“They offered a thousand reais more”: HIV infection prevention practices among male luxury prostitutes

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Renato Caio Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Schor, Neia, Lima, Marcela Cordeiro Felix de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia Revista (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/psicorevista/article/view/42324
• topic: prostituição masculina; profissionais do sexo; HIV; prevenção; male prostitution; sex workers; HIV; prevention; prostitución masculina; profesionales del sexo; VIH; prevención

Prostitution is considered to come from multiple factors. However, the insertion of this practice in the capitalist market appears as a reason for the entry of middle and upper-class boys into this business. Its differentiation occurs through the association with hygiene ideals, masculinity and intellectua, which establish a dichotomy between trust, security and wealth versus danger, poverty, risks and diseases. This article aims to identify aspects related to HIV infection prevention practices among male luxury escorts. This study consists of interviews conducted with eight high-standard male escorts using a thematic script. According to the participants’ statements, condoms are essential for the sexual services, functioning as a symbolic barrier in relation to customers. In general, the interviewees are unaware of combined prevention methods (PEP and PrEP), as well as having mistaken beliefs and associations about prevention methods and risks. The results help to understand the HIV infection rate increase in the homosexual population, as well as to indicate new ways and prevention strategies for sex workers.