Foreword
Introduction
Research Purpose, Background, and Methods
Homosexuality in New Zealand and South Australia
Male Homosexual Behavior in New Zealand
Comparison of Homosexual Behavior and Society in New Zealand and
South Australia
Personality, Emotional, and Mental Health Differences Between
Homosexual and Heterosexual Men
Violence, Discrimination and the Law
Religious Characteristics of New Zealand Homosexually Active
Men
Factors Associated with Safer Sex and Unsafe Sex in Homosexually
Active Men
Safer Sex and Unsafe Sex in Homosexually Active Men
Demographic, Behavioral Social, and Counseling Factors Associated
with Safer Sex and Unsafe Sex
Condom Usage and Attitudes Toward Condoms Associated with Safer Sex
and Unsafe Sex
Personality, Emotional, and Mental Health Factors Associated with
Safer Sex and Unsafe Sex
Risk-Taking Strategies in Life Associated with Safer Sex and Unsafe
Sex
Perceptions of Risk Associated with Safer Sex and Unsafe Sex
The Effects of AIDS Education on Male Homosexual
Behavior
Fighting Back: Introduction to AIDS Education
The Influence of Gay-Sensitive AIDS Education on Perception of Risk
for HIV Exposure
The Effects of Gay-Sensitive AIDS Education on the Behavior of
Homosexually Active Men
The Effects of a National Fear Campaign About AIDS on the Behavior
of Homosexually Active Men
Major Conclusions and Implications of the Study
Major Conclusions of the Study
To the Future: Gay Life in the Twenty-First Century
References
Index
This study is the first to look at how well AIDS education has worked and to explore the psychosocial factors that underlie behavioral response to initiatives promoting safer sex.
B. R. SIMON ROSSER is a Postdoctoral Clinical Research Fellow, Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine, at the University of Minnesota. He has published journal articles in psychology, medicine, primary health care, venereology, AIDS, and theology.
?For this study, 159 gay men from Auckland and 77 from Adelaide
completed questionnaires to assess the effects of HIV education on
their sexuality. Rosser discusses the psychology of safer sex, the
social impact of prejudice on gay men's lives, and how these relate
to their erotic practices. He finds that AIDS education is more
effective in areas that have enacted antidiscrimination
legislation. Society can greatly slow the spread of AIDS among gay
men if the culture at large becomes more supportive of
homosexuality. Rosser also argues that education campaigns that are
diluted to accommodate public sensitivity about explicit sex
education are ineffective. Further, programs that emphasize sexual
abstinence have the highest failure rate in promoting safer sex. In
fact, trying to motivate safer sex with strategies that emphasize
fear, monogamy, and abstinence are counterproductive. These
strategies increase unsafe sex in those at high risk and so
increase the spread of HIV. Also, Rosser argues that assertiveness
skills greatly increase the likelihood of adoption of safer sex
practices. This book is an excellent example of the best social
research: careful design; scholarly analyses; respondent-sensitive,
lucidly written, and policy oriented. Upper-division undergraduates
and above.?-Choice
"For this study, 159 gay men from Auckland and 77 from Adelaide
completed questionnaires to assess the effects of HIV education on
their sexuality. Rosser discusses the psychology of safer sex, the
social impact of prejudice on gay men's lives, and how these relate
to their erotic practices. He finds that AIDS education is more
effective in areas that have enacted antidiscrimination
legislation. Society can greatly slow the spread of AIDS among gay
men if the culture at large becomes more supportive of
homosexuality. Rosser also argues that education campaigns that are
diluted to accommodate public sensitivity about explicit sex
education are ineffective. Further, programs that emphasize sexual
abstinence have the highest failure rate in promoting safer sex. In
fact, trying to motivate safer sex with strategies that emphasize
fear, monogamy, and abstinence are counterproductive. These
strategies increase unsafe sex in those at high risk and so
increase the spread of HIV. Also, Rosser argues that assertiveness
skills greatly increase the likelihood of adoption of safer sex
practices. This book is an excellent example of the best social
research: careful design; scholarly analyses; respondent-sensitive,
lucidly written, and policy oriented. Upper-division undergraduates
and above."-Choice
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