The Experienc of Gay and Bisexual Men Post-Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Meta-Synthis of Qualative Studi - PMC

Contents:

• THE PROSTATE MATTERS A GAY MAN'S SEX LIFE
• GAY MEN'S EXPERIENC OF SEXUAL CHANG AFTER PROSTATE NCER TREATMENT-A QUALATIVE STUDY SWEN
• THE EXPERIENC OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN POST-PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT: A META-SYNTHIS OF QUALATIVE STUDI

THE PROSTATE MATTERS A GAY MAN'S SEX LIFE

It seems like every gay guy out there is a bottom, and when you thk you've met someone who's fely a He too is a bottom. As the sexologist Carol Queen pots out, “our culture tends to nflate anal play and prostate pleasure wh gay and bi men, ” even though not all men who have sex wh men engage anal play.

Our culture is also plagued by persistent homophobia(opens a new tab), which pats any straight man who lik a ltle anal stimulatn as emasculated and twisted.

GAY MEN'S EXPERIENC OF SEXUAL CHANG AFTER PROSTATE NCER TREATMENT-A QUALATIVE STUDY SWEN

Recent rearch(opens a new tab) on evangelil Christian sex advice publitns and groups by soclogist Kelsy Burke has found that even a surprisg number overtly homophobic and generally socially nservative believers have opened themselv up to explorg hetero prostate stimulatn. Gay men are more likely to enunter this ncer than heterosexual men, not bee they are at a higher risk but bee they and their partners uld both velop they share many of the same challeng as their heterosexual peers, there are signifint differenc, Dr Gary Morrison, a Sydney-based health nsultant, says.

Morrison says the new rourc follow through and provi the implitns of each choice for gay and bisexual regnise that the social environment for gay men is different, that their sexual practic are more versatile and that prostate ncer might have a broar effect. This ncer has the potential to change their whole life as gay men, " Morrison n change their self-image and their sense of masculy, to the extent that pursug a sexual life n be more plited and the imagery and language of rmatn about prostate ncer has tradnally been heterosexual, Morrison says the new rourc e the language of the gay muny and don't hold and rmativeThey are lm and rmative and although the gay muny is diverse, everyone om bankers to bikers n unrstand them.

Dpe good tentns, discrimatn and homophobia still exist the health system and when to prostate ncer assumptns are often olr unmarried man is assumed to be sexually active, jt as 's assumed that after treatment a wife will llect the man and take re of him at talk about gay sexualy such an environment n be dntg and the booklets suggt men seek health profsnals they feel fortable booklet quot a man sayg that others "jt don't get what means to be a gay man and the importance of the prostate a gay man's sex life". Radiatn has a range of issu too, such as a slow cle potency, rctn ejaculate and bowel pa worseFollowg radiatn, the receptive partner might fd anal sex mak the pa worse and damag the lite lg of the an and booklets ver the entire prostate ncer experience, om qutns of ttg to tryg to start a new relatnship when treatment is nature of relatnships and emotnal support stctur gay muni is often different to heterosexual muni and gay men often talk about a greater sense of isolatn.

THE EXPERIENC OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN POST-PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT: A META-SYNTHIS OF QUALATIVE STUDI

There is value, the booklets say, participatg gay support groups, which n provi a sense of unrstandg, belongg and a man has a partner, prervg timacy is important and the booklets suggt he be up ont. Conclns: Gay prostate ncer survivors' narrativ about sexual chang circle around siar bodily chang as heterosexual men's, such as erectile problems and weaker asms.