Cruising for Truckers on Highways and the Internet: Sexual Networks and Infection Risk
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Yorghos Apostolopoulos, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Mona M. Shattell, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Sevil Sonmez, Professor and Department Head (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Empirical evidence on the heterosexual partnerships of long-haul truckers
suggests connections among occupational stressors, substance misuse, structural
factors, and risk for sexually transmitted infections and HIV. Yet the
potential risks associated with same-sex partnerships of truckers and truckchasers
(men who specifically cruise for truckers) remain largely unknown.
Drawing from diverse sources as well as primary and secondary data from
173 truckers and “truckchasers,” we discuss how trucking and cruising
contexts, in conjunction with Internet fora, jointly create a risk-enabling
environment for truckers and their sex contacts. Findings point toward
an elusive but extensive sexual network that spans across the Internet and
highways and takes advantage of truckers’ mobility as it bridges disparate
epidemiological spaces and populations. The delineation of cruising within
the hypermasculine occupational sector of trucking adds new insights to the
study of sexual health, which is particularly important considering the riskladen
sex contacts of truckers and truckchasers and potential for infection
spread.
Cruising for Truckers on Highways and the Internet: Sexual Networks and Infection Risk
PDF (Portable Document Format)
166 KB
Created on 6/4/2013
Views: 5853
Additional Information
- Publication
- AIDS Education and Prevention, (23)3
- Language: English
- Date: 2011
- Keywords
- aids prevention, aids education, truckers, trucking industry, sexual networks, long-haul truckers, infection risk, sexual health