News Finding: In choosing sex partners, some men carefully screened online profiles and avoided potential partners who used drugs.
Paper Finding: As germ-a-phobic as I am, like you can cough right now and I would like jump out of my skin.
News Context: One strategy participants reported using when looking for sexual partners was avoiding bathhouses and social venues that gay men frequent. In choosing sex partners, some men carefully screened online profiles and avoided potential partners who used drugs. "This study has made me think critically about what we think of as 'risk' and the role of the HIV prevention community in supporting black MSM," said Derek Dangerfield, Ph.D., assistant professor at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and co-author of the study.
Paper Context: That's like a place for STDs just waiting for you. As germ-a-phobic as I am, like you can cough right now and I would like jump out of my skin. Where these participants discussed avoiding bathhouses to avoid HIV and other STDs, others said they avoid bathhouses for reasons related more to their values and personal preferences than intentional avoidance of STIs.