rain -> RE: Oral sex Lessons for our kids? (5/14/2004 5:25:31 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Estring I do agree that much misinformation is spread purposely these days to scare kids. Especially that AIDS is an equal opportunity disease. As a social worker who has worked with people living with HIV/AIDS for almost 4 years, i have to say that HIV/AIDS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY DISEASE! The people i work with are: white, black, latino, asian, burmese, nigerian, straight, gay, bi-sexual, transgendered, IV drug users, people with NO addictions, varying in age from as young 17 (born with HIV), and as old as 60 something years old, they are Christians, Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, Jews, Muslims, and atheists. No one is immune from contracting HIV, no one. On Wednesday afternoon, i took a group of my clients to hear Magic Johnson speak. Magic has been living with HIV for 12 years! 12 years! He was NOT an IV drug user, nor was he gay; he contracted HIV through uprotected HETEROSEXUAL sex. Condoms, if used properly, are very effective against the transmission of HIV, (and other STD's) and pregnancy. The problem, as i see it, is this: many people still believe that b/c they are white, Christian, educated, heterosexual- that these things will protect them from HIV- well, they are wrong. The attitude needs to change: if children and adults are educated, then they can make the best decisions for themselves. i've had clients who contracted the virus through blood transfusions, or wives who contracted HIV from their husbands- who had unprotected sex with other WOMEN. Also, i feel it is naive for lawmakers to say that if you hand out condoms to teenagers, that will encourage them to have sex. Guess what, whether the school hands out condoms or not, teenagers will have sex. In fact, kids are becoming sexually active at a much younger age. Knowledge is power. Educate yourselves so that you can educate your children. Cheers, ~rain~
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