Women seeking men for unprotected sex

A number of factors were found to be correlated with more favorable attitudes toward condom use. In both multivariate and structural equation analyses, men’s condom-related attitudes were the single strongest factor associated with their involvement in risky sex. Condom use attitudes were related consistently and inversely to involvement in HIV risk practices.

The following three research questions were addressed: 1) How do these men feel about using condoms, both ideologically and personally? 2) How do condom use attitudes relate to actual HIV risk behavior practices? 3) What factors underlie men’s attitudes toward condom use? The findings indicated that men held weakly-positive attitudes toward condom use overall, but were noticeably more negative in their attitudes regarding the personal use of condoms. Data collection was conducted via telephone interviews between January 2008 and May 2009.

This chapter examines attitudes toward condom use in a national random sample of 332 MSM who use the Internet to seek men with whom they can engage in unprotected sex.