Men often experimented with condomless sex before it became The fact of repeatedly having condomless sex helped men loseĬonfidence is and I have been doing unprotected sex for a long time To relying on an undetectable viral load to prevent HIV transmission. Interviewees talked about factors that helped them get used In negotiating unfamiliar territory, partners usually understoodĮach other’s concerns and desires, and made compromises when the other had particularly Try sex without condoms, HIV-negative partners were equally willing to return Just as HIV-positive partners were willing to please their partner and It tended to be the HIV-positive partner who wanted to return toĬondoms.
Some couples tried sex without condoms, then went back to One partner living with HIV said:ĭecision, but the ball was pretty much in his court” HIV-negative partners ultimately made the decision because they were the ones Though couples agreed together to stop using condoms, Own sexual health, so as to absolve their HIV-positive partner from feeling Many asserted their responsibility for their Partners that they were making a well-informed decision and that they wereĬonfident in what they were doing. The HIV-negative partners often needed to reassure their Next HIV test and I was a bit anxious about it.” To fuck me without condoms and I wasn’t prepared to let him because I was scared.īut he was insistent, and I did want him to do that anyway. Often apprehensive, as one of them explained: Initiated or suggested sex without condoms. In general, it was the HIV-negative partner that
Through their connections to information sources includingĭoctors, specialist websites, peers and the Opposites Attract study staff,Ĭouples learnt about the possibility of relying on an undetectable viral loadĪs a prevention measure. He would push my hand away or push my head away.” You or you don’t want to touch it.” would be precautionary… ForĮxample, he would warn me. Participation was not restricted to couples with any particular HIVĬumming, both of us would go, “We need to manage this. Partner had HIV and the other did not (‘serodifferent’ or ‘serodiscordant’Ĭouples). Opposites Attract enrolled gay male couples in which one Couples could be encouraged to negotiate a clear, spokenĪgreement, similar to the ‘negotiated safety’ agreements that are promoted toĬouples who have other sexual partners, they argue. Organisations could help couples to navigate the issues by describing ‘viral Philpot and colleagues suggest that health promotion Although the first results of the PARTNER study hadĪlready been publicised at the time of the interviews (2015-2016), the studyĭemonstrates that applying scientific data to one’s own life is not always a People who have an undetectable viral load do not transmit HIV to their sexual Steven Philpot of the Kirby Institute interviewed 21 men whoĪttract – one of the pivotal studies which demonstrated that HIV-positive In the protective power of an undetectable viral load is also strengthened by receiving consistent test results after repeated condomless sex, according to a qualitative study recently published in AIDS and Behavior. With HIV-positive and HIV-negative members of serodifferent couples. Having a relationship based on trust, commitment andįamiliarity helps Australian gay men rely on undetectable viral load as a means of HIV prevention, according to interviews
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