| Room 518 | Sexuality and Relationships Thursday, July 14, 2005 Time: 2:30 PM-4:30 PM |
Relational Components, Developed by Seduction Process Between Men, Contribute to HIV Protection used during Sexual Experiences.
Emond, Gilbert 1, 1 Dep. of Applied Human Sciences, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
ABSTRACT- Importance of seduction process (or cruising, chasing, to be on the make) is valued by gay men in their sexual experience stories. When invited to tell a sex story of their choice, gay men prefer to speak about seduction (a phase starting with encounter beginnings in public space and preparing eventual sexual acts) than to speak about sexual behaviours or emotional aspects of their sexual encounter. Method: Twelve in-depth interviews with Montreal gay men analysed using a qualitative approach. They choose one of their sexual experiences as their story and indicated what references to discourses surrounding sexual relationships and gay life they consider important. A grounded theory of values and discourse markers of sexual experiences was built. Sexual experiences were selected as stories basis because, for at least gay men, they represent benchmarks in gay sexual life paths. Objectives : To understand processes and immediate context involved in stories about new gay sex encounters and, particularly, in the preparation of HIV Protection application. Four relational components are developed during the seduction process between men. Their influence is pursued till the end of the sex acts and the leaving phase. Components are: Confidence, Information, Intensity, Listening. Some other theories (Condom Negotiation, Health Belief Model) consider mostly Confidence and Information but these sole components appear to uncompletely describe the seduction process. Stories show that the same four components are involved, in a different way, in HIV protection used by participants. It is then understood that encounter beginnings and seduction phases have an impact on both the erotism of the moment and the applied HIV protection. In consequences, HIV prevention actors could use situations remembering of these components in HIV prevention campaigns. HIV Education and Prevention could be developed for gay men including a better knowledge of Confidence, Information considered, Intensity developed between men and the Listening capacity before and after sexual acts requiring AIDS protection.
Key words: gay life style, gay sexual experience, HIV protection and prevention, Confidence Information Intensity Listening