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 |