Masculinity and the Ethics of Porosity in 'Post-AIDS' Gay Porn

该项目理论化了同性恋“猪”的男子气概及其视觉中介，这是在过去二十年中随着抗逆转录病毒疗法的引入而出现的，用于管理和预防艾滋病毒感染。它通过与当代同性恋色情作品中的“猪”男性气质的代表进行密切的批判性接触来做到这一点。“猪”是一些男同性恋者用自己的性行为来自我定义的一个术语，他们认为自己的性行为是违法的，通过无情的无套插入，直肠括约肌的拉伸，以及各种体液（精子，尿液，唾液等）的交换，推动了身体及其完整性的极限。它被用在针对男同性恋者的恋物癖或“极端”性行为的勾搭网站的名称中（例如NastyKinkPigs.com或AssPig.com），并且经常被包括在诸如Grindr，Scruff或Recon等同性恋勾搭应用程序的用户名或个人资料文本中，作为猪头或鼻子表情符号。自20世纪90年代中期以来，这个词与“无鞍”一起出现在越来越多的同性恋色情作品中。有趣的是，同性恋“猪”的男子气概似乎是建立在超越男性身体界限的基础上的，通过追求无情的渗透和体液交换，模糊了内部和外部，自我和他人。与西方男性气质的霸权形式不同，西方男性气质的霸权形式是通过拒绝所有被认为是“女性化”的东西而形成的，包括渗透性，同性恋“猪”似乎变得更加“男子气概”，他们对外来体液的渗透和开放程度越高。1996年采用的高效抗逆转录病毒疗法和病毒载量检测使艾滋病毒感染成为一种长期慢性疾病，并导致男同性恋者的生活、身份和性行为发生根本性转变。HAART不仅使HIV感染不再进展为AIDS，而且使HIV阳性个体不具有传染性。最近，HAART作为暴露前预防（PrEP）的有效性得到证实，这也意味着那些艾滋病毒阴性和不使用避孕套发生性行为的人可以通过每天服用一片避孕药来预防艾滋病毒感染。因此，无保护措施的性行为已经从艾滋病的幽灵中解脱出来，从事“无套肛交”的男同性恋人数也就是说，故意无套肛交的人数呈指数级上升，导致这种做法成为主流。与此同时，无套色情也成为增长最快的同性恋色情类型，今天，只有极少数的工作室继续使用避孕套。正是在这种背景下，同性恋“猪”的男子气概出现了，并在同性恋在线平台和色情作品中变得可见。这项研究项目将导致第一个专题论文和纪录片专题片批判性地讨论“猪”的男子气概和他们的性道德的长度。它建立在色情研究，男性气质研究和后人类学的基础上，将“猪”男性气质理论化为“多孔”男性气质，同时重申和困扰西方男性气质的霸权特征，同时推动身体的极限，并向新形式的性社交和社区形成开放。在这样做的过程中，该项目将有助于现有的性，主观性和他们的视觉表现的批判历史，通过检查同性恋男性自我认同的当代形式，一个是通过欲望，性行为，生化技术和21世纪的视觉媒体的复杂相互作用出现在“后艾滋病”的背景下。

This project theorises gay "pig" masculinities and their visual mediation, which emerged in the last two decades in tandem with the introduction of antiretroviral therapies for the management and prevention of HIV infection. It does so through a close critical engagement with representations of "pig" masculinities in contemporary gay pornography."Pig" is a term used by some gay men to self-define themselves in terms of their own sexual practices, which they regard as transgressive, pushing the limits of the body and of its integrity through relentless condomless penetrations, stretching of the rectal sphincter, and exchanges of all kinds of bodily fluids (sperm, urine, saliva, etc). It is used in the names of hookup websites directed at gay men into fetish or "extreme" sex (e.g. NastyKinkPigs.com or AssPig.com) and often included, as a pig head or snout emoji, on usernames or profile text on gay hookup apps like Grindr, Scruff or Recon. It is also a term that, alongside "bareback," has been appearing in increasing numbers of gay porn titles since the mid 1990s. What is interesting about gay "pig" masculinities are the ways in which they appear to be predicated on a transgression of the boundaries of the male body, a blurring of inside and outside, self and other, through the pursuit of relentless penetrations and exchanges of bodily fluids. Unlike hegemonic forms of Western masculinity, which have been shaped by a rejection of all things considered "feminine," including penetrability, gay "pigs" appear to become more "manly" the more penetrated and open to foreign bodily fluids they are. The introduction of Highly-Active Antiretroviral Therapies (HAART) and viral load testing in 1996 made HIV infection a long-term chronic condition and led to a radical transformation in the lives, identities and sexual practices of gay men. Not only did HAART make HIV infection no longer progress to AIDS but it also makes HIV-positive individuals uninfectious. More recently, the confirmation of HAART's efficiency as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) also means that those who are HIV-negative and having sex without condoms can prevent HIV infection by taking one pill a day. As a consequence, unprotected sex has been uncoupled from the spectre of AIDS and the number of gay men engaging in "barebacking"-that is, in intentional condomless anal sex-has risen exponentially, leading the practice to become mainstream. At the same time, bareback porn has also become the fastest growing genre of gay porn and, today, only a very small minority of studios continue to make visible use of condoms. It is in that context that gay "pig" masculinities have emerged and become visible in gay online platforms and pornography. This research project will lead to the first monograph and documentary feature film critically discussing "pig" masculinities and their sexual ethics at length. It builds on porn studies, masculinities studies and the posthumanities to theorise "pig" masculinities as "porous" masculinities that simultaneously reiterate and trouble hegemonic traits of Western masculinity, while pushing the limits of the body and opening themselves to new forms of sexual sociability and community formations. In so doing, the project will contribute to existing critical histories of sexuality, subjectivities, and their visual representations by examining a contemporary form of gay male self-identification, one that is emerging in "post-AIDS" contexts through a complex interplay of desire, sexual performance, biochemical technologies, and 21st-century visual media.