Bareback is a term that originated in gay slang to describe acts of unprotected anal sex. The term's usage however, has crossed-over to more mainstream slang to describe any type of penetrative sexual act without the use of a condom. Gay slang (sometimes gayspeak[]) in linguistics refers to a form of English slang used predominantly among LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people. ... Unprotected sex refers to any act of sexual intercourse in which the participants use no forms of protection from sexually transmitted diseases. ... Roman men having anal sex. ... A 67 m long condom on the Obelisk of Buenos Aires, Argentina, part of an awareness campaign for the 2005 World AIDS Day A condom is a type of funky rubber hat that you can wear on your head. ...

Background

Before the discovery of HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s, anal sex with and without condoms was not distinguished (in communication) among men who have sex with men (MSMs). While there were STD prevention campaigns that encouraged condom use, most gay men saw a trip to the clinic for antibiotics as an easy solution to any negative consequences. However, as the understanding of pathways for the transmission of HIV/AIDS was further understood (see HIV for more information), researchers encouraged condom usage as an effective way to reduce HIV transmission. The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Men who have sex with men (MSM) is a term used to identify men who have sex with men, but may or may not self-identify as gay or homosexual. ... (STDs) — also known as sexually transmissible diseases, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or (infrequently) venereal diseases (VD) or social disease — are diseases or infections that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of sexual contact, vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and/or anal sex. ... Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is a retrovirus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. ...

The gay male community, having been affected the most by this pandemic, mobilized quickly and the practice of unprotected anal sex quickly became taboo within the community. This was the time, when the need for a term to describe the difference between "protected" and "unprotected" sexual acts arose. Homosexuality is considered taboo in many cultures around the world. ...

Barebacking as a practice is claimed to have become increasingly common again among MSMs in the mid-1990s. ^{[citation needed]} Reasons for this belief are widespread, and include correlations based on: an "upswing" in the level of new HIV infections amongst gay men in younger age groups cited by the CDC and WHO, a more public presence of "bareback" literature, personal ads, and publicity of rebellious attitudes towards the practice. Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... CDC is an abbreviation which can mean any of the following: Canucks Dot Com Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Communicable Disease Control Community of Democratic Choice, a group of nine Eastern-European states Change data capture, in data warehousing Clock Domain Crossing, or simply clock-crossing in computing Cedar... Who can refer to: WHO, World Health Organization The Who, a British rock band The Guess Who, a Canadian rock band who (pronoun), an English language interrogative pronoun. ...

Gay columnists and editorializers in The Advocate, Genre magazine and Out Magazine during the late 1990s and into the new millenium have made several claims as to why barebacking in first-world nation gay communities as a practice, re-surged in the 1990s. The Advocate (ISSN 0001-8996) is a US-based LGBT-related biweekly news magazine. ... December 2005 cover of Genre magazine Genre magazine (ISSN 1074-5246)is New York city-based monthly periodical written for gay men. ... Out is a popular gay magazine. ...

1. The advent and relatively noticeable success of protease inhibitors and other drugs for treating HIV infections has changed the perception of HIV infection from an untreatable terminal illness to a treatable chronic malady.
2. Decreasing effectiveness of health education messages in the gay community fails to promote condom use (see condom fatigue).
3. Methamphetamines have become akin to a "drug of choice" within gay male (and other) populations; individuals under the influence of meth are less likely to be concerned over potential hazards of their behaviour.
4. Gay men with opposing beliefs about the practice of barebacking get "more publicity" about their feelings than in the past.
5. Bareback pornography is available and contributes to the apathy and romanticization of the practice.

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Controversy

Bareback sex by gay men is controversial both inside and outside the gay community. Some condemn barebacking and barebackers because they believe that the practice has caused upsurges in of STIs and HIV infections among young people and has given bad publicity to the gay community. ^{[citation needed]} Sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), also known as sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs), are diseases that are commonly transmitted between partners through some form of sexual activity, most commonly vaginal intercourse, oral sex, or anal sex. ... Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is a retrovirus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. ...

Other commentators say that the publicity that barebacking has received is disporportionate to its pervasiveness, and that any focus by news media or epidemiologists on barebacking has more to do with stereotypes of gay men as promiscuous and irresponsible, along with the larger culture's fear of gay male sexuality, instead of any real change in what gay men are doing. The latter group of commentators may also argue that adult men should be able to engage in the consensual acts of their choosing without permission or apology. This argument ignores the wider societal consequences of bare-backing in maintaining and spreading HIV.

Bareback has become a fetish among some in the gay community. In addition to bareback pornography (see below), there are websites and discussion boards on the Internet devoted exclusively to barebacking that feature pictures of men engaged in bareback sex, personal advertisements of men seeking bareback sex with other men and erotic short stories involving barebacking. This subculture has developed its own slang terms, such as "breeding" (ejaculation inside the rectum of the receptive participant), "charging up" (the same as breeding, but the male doing the ejaculating is HIV+), "Russian Roulette party" or "conversion party" (a group sex party attended by HIV positive persons and HIV negative persons, the latter taking the chance that they may become infected with HIV). Despite this linguistic evolution, it remains the case that bare-backing is a minority activity amongst the gay population and most gay men are ignorant of such related-slang.

Bareback in popular culture

Bareback gay pornography exists, with some bareback films portraying ejaculation in the rectum or on the anus of the models in the films. There are a number of gay pornography studios that produce bareback films. Cobra Video, Hot Desert Knights and Treasure Island Media are just a few of the studios located in the United States. A number of Eastern European studios supply the increasing demand from homosexual men in North America and Western Europe for bareback pornography, including SEVP and Eurocreme and Czech producers who supply footage to Hot Desert Knights for their "international line". These studios and the stars of their films have often come under heavy criticism for showing, and perhaps romanticising, bareback sex, particularly to young gay men. However, proponents claim the films actually keep barebacking to a minimum in the gay community by providing men with a visual substitute for the actual act. Pornography (from Greek πόρνη (porne) prostitute and γραφή (grafe) writing), more informally referred to as porn or porno, is the representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... The Cobra Video logo Cobra Video is an American company specializing in the production of gay pornographic films. ... Treasure Island Media is a San Francisco-based gay pornography studio founded by the infamous director Paul Morris and specializing in bareback and swallow videos and DVDs. ...

Some bareback pornography studios say that they do not inquire whether their models are HIV positive, but assume that they are. Other bareback studios claim that they test their models for HIV antibodies and only hire models who are HIV negative. ^[1]

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Heterosexual bareback

Condom use amongst heterosexual people has dramatically increased during the last 20 years as groups respond to health messages about HIV/AIDS prevention^{[citation needed]}. In some groups, the use of a condom has become the norm, and the use of the word "bareback" has gained utility as a way to describe sex without a condom, especially between anonymous or casual partners.

Anonymous or casual heterosexual sex without a condom has not created the moral panic that gay barebacking has. This can be attributed to the fact that gay men have become more organized in STD awareness with the onset of the AIDS crisis during the 1980s and many have developed a strong moratorium on sex without a condom for matters of safety. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Social mania. ...

Bareback and prostitution

In the sex trade, the willingness to bareback is a selling point for sex workers to their clients. In heterosexual prostitution many experienced clients seek out a "girlfriend experience (GFE)." Many prostitutes are willing to perform a bareback blowjob (BBBJ) because it is less risky than other forms of unprotected contact with body fluids. Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Oral sex consists of all the sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, etc. ...

Notes

1. ^ For example, Hot Desert Knights (HDK) is one of the studios that assume that all of their bareback models are HIV positive. Adams, J.C. (2002). “The Adams Report: The GayVN Awards Show Highlights” at http://www.grabbys.com/columns/c2.0216.adams.report.html quotes Jackson Price, the then director of casting for HDK as saying “we assume everyone is positive" and that HDK does not require disclosure of any model's HIV status. In contrast, Bel Ami Video is one of the studios that claim to test their bareback models for HIV before allowing them to participate in condom-free scenes. A notice on the Bel Ami website at http://www.belamionline.com/vodstore/condomfree.asp states “all our performers are regularly tested for the presence of HIV or other communicable diseases”.

See also

• Crystal methamphetamine and sex

Crystal d-methamphetamine hydrochloride (commonly known as crystal meth, crystal, or just meth) is the crystalline form of methamphetamine, a powerfully addictive stimulant drug often used recreationally as a party drug. ...

External links

Research Article about Bareback Published 1st April 2005 [1] Bareback can refer to riding horses without a saddle Unprotected sexual activity, sexual activity in which a condom is not used. ...