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Persuasive Essay On Bug Chasers

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Although the vast majority of homosexual men aim to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS; there is a small percentage that either want to get the virus or pass the virus to individuals. The people who want to get the virus are called ‘bug chasers’, the one who want to pass the virus to other people are called ‘gift giver’ (Grov & Parsons, 2006). Bug chasers and gift giving is only a small percentage in the gay population, Grove and Parsons (2006) state that only about 10% to 14% of gay men are bug chasers and gift givers. This paper will focus on the 10-14% of gay man who in fact want to get the virus or want to pass the virus down. I will focus on why people want to get or pass the virus down, as well as a recent study that was made on bug chasers …show more content…

This refers to having anal sex without protection. (Dean, 2008) This is a term that would not be used in the early 1980s and 1980s. Around the 1990s people were scared of getting HIV. Nowadays, since medication is available, HIV is no longer a death sentence. Barebacking has now become a sexual preference within the gay community. Tim Dean (2008) states barebacking is a way of MSM to avoid conforming to heterosexual norms. He states that, “barebacking is used as a rebellion against cultural norms. “ In the gay community there is also a term called ‘conversion party’ this is where gay men gather for unprotected sex for the purpose of transmitting HIV. Barebacking has become more of a cultural norm within the gay community. Many gay men refuse to have sex with condoms. On gay websites such as Adam4Adam, Grindr, Jack’D many guys state that they only bareback and will only have sex with people whom bareback. Gay men say that using condoms decreases sensation. Personally, I believe barebacking has almost become a popular thing in the gay community. Barebacking does not have a negative connotation, as it would in the early

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