http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/...ossible-to-get-aids-through-heterosexual-sex/ I swear Republicans these days remind me of those Africans you read about in the news who have sex with underage children because they think it will cure their AIDS. They're seriously just that ignorant.
I fear the worst for the current GOP climate. They cling to superstition and ignorance as though it's the founding principles of the American way. There's good reason why the GOP has been sharply criticize because they love to spread nonsense propaganda which isn't true. The moderate GOP is no more. They are dying along with the more progressive wing of the party.
There are more heterosexuals around the world with HIV/AIDS than those who are homosexual. The cause isn't because of one's sexual orientation.
The statement still holds to be false since viruses and diseases do not discriminate, contrary to ignorant belief. AIDS/HIV is transmitted through bacteria blood or seminal fluids within the body. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hiv-aids/DS00005/DSECTION=causes How HIV is transmitted To become infected with HIV, infected blood, semen or vaginal secretions must enter your body. You can't become infected through ordinary contact — hugging, kissing, dancing or shaking hands — with someone who has HIV or AIDS. HIV can't be transmitted through the air, water or via insect bites. You can become infected with HIV in several ways, including: During sex. You may become infected if you have vaginal, anal or oral sex with an infected partner whose blood, semen or vaginal secretions enter your body. The virus can enter your body through mouth sores or small tears that sometimes develop in the rectum or vagina during sexual activity. Blood transfusions. In some cases, the virus may be transmitted through blood transfusions. American hospitals and blood banks now screen the blood supply for HIV antibodies, so this risk is very small. Sharing needles. HIV can be transmitted through needles and syringes contaminated with infected blood. Sharing intravenous drug paraphernalia puts you at high risk of HIV and other infectious diseases such as hepatitis. From mother to child. Infected mothers can infect their babies during pregnancy or delivery, or through breast-feeding. But if women receive treatment for HIV infection during pregnancy, the risk to their babies is significantly reduced.
Omg It's 2012 and people STILL don't know how aids is transmitted? Well fine then..I STILL think the earth is flat. If we're all going to be retarded and whatnot.
Ignorance is a weapon of virtue for people like that. The downfall of this nation isn't because of socialism or liberalism or I dare say conservatism in it's truest state. It's the neo-con-ignorance that drives the mind and the leaders that comprise of this sad revelation.
Facts http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2009/aug/09082609 http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/topics-in-brief/linked-epidemics-drug-abuse-hivaids "While heterosexual transmission still accounts for a relatively small 9 percent of the total 103,500 cases reported in 1993..." http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/11/u...mong-heterosexuals.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
Interesting... "Among men diagnosed with AIDS in 2009, 56% of black/African American men, 65% of Hispanic/Latino men and 79% of white men became infected with HIV through male-to-male sexual contact. Among women diagnosed with AIDS in 2009, 78% of black/African American women, 75% of Hispanic/Latino women and 68% of white women became infected through heterosexual contact." http://www.avert.org/usa-race-age.htm
I think you might be a bit confused. I don't have sex with ostriches.. Therefore. In the us it's virtually impossible for me to get aids from having sex with ostriches. Ok?
False. Unless the individual uses protection, the male still has a chance of acquiring HIV/AIDS significantly through vaginal contact.
I would take exception to the word in bold. Myth: Women can't give men HIV. It's much harder for men to get HIV from women, but it does happen. HIV does not live long outside the body. A man's penis is only exposed to HIV for the time that it is in a vagina or rectum. Men also may have fewer areas on the penis where the virus can enter the body. HIV can enter at the opening of the tip and through cuts or sores on the shaft. But if a partner has an untreated sexually transmitted infection (STI) like syphilis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia, the risk is higher. These infections can bring more CD4 cells to the area of infection, or cause breaks in the skin, both increasing the risk of passing HIV. Meanwhile, women have a higher risk of getting HIV from men. Because HIV is in the man's semen, which can stay in the woman's vagina for days, her exposure time is longer after sex. Also, the vagina provides a much larger area than the penis does through which HIV can enter the woman's body. Taken from: http://www.womenshealth.gov/hiv-aids/what-is-hiv-aids/myths-about-hiv-aids.cfm
DUMb. THe MAJORITY of women who contract AIDs do so from heterosexual sex with a male partner. Chew on that.
Tell that to the Republican congressman responsible for the quote to start this thread. It's NOT virtually impossible to get infected with AIDS from heterosexual sex. You don't get to parse it down to gender to refine the point you missed in the first place. BTW most men infected with AIDS in South Africa became infected from sex with female prostitutes. Keep chewing.:smt039 The GOP is increasingly becoming anti-science, and all ideology and propaganda all the time.
