Dumb question, I know, but why is it that gay people contract aids more often than straight people?
2007-05-06 11:07:21 · 6 answers · asked by Nick L 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
actually gay people don't contract aids more often then straight people anymore. but in the early 80,s when this stereotype came about this was true there are a few reasons for this. 1 the first case of aids in America was traced back to a single airline steward who was gay and visited various bath houses all over the U.S. (bath houses were a place where gay men practiced open promiscuity).
2 it is easier to contract aids through anal sex because of tearing and blood (blood being the primary way to pass HIV).
however, since the 80, bathhouses have become illegal and gay men for the most part have become educated on prevention of and protection from HIV. in fact many gay men have led the fight against HIV in this country
2007-05-06 14:59:35 · answer #1 · answered by torilynn242000 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the person who is receiving is more susceptible due to the risk of tearing, etc. however, any time anyone has any kind of bodily fluid contact with someone who is positive they put themselves at risk, regardless of who is giving/receiving, so always be careful and wear a condom! the size of the urethra has nothing to do with it. sperm and the hiv virus are so incredibly small that it wouldn't make a difference. you contract hiv by allowing the virus into your blood stream, size of the orifice doesn't come into play at all. you can theoretically get infected with hiv from a scratch on your finger. there just needs to be a way for the virus to enter your blood stream. for a top to be infected by a bottom partner, there would need to be some kind of tear in the rectum of the bottom partner _as well as_ some kind of tear in the (foreskin, maybe?) of the top partner (blood would be the infecting agent). for a bottom to be infected, there would only need to be some kind of tear in the rectum of the bottom partner, since semen (and all other bodily fluids) can transmit the virus. that's basically it in a nutshell, but it is important to also note that not every instance of fluid exchange will result in either partner becoming infected due to the fact that the hiv virus is present in bodily fluids in varying concentrations (blood to blood or semen to blood being the most dangerous, obviously, and saliva being less so).
2016-05-17 05:48:56 · answer #2 · answered by alma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That isn't true.
HIV does not distinguish people by groups. Its a virus. Like any virus it is transmitted in certain ways.
HIV is spread through ignorance.
HIV can easily be controlled. It is the direct result of human behaviour that allows this virus to kill millions of us.
The problem is fools who continue to infect others once they have the misfortune of being infected. Gay or not, they are engaging in criminal behaviour and with prior knowledge.
I couldn't infect you with ebola. I couldn't infect you with ebola intentionally or unintentionally. No one has the right to infect you or me.
No one has an excuse to hide behind chessy explanations for bringing harm to a fellow citizens.
Spreading HIV is criminal behaviour and needs to be addressed.
2007-05-06 11:15:34 · answer #3 · answered by guru 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
i have also heard that the anal sex many gays engage in is a much easier portal of entry for the virus right into the receivers blood system.
2007-05-06 11:39:48 · answer #4 · answered by silkbutterfly1973 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
We are not more susceptible to contracting HIV.
2007-05-08 08:51:02 · answer #5 · answered by jasgallo 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Gay people are often more sexually promiscuous than straight people, and protection is used less frequently because there's no risk of pregnancy.
2007-05-06 11:13:49 · answer #6 · answered by Spazzcat 5 · 1⤊ 8⤋