http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/08/25/lost-in-translation-h-i-v/ Of sex and science. Elizabeth Pisani's blog about HIV and other sundry things. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:54:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/08/25/lost-in-translation-h-i-v/comment-page-1/#comment-1347 Ian Hodgson Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:54:23 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=834#comment-1347 This is fascinating - the power of language (and by implication metaphor) to shape our world is often underestimated. I've always been intrigued by the following phrase, heard in health care and civil society alike: "He's HIV" or "She's HIV". Seems almost as if HIV infection has become a way of categorising a person - an attribute like any other marker of character or personality. This is fascinating – the power of language (and by implication metaphor) to shape our world is often underestimated. I’ve always been intrigued by the following phrase, heard in health care and civil society alike: “He’s HIV” or “She’s HIV”. Seems almost as if HIV infection has become a way of categorising a person – an attribute like any other marker of character or personality.

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