Theorising Sex

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Over the period of the author’s research they have sought to develop an alternative approach to the understanding of sexual behaviour in general, and unsafe behaviour in particular. In this chapter, the authors sketch the tenets of the traditional approach, set out their criticisms of it, and set out their understanding of the interactional matrix within which sexual behaviour is negotiated and moulded. Yet the concept is often used in a contradictory and confusing manner, which muddies the debate and is unhelpful in the urgent task of understanding, establishing and reinforcing safer sexual behaviour. The authors examine the ways in which safer sex has become part of the strategic concern of men in the decade or more since AIDS appeared. Decisions in the real world are usually made without full knowledge either of the circumstances or of the consequences. Many of the criteria of unsafe sex preferred by researchers carry implicit moral overtones.

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