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This 22 page paper delves into various attitudes, particularly as it respect the homosexual community. Barebacking is defined and its history explored. Grounded theory is discussed and utilized along with original research. While interviews are fabricated, excerpts are relayed and interviewees are appropriately categorized and evaluated. Recommendations for counseling are made. The thesis that counseling can be effective even for those who are defiant about condom use is supported. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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File: RT13_SA402AID.rtf
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lung cancer, or do they think that they will beat the odds? Do people who fly private planes or race cars have a death wish because they engage in behavior
that is statistically risky, or at least thought to be by actuaries? Does it matter whether one has an ideology that embraces risk as it respects harming oneself? Certainly, certain
behaviors are risky but they also add pleasure to life. The "daredevil" is not necessarily suicidal. Yet, can the same be said for the heroin junkie who lives a life
of risk and horror? There are many lows between the high peaks. Someone might contend that ht junkie is in fact self-destructive. Might unprotected sex be in that same
category? After all, having unprotected sex can mean a death sentence and many people know that. Some have suggested that engaging in risky sexual behavior is motivated by a desire
for self harm. If this is the case, one question looms large for the psychologist. Can counseling be an effective intervention? That unprotected intercourse is equated with a desire
to do self harm is still debatable. After all, there have historically been teenagers caught in the moment and too embarrassed to go to the drug store. She gets pregnant.
He marries her. End of story. Few thought that the "risky" behavior was self-destructive because they were young and did not see the possible consequences of their action. In respect
to STDs, do youngsters each reason that the other is loyal and likely does not have AIDS? In the old days, AIDS was not a factor. Still, in this day
and age, young boys continue to refuse to wear condoms. Girls sometimes let them go ahead without it. Comfort (2002) says that people erroneously look at AIDS as an old
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