Aids prevention in a virtual environment for homosexualmen
International Journal of Development Research
Aids prevention in a virtual environment for homosexualmen
Received 18th January, 2019; Received in revised form 08th February, 2019; Accepted 30th March, 2019; Published online 29th April, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Eduardo Jorge Sant’Ana Honorato and Dr. Romeu Gomes. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of this study was to analyze aspects related to AIDS prevention in virtual homosexual male environments that focus on the exposition of the body. It was taken as a reference the idea that cyber-body is in cybersexuality, where the body of the other, virtualized, becomes only a place of visit, like a page on the Internet and sex between them is ideal. The methodological design used was of a qualitative nature, focusing both the analysis of the senses underlying ideas and their contextualization in the light of broader cultural meanings. Among the results we found, the following stand out: the desired masculine body formatted by defined muscles and absence of hairs; Perceived advantages of the internet in the search of the sexual partner and the use or not of the condom as a measure of protection against AIDS based on evaluations of the partner. It is concluded that it is important to make the virtual environment a space for problematization of ideas and experiences in favor of the realization of pleasure between people.