No way am I going to let culture == race == ethnicity stroll by unchallenged.
Cool. Who are you challenging? I have seen no assertion of equality between the three, and in fact have seen mentions of the opposite.
::snacks on popcorn::
Prevention in every one is the same.
Well, it's good that you're not in charge of the efforts to eradicate the disease, and that people who understand that different cultures are different are at least somewhat up in the thing.
I'd love to see someone try and talk the average Jamaican guy into using a condom the same way you'd try the average American. Attitudes towards sex, sexuality, homosexuality, IV drug use--hardly constant across the world, but more usefully similar within ethnicities.
Do you think it's worth finding out if particular groups of people have a higher risk of developing breast cancer, or hypertension, or osteoporosis?
It is the same shape of condom, on either continent.
I don't know how that helps in FGM cases.
Ah, frack it.
Here's my pitch: "HIV does not care about your tribe. Repel it. Use a condom."
Here's my pitch: "HIV does not care about your tribe. Repel it. Use a condom."
How's that working out for you so far?
And THAT's why HIV has been virtually eradicated across the globe!
Ta-da!
How's that working out for you so far?
Just fine, thanks. Nobody in my tribe has HIV.
t wonders what the hell ita was on about with that one
Hey, in this country,some think telling teens that to avoid getting knocked up (or stds or vds or whatever the latest term is), they should just abstain. That's
really
working.
Nobody in my tribe has HIV.
Surely you're not going to stop there, if you've found the effective way to convince people (including IV drug users, and people who contract AIDS through methods that can't be forestalled with a condom) how to stay HIV negative, you should get a bigger megaphone.
Hey. Let us stay off the size of my megaphone for a moment.
Africa is not dying of AIDS because of injected drugs or transfusions. It is about sex.
In the cases of drugs, transfusions, and sex ... abstinence has little effect. Anywhere, in any culture.
