http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2008/08/big-kisses-to-auntie-cecilia.html Journalist and author Violet Blue's site for sex and tech culture, accurate sex information, erotica and more. Tue, 26 May 2015 17:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2008/08/big-kisses-to-auntie-cecilia.html/comment-page-1#comment-2231 Kaija Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:30:56 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=2020#comment-2231 Ugh, that article is depressing, especially since it points out something that has been obvious for years...that real HIV education/prevention, much like real sex ed, has been hampered by politics and ideology (i.e., religion) instead of being treated head on like the PUBLIC HEALTH issue that it is. The overal health and well-being of the populace takes precedence over any one group's moral contructs. There is way too much sexual shaming still going on for gays and bisexuals (the "down low" in the African-American community) and also for straight people who are not as careful as they can and should be because their real sexual desires and actions are at odds with the ones they THINK they should have, and risky behavior and lack of frank communication results. I hope we can take off the rose-colored blinders and give this issue the attention it clearly needs! Ugh, that article is depressing, especially since it points out something that has been obvious for years…that real HIV education/prevention, much like real sex ed, has been hampered by politics and ideology (i.e., religion) instead of being treated head on like the PUBLIC HEALTH issue that it is. The overal health and well-being of the populace takes precedence over any one group’s moral contructs. There is way too much sexual shaming still going on for gays and bisexuals (the “down low” in the African-American community) and also for straight people who are not as careful as they can and should be because their real sexual desires and actions are at odds with the ones they THINK they should have, and risky behavior and lack of frank communication results. I hope we can take off the rose-colored blinders and give this issue the attention it clearly needs!

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