[december12]

This is a fascinating article. I expect there's some truth to it. On the other hand, why is HIV in Africa about as common among women and among men?

[G.Mason]

You may wish to re-read the article. ;)

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

"...why is HIV in Africa about as common among women and among men?"

if the anal sex bunch is bisexual, they practice it with the women as well.

Also, no-one will EVER convince me that you can get aids from a needle but not biting insects.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I would guess that otehr STD's that weaken the immune system and cause vaginal and/or penile bleeding and/or discharge was the culprit.

[timtoews5292004]

Because of the belief that AIDS can be cured (if you're a man, of course) by having sex with a young virgin.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Didn't the article state bisexuality.

[ChicagoHebrew]

Did you read the article? Two big sources of African AIDS: 1) contaminated medical needles (for innoculations, dental surgery etc.); and 2) heterosexual anal intercourse.

[doc30]

On the other hand, why is HIV in Africa about as common among women and among men?

This may sound offensive, but it is the type of sex preferred by men in Africa. They prefer "dry" sex to the point women will do whatever they can to by dry during intercourse. That causes the same tissue tearing in women that gay men get from their form of intercourse which facilitates viral tranmission extremely well in both directions.

[tiamat]

december12 wrote:


This is a fascinating article. I expect there's some truth to it. On the other hand, why is HIV in Africa about as common among women and among men?

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Several reasons.

The men go out and screw around, and then come home and infect their wives. The wives are discouraagedd from refussing a husband's attentions.

Also, there is a myth in some parts that having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS.

So the infected men rape young girls for a cure, thus spreading it even more.

AND there is a cultural distaste for condoms.

AND needles for transfusions and medical care are often not properly cleaned.

AND the blood and plasma suplly is not safe.

AND some of the governments have claimed thaat AIDS is a myth or have glommed onto money that couldd be used for educational purposes or for condoms.

Lots of reasons that women and kids in Africa (and India for that matter) contraact this deadly disease.

[sharktrager]

Possibly because it is being spread by medical procedures, as stated in the article?

[brwnsuga]

Because the men swing both ways.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Mosquito's? Or infectious agents? The homosexual community in the US DEMANDS that this link be ignored: although hundreds of toher blood-transmitted diseases have a easily-proved insect fluid link.

However, many, many tens of millions of AIDS illnesses in Africa are other diseases that get swept into AIDS because it is a popular, emotionally-rendering diagnosis that excuses a "no solution is possible, you must die because we cannot help you" from the overworked and ill-supplied African doctors and nurses.

And more important, from the corrupt medical administrators and politicians who GET the money from international AIDS funds, but who won't get any corruption money from simple malaria or cholera or cancer or teste fly or malnutrition .....