Representaciones sociales del vivir con el VIH/SIDA y vivencias de prejuicios en Brasil

Giacomozzi, Andréia Isabel; Bousfield, Andréa Barbará da Silva; Coltro, Beatriz Pires; Xavier, Marlon

doi:10.24265/liberabit.2019.v25n1.07

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“…The fear of rejection is felt by many people living with HIV, including in Brazil (Giacomozzi et al, 2019;Simões, 2018), and taking into consideration different narratives from our research. If the possibility of transmission, albeit a remote one given an undetectable viral load still remains frightening and present in relation to the existence of HIV, among gay and bisexual men, such feelings may be articulated through an image of homosexuality as unrestrained.…”

Section: Promiscuit Y In Focus: Following Hiv Diagnosismentioning

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Moral barriers to HIV prevention and care for gay and bisexual men: Challenges in times of conservatism in Brazil

Silva

Duarte²,

Magno

et al. 2021

Sociology Health & Illness

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This article examines narratives about promiscuity that are emphasized by some gay and bisexual men who are themselves living with HIV. We used semi-structured interviews to assess the processes, outcomes, and meanings of HIV diagnosis among 10 young gay and bisexual men aged between 18 and 30 years old. Interviews were conducted in health service settings for the diagnosis and treatment of HIV and AIDS in Salvador, Brazil. Based on a socioculturally oriented approach, the narratives suggest that discourse about promiscuity seems to persist, or is even strengthened, in order to explain HIV infection among young gays/bisexual men and to emphasize a more restrained sexual life following HIV diagnosis. Despite the biotechnologies and biomedical advances, some difficulties and tensions also persist in the daily life of young people living with HIV.Difficulties in starting new relationships, dilemmas around responsibility for infection/transmission, fear and guilt are elements that stand out in these narratives, demonstrating that HIV discourses and practices may produce greater stigma and discrimination in current times, individualizing and blaming certain people for the infection/transmission of the virus, and marginalizing practices that do not conform to hegemonic heteronormativity.

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Section: Promiscuit Y In Focus: Following Hiv Diagnosismentioning

confidence: 99%

Moral barriers to HIV prevention and care for gay and bisexual men: Challenges in times of conservatism in Brazil

Silva

Duarte²,

Magno

et al. 2021

Sociology Health & Illness

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Cynicism, pessimism, and homophobia as predictors of negative attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS

Nikolić¹,

Milićević²

2022

Zb Filoz fak Priština

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The aim of the research was to examine whether it is possible to predict negative attitudes towards people with HIV/ AIDS with the help of cynicism, pessimism, and homophobia. The sample was convenient and consisted of 100 respondents (M = 20, F = 80), average age 22.63 (SD = 5.04). The following instruments were used for the operationalization of the mentioned constructs: Scale of Pessimism, Scale of Cynicism, and Test of Homophobia (H25). To measure negative attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS, we used a subscale of the test which operationalizes the tendency to stigmatize and discriminate against people living with HIV/AIDS. Hierarchical linear regression was used to process the results. Predictors were pessimism, cynicism, and homophobia, while the criteria were negative attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS. The results show that the first two models were not statistically significant, while the last model, after adding a variable that measures homophobia, becomes significant. The model composed of cynicism, pessimism, and homophobia explains 34% of the total variance (p = .00). Homophobia makes a significant contribution to the prediction, which is also a statistically significant predictor of negative attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS (b = .54, t = 6.43, p = .00). Pessimism was also a statistically significant individual predictor (b = 20, t = 2.00, p = .05). It can be concluded that higher levels of pessimism and more pronounced homophobia significantly predict negative attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS.

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Representaciones sociales del vivir con el VIH/SIDA y vivencias de prejuicios en Brasil

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Moral barriers to HIV prevention and care for gay and bisexual men: Challenges in times of conservatism in Brazil

Moral barriers to HIV prevention and care for gay and bisexual men: Challenges in times of conservatism in Brazil

Cynicism, pessimism, and homophobia as predictors of negative attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS

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