HIV Myths Debunked (man, kissing, statistics, partner)
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Originally Posted by sierraAZ
I'm not going to focus on all aspects of the article. The frequent mention of HIV here got me thinking about it as I've always considered the paranoia in this country about HIV blown way out of proportion (just like anything else) and decided to find some proof of it.
The Spread of HIV
But the truth is that HIV isn't nearly as easy to spread through heterosexual sex as many people think. According to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, men almost never get HIV from women. A healthy man who has unprotected sex with a non drug-using woman has a one in 5 million chance of getting HIV. If he wears a condom, the odds drop to one in 50 million. And though it's easier for men to infect women, the odds that an HIV-positive man will transmit the virus to a woman through sex are less than one in 1,000.
So, let's do the math here. A guy has a 1 in 5 million!!! chance of getting HIV after having unprotected sex with a non drug-using woman. I woman has less than 1 in 1,000 chance of getting it IF she has unprotected sex with HIV-positive man. Now, how many men ARE HIV-positive...?!
The bottom line is the whole wide-spread delusional view of the risk is totally ridiculous and unfounded.
P.S. OK, now I'm going to bed. Keep the tomatoes and rotten eggs for tomorrow.
This information has been widely accepted by the medical community for quite some time. HIV is primarily spread by being on the receiving end of unprotected anal sex and using septic hypodermic needles for recreational drugs. Also, the odds of a male contracting HIV from anal or vaginal intercourse increase considerably if he is uncircumsized as the foreskin is routinely subject to small tears during sex.
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Originally Posted by findinghope
seriously, i think you should have kept that info to yourself. now you are going to have a lot of idiots trying to convince other morons that they CAN have unprotected sex because the risk is so little....
i say let people worry--and they will be more careful.
This is exactly why this information has not become part of the public consciousness. It isn't in anyone's interest to feel safe from HIV. The Christian Right, the Gay Lobby, the drug manufacturing industry and everyone in between needs this to be everyone's problem.
I find it interesting that you titled this thread HIV Myths Debunked, but yet only focused on M to F 'myths'. And it is only one myth, by the way, even though the title suggests many.
OK, sorry for the unnecessary plural. It was late in the evening and I got distracted because the article was about four more relationship issues I wasn't planning on discussing.
What do you mean by "yet only focused on M to F 'myths'"...? I was talking about the "risk" in either case. Oh, do you mean gays...? I suppose I didn't mention it because it's not a personal concern of mine, but they're welcome to participate.
Phil I'm begining to wonder if you have 2 accounts and Sierra is your female personality....lol I'll be watching for the shadow of the knife through the shower curtain.
Sadly this is the belief about Herpes! Which is easily transmitted but lots of people spread it without telling partners. I believe many come to believe it's a way to trap a partner!
But does anybody know the rate or percentage of getting HIV from french kissing and kissing? I tend to be a foreplay person rather than a sex person, so that info could help me.
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Originally Posted by Lindsey_Mcfarren
Its excellent information and I thank you for posting it. I had heard something about this before but no posted supporting article.
I don't see casual sex as worth it, not just for the risk of HIV but many other STDs and the problem of becoming attached to someone who has no emotional concern for me at all.
So, you disagree? Ok, let me rephrase; Most single men under 35 will stick their wang where ever it is welcome.
Well.......... Ummmm.........
Yeah, you're right..... If I were single I'd probably just go out naked so I wouldn't have to bother taking my clothes off and putting them back on....
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I was talking about the "risk" in either case. Oh, do you mean gays...? I suppose I didn't mention it because it's not a personal concern of mine, but they're welcome to participate.
