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Today's Sociology tutorial was very interesting. We were discussing on the incidence and prevalence rates and then came our presentation on HIV/AIDS. My classmates presented on the the ways of how to stop AIDS from spreading in Singapore while my group discussed on how women are involved in the spread of HIV/AIDS. After the research that we did, we were surprised to know that the sex workers in Geylang are HIV/AIDS negative!! Well... it's because of the public health officers that check on them regularly....
After we all presented, our lecturer made us discuss more on the subject of HIV/AIDS and sex. With people going against the social norms, more of them are involved in casual sex than our parents or grandparents' time. She said that the modern world today define love as sex which is wrong. Yes, humans always crave for affection and intimacy but sex is not the answer. She gave us an example and taught us how to decline to sex.
Example, if your boyfriend goes up to you and pour out his feelings to you, you'll feel flattered. And out of the blue, her asks you to have sex with him. You were shocked by the proclamation and declined. Apparently he didn't take "no" as an answer and said that "Everybody is doing it!". At this point, some of us girls will be tongue tied and may not know how to respond. However, my lecturer was smart enough to retort back. She said if we are in this type of dilemma, just ask him how he knows the statistics and where did he get the information wrong? That will definitely threw him back!
We were laughing at how much the answer actually makes sense! BUT we were not expecting her to show us something. She took out a condom and showed it to us. As you know, condom is 99.9% safe right? But what does the 1% protect you from? That 1% is to protect us girls from being pregnant AND not AIDS free!
Okay, imagine the condom in front of you. The condom is latex and made up of multiple layers of fibres. The spaces between the fibres are big while the AIDS virus is small. So, if you had sexual intercourse with an unfaithful AIDS partner, even he wears the condom, what are the chances of you having AIDS? It is a 65-70% chance. The risk of you having AIDS is higher than you getting pregnant! Even if you are protected, there will still be a high chance of you getting AIDS!!
So the best answer to all these problems? ABSTINENCE! Abstain from having sex before marriage! And if you are married, BE FAITHFUL!! You wouldn't want your family members to broke apart because of AIDS!
All I have to say is - "Think before you act!" |
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