Re: Homosexuals and AIDS
Originally posted by sailormoon
Does anyone know why more homosexuals have AIDS than heterosexuals do? It's just a question I've wondered about for a while.
Please tell me where you got the statistics from saying "More Homosexuals have AIDS than Heterosexuals"
I'm SURE it's an official statistic worldwide 🙄
~wickerman~
There are two main reasons which explain why in the West (outside of which reliable figures are hard to get) the AIDS rate is higher in homosexuals.
First, that their means of intimacy are at a greater risk of transmitting many sorts of STD. That's perfectly credible, buit it's nothing to do with being homosexual per se; heterosexuals who do similar things are at a similar risk.
Secondly, it is simply that the homosexual world is WAY more open and profligate in the west than the heterosexual one. Anonymous sex and multiple partners in the homosexual underworld happens a great deal. Therefore it spread far more quickly in that area.
At first, anyway. The statisitics are starting to even out.
It might also be theorised that it took longer for the homosexual world to adjust because men are less cautious than women. That's possible but I wouldn't want to put my name to it.
The AIDS epidemic in Africa represents a very different sexual morality in those cultures, so the homosexual angle- quite aside from the accurate figures not being available- is far less relevant.
Originally posted by Ushgarak
There are two main reasons which explain why in the West (outside of which reliable figures are hard to get) the AIDS rate is higher in homosexuals.First, that their means of intimacy are at a greater risk of transmitting many sorts of STD. That's perfectly credible, buit it's nothing to do with being homosexual per se; heterosexuals who do similar things are at a similar risk.
Secondly, it is simply that the homosexual world is WAY more open and profligate in the west than the heterosexual one. Anonymous sex and multiple partners in the homosexual underworld happens a great deal. Therefore it spread far more quickly in that area.
At first, anyway. The statisitics are starting to even out.
It might also be theorised that it took longer for the homosexual world to adjust because men are less cautious than women. That's possible but I wouldn't want to put my name to it.
The AIDS epidemic in Africa represents a very different sexual morality in those cultures, so the homosexual angle- quite aside from the accurate figures not being available- is far less relevant.
Well put! ✅
Originally posted by sailormoon
Does anyone know why more homosexuals have AIDS than heterosexuals do? It's just a question I've wondered about for a while.
plus it is also very much spread in the areas of little knowledge about it and between the ppl who are using drugs (needles)
also can be transmitted coz os bloodtransfusion and a lot of other things..even manicure 😑
Originally posted by Clovie
because they don't have money to fight it
Intereting little known HIV fact
Originally posted by Ushgarak
There are two main reasons which explain why in the West (outside of which reliable figures are hard to get) the AIDS rate is higher in homosexuals.First, that their means of intimacy are at a greater risk of transmitting many sorts of STD. That's perfectly credible, buit it's nothing to do with being homosexual per se; heterosexuals who do similar things are at a similar risk.
Secondly, it is simply that the homosexual world is WAY more open and profligate in the west than the heterosexual one. Anonymous sex and multiple partners in the homosexual underworld happens a great deal. Therefore it spread far more quickly in that area.
At first, anyway. The statisitics are starting to even out.
It might also be theorised that it took longer for the homosexual world to adjust because men are less cautious than women. That's possible but I wouldn't want to put my name to it.
The AIDS epidemic in Africa represents a very different sexual morality in those cultures, so the homosexual angle- quite aside from the accurate figures not being available- is far less relevant.
Hmmm...that makes a lot of sense. Thanks, that helped alot!