Many people view PrEP as enhancing their sexual pleasure and intimacy, according to a new analysis. Despite many healthcare providers prescribing PrEP to people because of “risky behaviour,” Christine Curely and colleagues at the University of Connecticut say that more messaging around its potential to augment sexual pleasure could decrease stigma and improve uptake and adherence.
Shaming people who use PrEP began pretty quickly after it was first available. Some branded those who take it as “Truvada whores” – people interested only in bareback sex with disregard for other STI infections. Unfortunately, those stigmatising attitudes have persisted.
Thus far, not much research has focused on whether PrEP improves the sex lives of those who take it even though having a happy sex life provides multiple physical and mental health benefits. The current research aimed to explore the relationship between sexual pleasure and PrEP and whether sex-positive messaging could make taking PrEP more attractive to those who would benefit from it.
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