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Originally Posted by Aurora
I'd assume it's because there's no risk of pregnancy so not much need to wear protection? I literally have no idea. I've never looked into it, but it's not ignorance to the disease.
Personally I've never known anyone with HIV/AIDS, or anyone who knows anyone.
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Originally Posted by James
I think a lot of people see it as a joke.
"go get AIDS" "You have AIDS" etc.
People don't realise how serious the disease is, it's quite shocking. I read a play called "Brothers of Thunder" by Ann Marie di Mambo and it really affected me. It's about a man with HIV living with a catholic priest.
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You guys are too young to know what it was like when the AIDS scare was here in the UK in the 1980s, the media exagerrated the threat so much that people became a lot more careful through fear. Finally, this paranoia finally gave way to more informed debate about the subject in the 1990s and better education. Since then, informing the public on the risks has practically diminished, to such a level that people don't even give it that much thought!