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Monkeypox: Why are same-sex attracted and bisexual men more affected?
Regardless of sexual orientation, the main factor of propagation remains the multiplicity of sexual partners.
As of July 26, Monkeypox has not caused any deaths in Europe, but the disease is gaining ground. With nearly 17, cases worldwide, World Health Nonprofit (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus triggered the top level of watchful on monkeypox on July
Santé Publique France (SPF), France's public health agency, has recorded 1, patients in the country since May. 3% of those have been hospitalized. This epidemic differs from the waves observed so far in a dozen African countries, notably in the patients' profile: almost exclusively men, most of them males who have sex with males, known as "MSM" in the scientific community.
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The question is why MSM are overrepresented among the affected. First, it is important to maintain in mind that the SPF figures are still incomplete. Screening is just starting and complicated by the
What Gay and Bi Men Really Want
Are physical and sexual attraction the most appealing qualities in a partner? Or are unseen qualities like good manners and reliability the most attractive?
Following on from his research into what unbent women want and what straight men want, D&M Research’s managing director Derek Jones has taken the next logical step with his latest study into what gay and bi(sexual) men want.
In order to dig deeper and tug out a true list of turn-ons and turn-offs for gay and bi men, Derek once again used of the Im-Ex Polygraph method. He originally devised this method of analysis to distinguish what people say they want from brands, products or services from what they really want by comparing stated versus derived measures of importance.
Qualities the same-sex attracted and bi men said they desired in a partner (‘stated’) were compared to the qualities display in example celebrities they nominated as attractive (‘implied’). The same comparison was made between stated and implied negative qualities, to determine what attributes are really the biggest turn-offs.
What Gay Men Should Expect in a Relationship
Some gay men set up with a lot in their relationships. Their long-term partners will aggressively flirt with other men in front of them, go home with a guy from the bar without any forewarning, sleep with ex-lovers without gaining consent from their current lover, or brag to their current boyfriends about the quality of their sex with strangers. Ouch.
Here&#;s what I find most concerning. Some gay men don&#;t feel they have a right to be upset about these behaviors. They&#;ll ask me why they feel so jealous and how can I help them let go of their bitterness . They think that the male lover community believes in sexual independence and it isn&#;t cool or manly to object to their partner&#;s sexual behavior.
In other words, they feel shame for experiencing hurt by the actions of their long-term partners.
Heterosexual couples earn plenty of social support for treating their partners with respect when it comes to sex. Outrage is the typical social response when friends are told about poor relationship behavior among straight people. When gay men tell
Gay Men, It’s Time to Let Ourselves Be Slobs
You know that meme that’s always popping up on gay Instagram, the one about how “If his room looks like this”—this being a dingy, menacing cell with an uncovered mattress on the floor, dirty clothes strewn about, and an overturned lamp in the corner—“you realize the dick is gonna be good”? You’d believe it would make having a messy living cosmos a badge of honor, but … not for me. More than once in the past year, I’ve turned down a hookup out of embarrassment about the state of my room, and I rarely feel comfortable hosting social gatherings or inviting new acquaintances to my apartment for fear of the less-than-stellar impression it might give. As a gay man, the cleanliness of my home and tastefulness of its decor have increasingly become sources of anxiety and shame.
I can’t help but consider that my anxiety around cleaning and decorating mirrors other anxieties common in the gay community, particularly surrounding body image. There’s a sense of mistake I feel about my inability to maintain a spotless, impeccably stylish apartment decked o