Alcohol In Brazil

The living environment in Brazil and Canada have drastically evolved since the 1900’s. However, the HIV/Aids virus is still current in both societies. The research conducted by Carlos F. Ca´ceres (2002) explores the different backgrounds and societies of the gay population in Brazil. It concluded that high social status gay men only interacted with other gay men in contrast to those in the middle and low class who interact with men of both homosexual and heterosexual preferences. This, therefore, puts gay men of low social status at a greater risk for HIV/Aids than those who are less unfortunate. Alcohol in Brazil is also heavily promoted as a leisure context and is seen as a social norm for males to consume. (Carlos F. Ca´ceres, 2002) Gay
men who are under influence of alcohol are at greater risks to perform unsafe sex and other precarious behaviours, such as the sharing of needles. Carlos F. Ca´ceres (2002) also discovered that alcohol consumption was used as an excuse to express feelings of “sadness, weakness, and affection for other men”. The article also described that “offering or getting sex in exchange for some sort of good” is culturally accepted in the Brazilian society. (Carlos F. Ca´ceres, 2002) Primarily, gay men who were in the working class and had financial difficulties, became sex workers to provide support themselves or their families. Therefore disadvantaged gay men, are more susceptible to contracting and transmitting the HIV/Aids virus to the wider communities. Furthermore, HIV/Aids treatments and costs may difficult and limited and within low socioeconomic areas in Brazil and once again, others and gay men are at greater risk of their health.ated.