Why do men often not use condoms in their relationships with casual sexual partners in Uganda
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Date
2015
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Culture, health & sexuality
Abstract
With a focus on Uganda, this paper examines men’s condom use in sexual relationships with
casual partners and what this might tell us about men’s vulnerability to HIV-infection. We
carried out repeat interviews with 31 men attending a clinic serving women at high risk for
HIV infection and their partners in Kampala. We found that the experience of condom-less
sex in the men’s youth, itself the outcome of a restrictive home-environment, was perceived
as influencing later unsafe sexual behaviour. Peer pressure encouraged men to have multiple
partners. Alcohol negatively affected condom use. Men often opted not to use a condom with
women they thought looked healthy, particularly if they had had sex with the woman before.
Some men who were HIV-positive said they saw little point in using condoms since they
were already infected. A concerted effort is required to reach men, like those in our study, to
halt HIV and the transmission of other sexually transmitted infections.
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condoms, HIV prevention, Sex, Relationships, Uganda
Citation
Rutakumwa, R., Mbonye, M., Kiwanuka, T., Bagiire, D., & Seeley, J. (2015). Why do men often not use condoms in their relationships with casual sexual partners in Uganda?. Culture, health & sexuality, 17(10), 1237-1250.