HIV May Well Be A Gay Disease
I am in the same boat as Luvpuss. I have had unprotected sex with well over 100 women in the last 18 months and most of them were hookers and some from very skanky places such as Pattaya Soi 6.
I have never caught an STD but I was somewhat careful in terms of inspecting them down below and if anything was "fishy" then I would not go bareback. When I had my HIV test recently I was convinced I must have HIV as going by common understanding it would be impossible for me not to have caught it. To be fair I was absolutely shitting myself and thought I may actually pass out when I checked my results. I was and am HIV negative.
I am careful and never have overly vigorous sex, I never go too deep and would not have sex if I or the girl had any kind of sore. I just don't really see how it is possible to get infected by putting your penis inside a pocket of flesh (as long as said pocket has no cuts or abrasions and isn't menstrating).
A colleaugue of mine (a Doctor) had unprotected anal sex with well over 500 women in 7 or 8 years in Thailand (many in skanky brothels in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar and Philippines) and did not contract HIV. He was very much of the belief that HIV is a gay disease (and intravenous drug users obviously).
I will always be careful but I am less concerned about HIV now. I do think it is a misunderstood illness in terms of how it is passed from person top person. The chance of contracting HIV from a single sexual encounter where no blood is present is very slim indeed. Almost neglible. If you have sores or an open cut on your knob and you fuck a skanky ho girl vigorously in the ass then the odds change.
Just my 2 cents.
For the record I intend to cut back on my bareback activities.