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Pratiche sessuali a "rischio" in un campione di lavoratori sessuali italiani. Dai copioni sessuali tradizionali all'attore sessuale neoliberale?

Bacio, Marco LU and Rinaldi, Cirus (2022) In Salute e Società 21(2). p.114-130
Abstract
In this article, we deal with the so-called "risky sexual behaviours" and the spread of HIV/AIDS among the community of MSM (men who have sex with other men). For a long time, both the sociological analysis and the medical and epidemiological approach studied the behaviour of the gay population as “inherently” more problematic in terms of spreading the human immunodeficiency virus. For these studies, even more dangerous are those men who sell sex and sexual services. Starting from a sample of twenty-one male sex workers in Italy and of the use or misuse of condoms during encounters with their male clients, this contribution will try to understand how "risky sexual practices" (like barebacking or doing sex without a condom) are written and... (More)
In this article, we deal with the so-called "risky sexual behaviours" and the spread of HIV/AIDS among the community of MSM (men who have sex with other men). For a long time, both the sociological analysis and the medical and epidemiological approach studied the behaviour of the gay population as “inherently” more problematic in terms of spreading the human immunodeficiency virus. For these studies, even more dangerous are those men who sell sex and sexual services. Starting from a sample of twenty-one male sex workers in Italy and of the use or misuse of condoms during encounters with their male clients, this contribution will try to understand how "risky sexual practices" (like barebacking or doing sex without a condom) are written and rewritten. From the sexual script theory to the recent advancement in medicine in the fight against HIV/AIDS (like TasP and PrEP) that shape and reshape how sex is performed, moving from the “gay plague” to the “Truvada whore” and from traditional sexual scripts to the neoliberal sexual actor. (Less)
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Sexual practices at "risk" in a sample of Italian male sex workers. From traditional sexual scripts to a neoliberal sexual actor?
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male sex workers, sexual scripts, HIV/AIDS, condom, safe sex, risky sex
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Salute e Società
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21
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2
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17 pages
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FrancoAngeli Edizioni
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1723-9427
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10.3280/SES2022-002009
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Italian
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  author       = {{Bacio, Marco and Rinaldi, Cirus}},
  issn         = {{1723-9427}},
  keywords     = {{male sex workers; sexual scripts; HIV/AIDS; condom; safe sex; risky sex}},
  language     = {{ita}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{114--130}},
  publisher    = {{FrancoAngeli Edizioni}},
  series       = {{Salute e Società}},
  title        = {{Pratiche sessuali a "rischio" in un campione di lavoratori sessuali italiani. Dai copioni sessuali tradizionali all'attore sessuale neoliberale?}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/SES2022-002009}},
  doi          = {{10.3280/SES2022-002009}},
  volume       = {{21}},
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