In this article, I argue that the notion of safer sex obliges us, as both objects and subjects of the dispositif of sexuality, to recognize our lifestyles as potentially hazardous to society. This recognition is not a passive acceptance, but an active engagement with the power that not only accuses, points at, or represses us but also constitutes us.

Thus, this paper, building on your role in the academic community, explores the notion of safer sex from the perspective of Michel Foucault’s thought, inquiring into the relationship between biopolitics and different lifestyles. I argue that safer sex is an instance of governance of biological life, against which the practice of barebacking can be seen as an exercise of resistance.