Intimate partner violence in Mexican HIV-positive men

Abstract

The violence that occurs within an affective-sexual relationship in which both members are of the same sex, that is, between men who have sex with men (MSM) and women who have sex with women (MSM), refers to a typology of domestic violence called intra-gender violence (VI). An investigation was carried to identify the prevalence and characteristics of VI and its relationship with internalized stigma, educational level and preventive sexual behaviors in seropositive MSM assigned to the Mexican Institute of Social Security of Nuevo León. A quantitative study was carried out, the data collection technique used was a self-administered questionnaire applied to a sample of 265 patients (139 MSM), selected by simple random probability sampling. The results revealed that the prevalence of IV in seropositive MSM was 42,44 % and 4,62 % in those who use HIV as a means to exercise IV (4,62 %). Therefore, it was concluded that male chauvinism, the geographical setting, the non-acceptance of the disease and the concealment of VI, are factors that favor this type of violence, which resolves consequences on a physical, psychological and social level.