CONSUMO DE MÍDIAS SEXUALMENTE EXPLÍCITAS E SEXO ANAL DESPROTEGIDO EM HOMENS QUE FAZEM SEXO COM HOMENS

Anderson Martins; Artur Acelino Francisco Luz Nunes Queiroz; Alvaro Francisco de Sousa; Oleci Pereira Frota; Telma Maria Evangelista de Araújo; Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes; Inês Fronteira

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.1081

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Anderson Martins Instituto Integrado de Saúde. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8969-6627
Artur Acelino Francisco Luz Nunes Queiroz Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6350-1908
Alvaro Francisco de Sousa Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2710-2122
Oleci Pereira Frota Instituto Integrado de Saúde. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3586-1313
Telma Maria Evangelista de Araújo Universidade Federal do Piauí
Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
Inês Fronteira Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Lisboa, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.1081

Keywords:

Audiovisual Media, Sexual Behavior, Unprotected Sex, Condoms, Sexual and Gender Minorities

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of sexually explicit media (MSE) consumption of the "bareback" type in the practice of anal sex without a condom by men who have sex with men (MSM). To this end, a Facebook® page was created, with a link that directed participants to the study questionnaire. Users who identified themselves as cisgendered men, aged 18 or over and who had sex with another man in the 12 months prior to the survey were included. Data were collected in 2017 across Brazil and analyzed using univariate and bivariate inferential statistics and multivariate logistic regression. 2248 MSM participated in the research, with a mean age of 24.4 years. Most were single (69.1%), with casual sexual partner (68.9%) and an average of 3.9 partners in the last 30 days. Have multiple sexual partners (ORa: 9.4; 95% CI 3.9-22.4), prefer films with bareback scenes (ORa: 2.6; 95% CI 1.5-4.6), judge this practice a fetish and perform it (ORa: 3.52; 95% CI 2.3-5.4), have casual partnership (ORa: 1.8; 95% CI 1.5-1.9) and awareness of the partner's negative serological status for HIV (ORa: 1.4; 95% CI 1.1-2.3) were factors that increased the chances of engaging in anal sex without a condom. Thus, we verified an association between the consumption of MSE in the "bareback" modality and the practice of sex without a condom among MSM.