1960s with the first appearance in print (as analogous reference) occurring in 1968.
The term appeared occasionally in print until the 1980s and then in context to the AIDS epidemic and the discussion of sexual practices. It did not have widespread use in LGBT culture until 1997, when there was an increase of discussion regarding condomless sex (as reflected in print publications).[7]
The term bareback sex is now used less frequently among heterosexuals.
History and culture
Initially used for
Resurgence and stigma
A resurgence of barebacking in first-world gay communities during the 1990s has been a frequent topic for gay columnists and editorialists in
Academic works suggest that barebacking is a way to reach for transcendence, to overcome the boredom of everyday average life in a hyper-rationalized society.[14] Some men are dispensing with condoms in the context of seroconcordant sex (sex between two men of the same HIV status). Early articulations of barebacking generally refer to sex between two HIV-positive men, whereby barebacking could be considered an early harm reduction strategy, similar to serosorting, which was later endorsed by some public health authorities in the USA.[11]
Bareback sex has also become more acceptable since the introduction of
A 2005 study by Perry N. Halkitis concluded that the resurgence of barebacking led to an increase in sexually transmitted infections among the MSM community. The study found that of the 448 men who were familiar with barebacking, nearly half reported they had bareback sex in the last three months. In the San Francisco study, fewer men reported engaging in barebacking when the behavior was defined as intentional unprotected anal intercourse with a non-primary partner. Using this definition, 14% of the 390 men who were aware of barebacking reported engaging in the behavior in the past two years. Halkitis and Richard Wolitski also found that HIV-positive MSM were more likely to have bareback sex than were HIV-negative MSM.[15] A 2016 study by Joseph Brennan used textual analysis to read discourse on gay pornography performer Jake Lyons and his decision to perform for bareback studios. Brennan explored the stigma attached to the practice, in particular narratives of 'disposal and disgust' that became associated with the performer, and contributed to a decline in his career.[16]
Gay pornographic films
Bareback gay pornography was standard in "pre-condom" films from the 1970s and early 1980s. As awareness of the risk of AIDS developed, pornography producers came under pressure to use condoms, both for the health of the performers and to serve as role models for their viewers. By the early 1990s new pornographic videos usually featured the use of condoms for anal sex. However, beginning in the 1990s, an increasing number of studios have been devoted to the production of new films featuring men engaging in unprotected sex.[17] For example, San Francisco-based studio Treasure Island Media, whose work focuses in this area, has produced bareback films since 1999. Other companies that do so include Spunk Video, Lucas Entertainment, SEVP, and Eurocreme. Mainstream gay pornographic studios such as Kristen Bjorn Productions have featured the occasional bareback scene such as in "El Rancho" between performers who are real-life partners. Other studios such as Falcon Entertainment and Spunk Video have also reissued older pre-condom films.[18] Also, mainstream studios that consistently use condoms for anal sex scenes may sometimes choose editing techniques that make the presence of condoms somewhat ambiguous and less visually evident, and thus may encourage viewers to fantasize that barebacking is taking place, even though the performers are following safer-sex protocols. (In contrast, some mainstream directors use close-up shots of condom packets being opened, etc., to help clearly establish for the viewer that the sex is not bareback.)
Some bareback pornography studios say that they do not inquire whether their models are HIV positive, but assume that they are infected. For example, Hot Desert Knights (HDK) was one of the studios that initially operated on the assumption that all of their bareback models were HIV positive.
Health risks
In addition to sexually transmitted infections, mechanical trauma are the same as in
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-415-25937-8,
Bareback – to engage in sex without a condom.
- ISBN 978-0-7890-2174-8. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-135-27287-6. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ^ Rosenberg, Bernard and Joseph Bensman (1968). "Sexual Patterns in Three Ethnic Subcultures of an American Underclass". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (376): 70.
Risk or no risk, boys are generally hostile to the idea of prophylaxis. One objection is phrased purely in terms of the pleasure principle, most colorfully by a Chicago boy who explains why he never uses anything like a rubber, 'I tried it once. It's like riding a horse with a saddle instead of bareback.'
- ISBN 978-0-89950-465-0.
(under "Ride Bareback") "GI slang for having sexual intercourse without using a condom. See also p. 66 (under "Boom-Boom") "A GI that had his sex without the use of a condom was known as 'going in' or 'riding' bareback."
- ^ Wilson, Robert Anton (1972). Playboy's Book of Forbidden Words: A Liberated Dictionary of Improper English. Playboy Press. p. 20.
BAREBACK - Intercourse without any form of contraception, as in "They went at it bareback."
- ^ Peyser, Marc (September 29, 1997). "A Deadly Dance: As AIDS Cases Decline Sharply, Some Gay Men Are Returning to Unsafe Sex. They Call It Barebacking". Newsweek. 130 (13): 136.
See also The Advocate (Jul 8, 1997) p. 34 (and other various references in 1997; Out [Magazine] (6:1-6) 1997 (various references throughout.)
- ^ Mark Cichocki, R.N. "Link Between HIV Infection and Barebacking". About.com Health. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "Women, Unprotected Anal Sex and HIV Risk" (PDF). New York City Health Department. Retrieved 13 February 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Survey finds more straight women barebacking than gay men". PinkNews. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-230-23819-0
- ^ a b Finlayson, Iain (21 June 1998). "The Human Condition: Johnny be good". The Independent.
Whatever happened to that condom moment? 'Bareback', or unprotected, sex is still practiced by up to a third of gay men - because, despite the dangers, it feels liberated, sensuous and like one in the eye for 'sex police'
- ^ See Rick Sowadsky, "Barebacking in the Gay Community," The Body Archived 2008-11-03 at the Wayback Machine (May, 1999).
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- S2CID 144921474.
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- ^ Holt, Madeleine (4 March 2008). "HIV scandal in gay porn industry". BBC. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
- ^ "Bareback Classics" (FVS 301) is an example of such a re-issue by Falcon. For Spunk Video reissues, see Christopher Rage.
- ^ J. C. Adams, "The Adams Report: The GayVN Awards Show Highlights" (2002), quotes Jackson Price, the then director of casting for HDK, as saying, "we assume everyone is positive," and as implying that HDK did not require disclosure of any model's HIV status. (This report no longer appears to be available online.)
- ^ "BelAmi Video On Demand". belamionline.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- PMID 23428233.
- ISBN 978-93-5090-736-8.
Further reading
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- What Do Gay Men Want? An Essay on Sex, Risk, and Subjectivity, Univ of Michigan Pr, 2009, OCLC 262883117
- Race, K. (2010) "Engaging in a Culture of Barebacking: Gay Men and the Risk of HIV Prevention". In M. Davis & C. Squire (eds.) HIV Treatment and Prevention Technologies in International Perspective. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan ISBN 978-0-230-23819-0
- Frederick, BJ (2013), ""Delinquent boys": Toward a new understanding of "deviance" and transgression in gay men" (PDF), Critical Criminology, 21 (4): 139–149, S2CID 144114928
- Halkitis, PN; Wilton, L; Wolitski, RJ; Parsons, JT (2005), "Barebacking identity among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men: demographic, psychological, and behavioral correlates", AIDS, 19: S27–S35, S2CID 46184888
- Nicolas Sheon and Aaron Plant, "Protease Dis-Inhibitors? The Gay Bareback Phenomenon," managingdesire.org. With a long list of further references.
- Riding Bareback: A Qualitative Examination of the Subjective Meanings Attached to Condomless Sex by MSM, Bruce W. Whitehead, Journal of Sex Research (Feb 2006)
- Dean, Tim (2009), Unlimited intimacy: reflections on the subculture of barebacking, Chicago, OCLC 262429543
- Yep, Gust; Lovaas, Karen; Pagonis, Alex (2002), "The Case of Riding Bareback Sexual Practices and the Paradoxes of Identity in the Era of AIDS", Journal of Homosexuality, 42 (4): 1–14, S2CID 30371347,
Barebacking, the deliberate practice of unprotected anal intercourse, is a new reality for many gay men.
- Sharif Mowlabocus, Justin Harbottle and CHarlie Witzel, "What We Can't See? Understanding the Representations and Meanings of UAI [unprotected anal intercourse], Barebacking, and Semen Exchange in Gay Male Pornography", Journal of Homosexuality, vol. 61, no. 10, 2014, pp. 1462–1480.
- Hogarth, Louise; Hitzel, Doug, The gift, Dream Out Loud Productions, OCLC 55743841, archived from the original(DVD video) on 2008-02-07,
The Gift documents the phenomenon of deliberate HIV infection. The film follows the stories of two "bug chasers" who sought out "the gift" of HIV infection. Also interviewed are AIDS activist and author, Walt Odets, PhD, and HIV+ and HIV- men. The film explores the normalization and glamorization of HIV/AIDS and discusses the isolation and division caused by HIV status in the gay community.