Somewhere over the rainbow: Love, trust and monogamy in gay relationships

JOURNAL: Journal of Sociology
AUTHORS:  Heather Worth, Alison Reid & Karen McMillan
SUMMARY:  This paper is based on interviews with 20 New Zealand men – representing 11 gay couples – who discussed issues of monogamy, trust and sexual behaviour negotiations in their relationships. Overall, they had conventional notions of relationships, romantic love and monogamy that prompted decisions to discard condoms for anal sex as proof of their love for each other. They simultaneously believed that monogamy was not sustainable. Generally, the relationships were marked by ‘infidelity’ anxieties and a reluctance to disclose sexual encounters outside the relationship and to discuss or negotiate their possibility. 

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