Casual sex is the cure for HIV...?

Question

I'm writing an argumentative essay on this. Do you have any ideas of arguments/main points that could prove that it's true?

Ps. the topic is suppose to be crazy (i don't agree with it :P)

thanks! : )

Answer 1

I don't necessarily think that having casual sex is the cure, but promoting it (using condoms and other protective items) might be the route to take. You might see a decline in HIV and an increase in awareness if you elimiate the allure of having sex because it's forbidden, instead you encourage people to do so safely.

Make the sex more casual (relaxed, not just randomly banging people) and less restriceve. Take the taboo away and some of the risk might go away, too.

Just an idea...

Answer 2

I understand that this is a essay you are supposed to back up even though it is untrue and maybe not even what you agree with. I think this is a great topic. I think that you can promote casual sex as a more fun activity. And with the promotion of casual sex, the promotion of safer/SMARTER sex would also rise. The more people know how to have safe/SMART sex, the less of a chance to spread HIV. The less HIV is being spread around, eventually HIV will be a thing of the past. Just an idea...

Answer 3

The best place to look for help on this topic to to watch 'Thank you for Smoking'. The main character lobbies for big tobacco and does a wonderful job skirting the major issues about tobacco usage. I think the movie would be a great source for any debate.

My personal advice is to work from the premise that "correlation does not equal causation". Just because a person has casual sex it does not mean that they are spreading HIV. There are many variables involved with the spread of a disease, so pick a different one and argue that instead. For example, one could logically argue that drug usage plays more of a role in the spread of aids than casual sex. I hope this line of reasoning is helpful.

Good luck with your essay!

Answer 4

Well one approach might be that in this day and time, one could make the arguement that casual sex should always make you want to use protection since everybody is aware that the risk for STD's including HIV is as high as it is. (You might even quote some statistics) Then you could show some ideas for a targeted campaign to make casual sex become synonymous with safe sex or protected sex. Then it could be argued that through this effort Casual sex, meaning Safe or Protected sex, is the cure for HIV...

I don't believe this to be true, I'm just trying to give you a different approach to your essay.

Answer 5

This can never be true. And the teacher should be brought up on charges. This angle on this particular problem is a waste of time. What should be taught, should begin with the parents. Allowing your 16 year old daughter to go and "party" with her friends, should constitute negligence. And teaching self worth should be a higher priority than the newest i-phone or i-pod. The number of teenagers getting std's is frightening. And rising.
Being on the argumentative side for "casual sex is the cure for hiv..." is a losing battle. It doesen't even have enough credit to spend one minute debating.

Answer 6

Casual sex can be safe sex. Safe sex won't cure aids, but it certainly will eliminate the spread of aids via sex. Sharing infected blood through tainted transfusions, drug needles, and accidental infection will continue to occur regardless of sexual activity. In any case, an argument that casual sex is a cure for aids would be a weak argument.
RJ

Answer 7

Eventually there will be a group of people who are naturally imune from HIV, that is how it worked all the way through evolution, those who were immune survived. It is a fairly silly debating topic but yes, it would speed up the death rate of those not naturally immune leaving the group that would never catch AIDS surviving.

HIV is not the first fatal disease that has infected humanity.

Answer 8

People in supposedly monogamous and/or committed relationships are less likely to use proper protection, also many people that have HIV are asymptomatic, so there is not only no guarantee that one's partner is actually monogamous, but also no guarantee that they don't already have HIV. When people engage in casual sex there is no expectation of monogamy and so proper protection is more likely to be used. I have heard to many stories of people in commit ed relationships who got stds from an asymptomatic partner, or one that was cheating on them.

Answer 9

The chances of getting aids having uprotected sex once is less than if you have sex with an infected person many times -so by having sex with many casually instead of one person often, your odds would be less.
--that is crazy logic!

Answer 10

No. For one situation, causal intercourse is already virtually the least stigmatised that's ever been. for yet another, HIV isn't the only STD, and there remains unintended being pregnant to think approximately.