I cannot believe the number of answers on here from straight girls and women who, when asked what they would do if they found out a boyfriend or husband was gay or bisexual, say 'get tested for HIV', or advise other women to leave a bisexual partner in case he 'gives them AIDS'.
Has something happened in the education system recently, so that children are being taught that straight people cannot get or pass on the HIV virus?
To these women: you are at risk of catching and passing on the virus if YOU have unprotected sex with ANYONE unless they've been tested negative first. And unless you know every single partner that your man has had, and know that every single one of them was negative, YOU are doing more to spread the virus than most of the gay and bisexual community, who are in the main far more informed, educated and careful.
Does anyone know how on earth this ignorance can be so widespread in this day and age?
2006-11-25 07:16:17 · 8 answers · asked by JBoy Wonder 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I don't think it's just older people - that's what worries me.
2006-11-25 07:25:16 · update #1
I think it steams from when people though only gays and druggies can get HIV/AIDS.
many of those people didn't get correct in this thought and though it to their kids (and other people's kids)
add this to the fact that are school system have been cutting back on sex ed
plus (but connect to the first one) there was a guy that wrote a book about him living a secret life where he cheated on the lady he was with a bunch of men. That has been getting a lot of press (at least in the Black media outlets) that help fuel this ideal of bisexual men are the reason straight women get HIV/AIDS
2006-11-25 08:27:52 · answer #1 · answered by goldenbrowngod 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is more of the belief that they would not accept that their boyfriend or husband could be bi-sexual.
When AIDS was first introduced to the country, it was definitely a gay disease. However, researchers learned that straight men were having sex with homosexuals. Much later, it appeared that there were more bi-sexual men in existence than the population thought possible. I still think many of us do not believe that a lot of guys are bi-sexual. The bi-sexual male is safe because if he admits he likes men sexually, he may be characterized as gay, not bi. So, most of them keep that little secret locked up. This is the reason many women are stunned or just don't believe their guy could be/is bi; hence the reason they do not believe getting AIDS/HIV would/could happen to them.
You're right - being bi is prevalent in a LOT of younger people; hence the answers you were given.
2006-11-25 08:18:01 · answer #2 · answered by terryoulboub 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because way back when everybody thought that AIDS was a gay male virus only, and indeed, it might have seemed that way, since they were the majority being infected with it. So they believed the only way it might have been transferred was through bisexual men, who have been absolutely vilified for this awful lie.
It's just misseducation and myths, that's all. Thanks for taking a moment to get a few people straight about bisexuality and disease in general.
2006-11-25 07:23:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
all though your statement is true , you also have to look at what society thought about HIV/aids at the time it came about. it was considered a gay disease. we in the gay community understand this isn't the case but there are alot of older people in the hetero world that still think this is true
2006-11-25 07:23:33 · answer #4 · answered by Ron N 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I easily have connected with 8 at once boys... heavily, 8 different boys that declare they're at once. i've got self belief all of them to a definite quantity. I mean, being gay or bi or at once.. they're all basically labels, basically words that extremely have not got any meaning. You do what you do because of the fact interior the 2nd it feels precise. in case you experience like going mountaineering for an adrenaline rush, it is astonishing. in case you experience like giving somebody head or receiving head, this is likewise astonishing :) in case you pick you desire to be with men sometime, then i'm particular you will pursue men. comparable with females. sturdy luck to you! ..... p.s. some college pals? different? on the comparable time? this is kinda warm. in comparison to you, i don't get gentle as a pillow thinking approximately that form of element haha
2016-12-10 15:52:41 · answer #5 · answered by fennessey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree with you. How can ignorance be so wide spread today? is the bulk of society living in a cave or what? HIV attacks everyone and know no boundaries.
2006-11-25 08:24:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Denial
2006-11-25 07:21:31 · answer #7 · answered by krystal s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very well said.
2006-11-25 07:20:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋