GoldenDalton
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I guess from my perspective I separated the issue of bb from HIV, since BB outside of a serious relationship has no appeal to me.
To me, there's been a huge cultural movement to identify free sexuality with HIV infection, or at least there was in the nineties, and I felt more than a little angry after seeing the effects of AIDS in Africa and realizing how much of the discussion in the U.S. was highly politicized propaganda. One of the doctors in Malawi said that he had diagnosed only one case in a bonafide hetero male in the U. S., and that man had been sleeping with his HIV positive wife for nearly seven years. According to this doctor, repeated exposure weakened resistance to an otherwise fragile virus. For Africans, the other infections they suffered from increased their likelihood of becoming infected. And in the U.S. public health was all about the "AIDS doesn't discriminate," mantra,when the reality is that a rural miner in Malawi might as well being living on another planet when it comes to HIV. It's really heartbreaking seeing a four year old with AIDS.
But again, I'd never not use protection, for myself and the other person, especially since its more risky for the female partner. P4p or not, it's important to have respect for the other person. There are plenty of other infections much much more prominent also that are very, very easy to get.
For me, I only wrote my 2 cents to calm someone who might be freaking out over a busted condom or because of a needle stick, such as a nurse or doctor. I'm definitely not condoning risky behavior.
To me, there's been a huge cultural movement to identify free sexuality with HIV infection, or at least there was in the nineties, and I felt more than a little angry after seeing the effects of AIDS in Africa and realizing how much of the discussion in the U.S. was highly politicized propaganda. One of the doctors in Malawi said that he had diagnosed only one case in a bonafide hetero male in the U. S., and that man had been sleeping with his HIV positive wife for nearly seven years. According to this doctor, repeated exposure weakened resistance to an otherwise fragile virus. For Africans, the other infections they suffered from increased their likelihood of becoming infected. And in the U.S. public health was all about the "AIDS doesn't discriminate," mantra,when the reality is that a rural miner in Malawi might as well being living on another planet when it comes to HIV. It's really heartbreaking seeing a four year old with AIDS.
But again, I'd never not use protection, for myself and the other person, especially since its more risky for the female partner. P4p or not, it's important to have respect for the other person. There are plenty of other infections much much more prominent also that are very, very easy to get.
For me, I only wrote my 2 cents to calm someone who might be freaking out over a busted condom or because of a needle stick, such as a nurse or doctor. I'm definitely not condoning risky behavior.