Why Do Gay Men Bareback?

[toxiclover]

I came across this interesting study published in 2006 in The Body. The study is titled "Without Condoms: Unprotected Sex, Gay Men & Barebacking," and gives 22 reasons why gay men choose to engage in bareback sex. Great detail is given for most of the listed reasons along with annotated sources.

Here are a few of the reasons why gay men engage in bareback sex:

Negative attitudes toward condom use

How being in a committed compared to a noncommitted couple relationship affects whether a condom is used

Strongly identifying with or feeling alienated from the gay community

Internalized homophobia

A sense of the inevitability of becoming infected with HIV as a gay man

The effects of substance use

Younger men often deny HIV risk altogether

Barebacking to Feel in Control

Semen Exchange and Emotional Connection

The Psychology of Peer Pressure

It is a fairly long and detailed article but an excellent read for those of us living the bareback lifestyle.

http://fuckworker.blogspot.com/2012/02/why-do-gay-men-bareback.html

[rugg_me]

for me i do agree in some of the reasons why i bareback

A sense of the inevitability of becoming infected with HIV as a gay man

Younger men often deny HIV risk altogether

Semen Exchange and Emotional Connection

[Deepanalnut]

because I fucking hate feeling like I'm fucking a zip-loc bag

because as a top I thought I was ******** and the risk of the bug travelling upstream was nil (ha, didn't I learn)

[cumgeek]

Because cum is awesome.

[calrockxxx]

Um, it's not rocket science. We bareback cuz it's hotter than "safer sex."

But I'd separate out bug chasing as a tiny percentage of guys who bareback. It may seem that's what the whole world is about since that's the theme of this site. But there are plenty of guys who are hypocritical, act holier than thou, and still bareback. They may bareback only with other neg guys, but they bareback nonetheless.

Paul Morris of Treasure Island Media gave an amazing lecture about the allure of danger (and barebacking) at the 1996 World Pornography Conference:

No Limits: Necessary Danger in Male Porn

It's definitely worth the read!

[thick]

i cant cum with a rubber, thats why I bareback. I fucking hate condoms. Im 44 and circumsized and a rubber just adds another numbing barrier to the sensation.

[Guest Boxir55]

I like the raw physical and emotional connection, fuck on the spot without fumbling with a condom, the risk, leaving my load in his guts and not having to pull a rubber off my cock.

[RawPozLust]

I agree, it's not rocket science. It's simply natural.

[barefootbob]

I'm a bottom and it just plain feels better raw than wrapped. nothing like skin on skin

[Able_101]

Because its the best fuking feeling EVER and its soo natural

[Guest cumdrainer4u]

simply love fucking raw its better for the top so then its better for me the bottom I want to be breed like alot of you said its natural.

[DocThor]

It is all about the lack of sensation when I am wearing a condom.

Nothing can compare to the feeling of skin on skin, and cum makes the best lube.

[evilqueerpig]

I can sum it up in one simple statement, "If you ain't fuckin bareback, you ain't fuckin!"

[samsonfifty]

the turn ons for me are about being submissive and providing maximum pleasure for the top.  i figure its the most submissive thing to let a man have his way with me, no barriers between his skin and my pussy hugging him, knowing full well he is going to be able to cum inside me.  unfortunately the risks have the opposite effect.  i can't identify with bug chasing and i'd rather let go and just let the pleasure flow without having to worry about STDs, but such is life. 

[Guest]

1. Because it's natural. There's nothing more artificial than rubber around a dick.

2. Because it's a biological imperative for men to implant their seed in a fertile cunt.