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Topic History of: Awareness of HIV?
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honey!oh sugar sugar. |
Blue Boy wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
It is a bit different for drug users, when the addiction takes priority over safety, but (except for occasional condom failure and rape) I cant see why people are STILL being infected through sex.
Or have I missed something?
Yes you are missing the fact that sex without a condom feels much better than with one.
There are of course risks but if you drive a car there are risks. It doesnt stop you driving[/quote]
I see. considering the expense of the treatment for HIV, and the absolute misery that (God forbid) aids causes, I wish people would put protecting themselves and others first. |
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Randall |
I remember some reports a few years back on rising rates of STD cases, particularly among young people. It was speculated that, after a long campaign about safe sex and lowering infection rates, a new generation of sexually active people thought, "Oh, it's safe now, no need for condoms."
People opposed to sexual activity among youths concentrate very much on emotional harm. It's a concept that I think is only rarely valid, in certain narrow circumstances. But leaving that aside for a moment, wouldn't it be better to focus on the very real, practical harm of syphilis, hepatitis etc? That would logically lead on to other possible consequences that might have to be dealt with, like negative feelings, social embarrassment, and generally finding a successful way through sexual relationships.
The difference in approach is that the latter seeks to empower people through education, to decide for themselves what risk and responsibility they're willing to take, in the hope that their own informed decisions will lead them to the kind of flourishing that they want. The former tries to control people's behaviour through compulsion, browbeating and instilling fear. I don't think trying to convince people that an ever-widening range of sexual activity is abuse and will harm them is at all effective in helping them to have a happy sex life and avoid real danger and adverse consequences. |
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Sheba Bear |
If he is 'raising awareness' then it needs to be spelled out how it is acquired so that people can avoid getting it. But it isn't being spelled out in most of the recent articles. We're just being 'made aware'.
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Blue Boy |
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
It is a bit different for drug users, when the addiction takes priority over safety, but (except for occasional condom failure and rape) I cant see why people are STILL being infected through sex.
Or have I missed something?
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Yes you are missing the fact that sex without a condom feels much better than with one.
There are of course risks but if you drive a car there are risks. It doesnt stop you driving |
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Green Man |
Don't sleep around with strangers whilst unprotected, don't share needles. |
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