
The  activities taken depend on the  request of  each 
partner.  Based  on  their  sexual  activity,  there  are 
MSM who are associated with regular partners, non-
permanent  partners,  and  once  partners.  Some 
couples use condoms consistently and some other do 
not.  
Three  MSMs  use  condom  consistently  because 
they successfully negotiate with their partner to use 
it.  Meanwhile,  other  MSMs  did  not  do  the  same 
because they feel safe (not contracting the disease) 
for  having  only  one  regular  partner.  The  former 
MSMs  were  influenced  by  the  perception  of 
vulnerability, in that they use condom because they 
have  unsafe  sexual  behavior,  have  changing 
partners, and choose anal or oral sex; all of  which 
increase the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission.  
Conversely, the latter choose not to use condom 
because  they  were  affected  by  the  perception  of 
barriers, in that their partner is unwilling to wear it. 
This  is  consistent  with  Kawangung  (2012)  who 
stated  one  of  the  reasons  of  not  using  condom  is 
their  mutual  trust  in  their  partner.  Another  study 
conducted by Jie et al, (2012) revealed that personal 
assumptions  and  feelings  towards  regular  partners 
and  financial  incentives  are  factors  that  create  the 
barriers  to  use condom by sex workers. Factors of 
trust and feelings of love are also barriers that hinder 
the use of condoms. It is proven by Stoebenau et al 
(2009)  in  his  research  about  transvestites  and  that 
MSMs  have  different  treatment  between  clients  or 
regular customers and  a  regular  partner.  Again,  an 
MSM in this study insisted on not using condoms for 
fear  of  losing  customers  even  though  he  already 
knew how to use condoms: looking at the expiration 
date, paying attention to how to open it, sliding to 
the  edge  and  then  opening,  making  sure  the  air 
cavity should not bubble up. 
5  CONCLUSIONS 
Three  MSMs  decided  to  use  condom  consistently, 
one  MSM  did  not  use  it  because  he  has  a  regular 
partner, leading him to feel safer, and another MSM 
did not use condom for fear of losing his customers. 
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