Interesting responses. But I'll go back to my original theme: Can we minimize the risk for contracting HIV and other STDs in bareback and group sex? I say this because both types of sexual activities are considered high-risk for contracting STDs.

Pornsizedguy writes: "...the major problem is there is NO WAY to be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that "Negative" men are indeed negative..."

I agree with you completely. For reasons such as shame, many men do not attend STD Clinics. They do not want to face someone interviewing them about their sexual activities. "Should I say it was a pussy I licked or should I tell them the truth that I'm an insatiable cocksucker" What if you meet someone you know in the waiting room of the STD clinic: "So, what are you doing here?"

Other men suspect that they may be poz but continuing to exchange fluids becomes a form of denial. Some poz guys, I imagine, fucking a willing hole and dumping their load deep in it, may be a big turn on.

So, yes. Pornsizedguy is right to capitalize his statement.

However, I will concentrate on a point that blackguy469 pinpoints very well:

"Until we provide options for all men beyond safe sex, all prevention efforts will fail...."

I totally agree with blackguy469's statement for two important reasons. First, it is a precise statement because it includes "all men." It gets away from the senseless idea that gay and bisexual men have a monopoly over male homoeroticism. All men, at some point or another in their lives, will mourn the male body, and will be tormented by the dilemma of male-to-male experiences: "What would another guy's hard-on feel like in my hand?" So, yes. We have to provide options to "all men" beyond safe sex.

Otherwise, "all prevention efforts will fail..." Which brings me to the second reason I like blackguy469's statement.

As I have mentioned before, it is clear that many men have fantasies of sexual activities that are high-risk in terms of STDs. These include bareback anal sex, group sex in bathouses and parks, and gloryholes. My question to you is:

Assuming that there is a mechanism that guarantees that the men involved are healthy and that these men only have sex with members of this healthy group, would you be interested in being part of this group, which would allow you to participate in bareback anal and group sex at a low risk of STD?

TheSexWizard
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