Comments on: Men are pigs, women are angels. Not.

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:56:34 +0000

The link between HIV rates and gender equality is tenuous at best.
There is always more promiscuity in rich urban areas than poor rural ones, likewise in rich nations rather than in poor ones….
Infection rates have nothing to do with the fact women are better educated and better paid in the rich nations, but that men in rich nations are more likely to be urbanised, have more money to throw around in bars and clubs, there is more of a culture of drunkeness and by default prostitutes, and men can afford more “girlfriends”.

By: Rieza

Rieza — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:15:35 +0000

women aren’t angels, they’re victims of (black, obviously) males’ risky sex and drug-injecting behaviors who need to be saved (but the men don’t need saving, b/c they are the problem). By the way, have you read this article? It’s in the current issue of AJPH: Higgins et al. Rethinking Gender, Heterosexual Men, and Women’s
Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. Am J Public Health. 2010;100:
435–445 http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/reprint/100/3/435

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:28:19 +0000

Your coverage of this issue is, as always, brilliant, thought-provoking, and unexpectedly amusing. In fact, and not for the first time, it inspired me to write about your blog. Thanks!