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Shannon Coco

AIDS in Latin America -- A special report;In Deception and Denial, an Epidemic Looms - 0 views

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  • Flourishing amid sexual promiscuity, hypocrisy and haphazard prevention, Latin America's AIDS epidemic is on its way to surpassing that of the United States
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  • ising infection rates among Latin American women, a fact that doctors attribute to a propensity for homosexual and heterosexual affairs by men and a traditional reluctance to discuss these with their wives
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      Shannon Coco on 08 Sep 09
       
      This reminded me of when Gutmann discussed how men classified their sexuality on questionnaires. Some claimed to be "heterosexual" despite having sex with other men because they were the ones doing the penetrating. This logic baffled me and I was shocked to hear the reasoning, but yet I believe it to be driven by beliefs that since they were "the man" penetrating, they did nothing against their religion, the norm, etc.
  • "Married women always think that they are safe," said Ana Valeria Barbosa, whose husband died of AIDS two years ago. "Then I discovered my husband was not only injecting drugs, he was bisexual."
  • Indeed, hidden bisexual activity by Latin America's men has provided a bridge for the epidemic to enter the continent's f
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  • prevalent in Brazil, and in Latin America
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  • Men here are not considered gay if they also have sexual relations with women, or perform the dominant role in the sex act. This is a main contributor to the rapid spread of AIDS among women."
    • Shannon Coco
      Shannon Coco on 08 Sep 09
       
      This once again states the logic of male-to-male sexual acts. If dominant (the man's role), going along with the perception of the way men should act in bed as the aggressor, than they are not considered gay.
  • In Africa, heterosexual sex is the primary means of transmission and victims are evenly split between men and women. In the United States, primary modes of transmission have been gay sex and injection of drugs with contaminated needles,
  • In Rocinha, Rio's largest slum, 77 percent of sexually active male respondents to a survey said they never used condoms.
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      Shannon Coco on 08 Sep 09
       
      The men will not take it upon themselves to use contraception or to prevent AIDS.
  • In addition to objections on grounds of pleasure, Brazilian men fault condoms for their high price and their poor quality. Priced out of reach of Brazil's poor majority, a pack of three condoms costs the equivalent of a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of rice or two kilograms of black beans.
  • "Many married men get AIDS from homosexual behavior and from prostitutes they don't publicly acknowledge," said Marta Suplicy, a Sao Paulo psychoanalyst who specializes in sexual problems. "One of the big problems of AIDS is that there is still the myth of fidelity in marriage."
  • Shannon Coco on 08 Sep 09
     
    In this article from The New York Times in January 1993, the rise of AIDS in women in Latin America is discussed. Similarly to in Gutmann's findings, the fidelity of husbands is questioned as the reason for the rise in women's infections. With men having sexual affairs, they are contributing to the rise of AIDS in females.
Libba Farrar

BBC NEWS | Africa | Macho men in Mexico and Africa - 0 views

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  • Libba Farrar on 05 Oct 09
     
    The macho culture of Latin America can be traced back to the time of the Conquistadors. Maria Elena Ramos Tovar addresses that at the time of the conquistadors men dominated women through their masculinity. In today's Mexican culture the movies from Hollywood and those produced in the country portray the image of man, which in turn reinforces the preexisting image of the 'machismo' in Mexican culture. Longevity of the ideals of machismo are being confronted by the women in Mexican society and this can be seen in the levels of divorce rates in the society. Women are becoming less tolerant of men who retain the image of macho. This article does a comparative analysis between the male dominance in the Mexican culture versus the culture in the Nigerian village of Lagos.
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