(March 2, 2013 at 3:35 am)Aractus Wrote:(March 1, 2013 at 12:17 pm)Gabriel Syme Wrote: Ther would also be wider social benefits - HIV would essentially disappear in the west, for a start. (In western society, the disease affects gay men almost exclusively).This is true... did you know that you need to have unprotected vaginal sex an average of 700 times with an HIV+ partner to contract HIV?
I'm afraid that is not actually true, it's a commonly held myth based on earlier studies. Whilst it is riskier for penile-anal sex to contract the disease, penile-vaginal sex can range from 1 per 1000 sexual acts to 1 in 3 sexual acts based on factors such as the stage oft he disease, circumcision, other present STI's, roughness of the acts, and a number of other things.
Saying it's a near purely gay disease wouldn't do anything to explain why Africa is having an epidemic. It's just residual nonsense from the 80's.
If you believe it, question it. If you question it, get an answer. If you have an answer, does that answer satisfy reality? Does it satisfy you? Probably not. For no one else will agree with you, not really.
