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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2008 Apr 10;12(6):867–875. doi: 10.1007/s10461-008-9373-5

Table 2. Acceptability of Sexually Explicit Media and Interest in Sexual Health Topics (N=2,716).

Totally or Somewhat Acceptable
(%)
Totally or Somewhat Unacceptable
(%)

Acceptability of Sexually Explicit Media
Images of men fully nude 95 2
Pictures of two men kissing 94 2
Seeing sexually explicit images 93 2
Use of formal sex terms (e.g. anal sex, masturbation) 93 2
Explicit demonstration of how to put a condom on 92 2
Images of men masturbating 92 3
Polite/indirect language describing sex (e.g. make love) 92 3
Reading sexually explicit text (e.g. stories about sex) 92 3
Images of men engaged in oral sex 92 3
Images of men engaged in anal sex 91 3
Pictures of penises 91 3
Street language (e.g., sucking, fucking, jerking off) 90 5
Hear sexually explicit audio (e.g. men taking sexually) 88 3
Images of men engaged in group sex 87 7
Animations (e.g. cartoons) of sexual activity 84 6
Images of male-female sex 74 13

Interest in Specific Content for an Online Sexual Health Intervention Highly/Somewhat Interested
(%)
Somewhat/Not at all Interested
(%)

How to be a better lover 86 5
Men's physical sexual health (e.g. testicular cancer and prostate health) 86 6
Building a healthy relationship 85 6
Keeping a long term relationship 85 6
Understanding my sexual history and how it affects me 83 6
Developing an intimate relationship 83 7
Ways to improve how I feel about my body 77 8
Aging as a gay man 76 11
Ways to feel better about myself 76 10
How to have anal sex without pain 74 11
How to date men offline (i.e. in real life) 72 11
Dating men online 70 12
Developing a long-term plan to minimize getting HIV and STDs (or giving it to others) 69 13
Ways to improve how I feel about my genitals (i.e. penis and testicles) and ass 66 13
Negotiating safer sex online 66 13
Ways of coping with depression 66 15
How to talk about sex 65 13
Ways of coping with anxiety 64 16
Exploring the relationship between my sexuality and my spirituality 63 20
How to talk about condoms and safer sex 62 14
Watching how to put on a condom, correctly 52 20
Help with coming out (e.g. to family) 48 28
How to evaluate my alcohol and drug use 41 33
Ways of coping with sexual abuse 32 38