Abstract

How distancing requirements in the COVID-19 pandemic transformed intimate relationships is under-researched. Against the backdrop of research on the HIV pandemic, the paper departs from the assumption that decreased legitimacy of intimate arrangements and subjective worry about the likeliness of infection may reduce the frequency of multiple sexual contact and intimate well-being during the pandemic. Based on findings from a quantitative study which included measures of risk perception, frequency of contact with sexual partners and communities, concealment, as well as relationship quality in Austria and Germany, this paper examines sexual behaviour in association with relationship status and sexual identity. Analysing data from a convenience sample of 4,709 respondents, of whom 24 per cent identified as LGBQA+, 2 per cent as non-binary, and 6 per cent as consensually non-monogamous, bivariate analysis found significant differences in social distancing, frequency of contact with sexual communities and satisfaction with current sex life. Text analysis of the survey’s open-ended responses indicates monogamisation due to declined legitimacy of less conventional intimate arrangements during the pandemic. Findings point to the importance of the sexual morality that defined pandemic experiences in times of HIV for understanding normative pressure on intimate life during COVID-19.

摘要

对 COVID-19 大流行中的疏远要求如何改变亲密关系的研究不足。在艾滋病毒大流行研究的背景下，本文背离了这样一种假设，即降低亲密安排的合法性和对感染可能性的主观担忧可能会降低大流行期间多次性接触的频率和亲密关系。根据一项定量研究的结果，该研究包括风险感知、与性伴侣和社区接触的频率、隐瞒以及奥地利和德国的关系质量的措施，本文研究了与关系状态和性身份相关的性行为。分析来自 4,709 名受访者的便利样本的数据，其中 24% 确定为 LGBQA+，2% 为非二进制，6% 的非一夫一妻制，双变量分析发现社交距离、与性社区接触的频率以及对当前性生活的满意度存在显着差异。对调查的开放式回答的文本分析表明，由于大流行期间不太传统的亲密安排的合法性下降，导致一夫一妻制。研究结果指出了定义 HIV 流行期间经历的性道德对于理解 COVID-19 期间亲密生活的规范压力的重要性。对调查的开放式回答的文本分析表明，由于大流行期间不太传统的亲密安排的合法性下降，导致一夫一妻制。研究结果指出了定义 HIV 流行期间经历的性道德对于理解 COVID-19 期间亲密生活的规范压力的重要性。对调查的开放式回答的文本分析表明，由于大流行期间不太传统的亲密安排的合法性下降，导致一夫一妻制。研究结果指出了定义 HIV 流行期间经历的性道德对于理解 COVID-19 期间亲密生活的规范压力的重要性。