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Cultural beliefs relating specifically to sexual health include limited support for the use of contraception in some communities, acceptability of Aboriginal women having children young, and cultural understandings of health and reproduction founded in spirituality (Ireland et al., 2015).

Based on the CDC website, cultural norms such as traditions, values, and character have a great impact the risk of getting HIV. As result, it serves as somewhat of a strain towards promoting and practicing healthy sex practices. Some customs such as polygamy, and multiple partners will increase the risks of contraction. On the other hand, due to cultural modernization, such practices such as abstinence before marriage are slowly being eradicated. One method towards breaking this barrier would be to learn and understand about the different cultural beliefs and practices, and according to the circumstances may the implementation of laws/ regulations towards a certain might

Whenever we hear and/or talk about HIV/AIDS, the number one prevalence of the disease is practicing safe sex. Many homosexual males, in the U.S., contract this disease because of possible promiscuity, sexual intercourse without condoms, and the anatomical sense of how the virus is transmitted. Statistics have been lower due to educating the importance of being tested and safe sex. However, the epidemic of HIV/AIDS is at large in various parts of Africa and Asia. Certain cultural practices that may contribute to this epidemic is the practice of polygamy. Many men will have multiple wives and sexual partners throughout their life. Some of these partners include prostitutes.

In the first place, a summary is necessary in better understanding the main points of this over 1500-word article. Initially, the author gave out two contending views on the use of condoms in Africa: one is that condom distribution is among the most effective ways to control the spread of AIDS and the other is that condoms are useless and even one cause of high HIV transmission rate in this region. Then, he raises the question whether condoms really stop AIDS and gradually explains his reason for agreeing with the latter view. As for him, there is only one simple reason: Condoms provide a false sense of security to the users; therefore they keep using them without being aware of the high risks. According to him, instead of

However, the sexual transmission of HIV and the later development of AIDS cannot be analysed solely through the lenses of reproductive organs. African women do not contract HIV at high rates due to their sexual organs, and penises do not better protect males from transmission. In addition, the transmission of HIV by sexual intercourse has often been

As women are confronted by structural violence, social practices and cultural contexts in which their ability to mitigate the risk of HIV/AIDS or to harness protection is reduced on the basis of their gender, this in turn plays into underlying socially imbedded power structures. As women experience a lowered sense of agency, they virtually have no ability to mitigate their risks of HIV. This denial of agency prevents women from negotiating sex in general, let alone protected or safe sex, including condom use.

The distribution of condoms in school can be a sensitive action for some. Offering condoms in high schools across American is an idea that some people are completely opposed to for many reasons. Some say schools should be teaching against underage sexual activity. Also, it is supporting them to engage in intercourse, it is encouraging risky behavior. Citizens say schools should support abstinence. Taxpayers in American do not want to

The possibility that a young woman does not wish to have children or does not feel ready upon marriage is essentially ignored in most developing nations. Should a woman wish to postpone childbearing, she may encounter difficulties finding contraceptive methods. “The most commonly reported reasons for unmet need [for contraception] are lack of knowledge, health concerns, and social disapproval” (Casterline & Sinding, 2000 as cited in Levine et al., 2006). The lack of female education about contraception in countries where it would be of greatest aid is a major indicator of why maternal mortality is still such a prevalent issue. In American, “woman have to get prescriptions for contraceptives from their health care providers”, and there is a multitude of information available to women who wish to use contraception (Hansman, 2014). Many women in poor areas of developing nations do not have regular access to health care providers, resulting in both lack of information and materials to implement family planning practices. Contraception in general is a delicate matter due to the stigma attached in societies where high fertility is culturally valued. Reactions from “government policy [or] the way a husband might perceive his wife’s use of birth control” can be deterrents for a woman to abandon her own desires to refrain from pregnancy (Hansman, 2014). It can be argued that even if proper contraceptive methods were provided to women in developing nations, the actual usage is

HIV and AIDS can be spread in multiple ways. The spread of HIV/AIDS has been largely blamed on many of the religious norms that are regularly practiced in Nigeria. Much of this country operates under Islamic laws that encourage polygamy and discourage the use of contraceptives. “The women also blamed the prevalence of AIDS in the community on the gendered culture…where women lack the power to say ‘no’ to sex when their husbands demand it” (Iyiani, Binns & Shannon, 2010, p. 9). Due to the practice of polygamy and early marriage of young girls, women are more affected by this virus than men. Islamic laws also give the final say to men; therefore, women

Making condoms available to High School student will allow them to take control of their sexual health. Many High school students are afraid of buying condoms because they must deal with the face-to-face humiliation they endure. The teenager is aware that the cashier has knowledge as to what they are bound to do. In the student’s mind, there is a sense of judgment that can be felt when they are looked at by the surrounding shoppers. This embarrassment may cause the High School teen to avoid purchasing the

AIDS is transmitted throughout 8,000 people around the world more than half of them are women. In the late 1900’s people began to believe that AIDS was a disease caused because of gay men. The disease was perceived as an illness that came from gay men. Therefore, people believed that a women could not retrieve this disease. AIDS/HIV is misinterpreted and is seen as something it is not. This paper will discuss what AIDS/HIV is, the biology of the disease, some symptoms, treatments, genetics and social economic impacts.

For instance, in Botswana (Africa), men have dominant position in sex and condoms are seven times less likely to be used (UNAIDS, 2008). Research also found that men trend to be aggressive and sexual dominant, putting women in such a vulnerable situation in sexual relationships, even in rape and violate. (ICRW, 2007; WHO, 2007; UNAIDS, 2008). 40%-60%of women in Bangladesh and Thailand claimed to have sex abuse by spouses (Garcia-Moreno et al., 2005; UNAIDS, 2008). Moreover nearly 31% of countries do not have gender equity law to protect women rights (UNAIDS 2008).Those severe inequity may be a result of preference of boys’ ideology. In poor districts family income is only paid on boys’ education whereas girls are supposed to support family (UNDP, 2007).Without basic knowledge, HIV protection is difficult to be obtained by girls, not mention the proper right defense. All these inequities between men and women lead to vulnerability of women in HIV positive situation.

Their culture does not have monogamy or a custom of only one sexual partner, but they have many different sexual partners, and that is why HIV/AIDS spreads so quickly in Africa. They also do not use protection because it is not available to most people and so chances are higher to get HIV/AIDS. Another cultural aspect is that there is a lot of prejudice against testing. Many people do not want to get tested for HIV/AIDS because one, they are scared the test might come back positive, second if it does result positive how will they tell their family/friends and thirdly how will they get the treatment they need to get. If the people get tested and do want to not tell anyone, because of various reasons, and as a result the problem amplifies and does not get solved. Another problem for the cultural aspect is get the people to take responsibility and try to change. Of coarse it is easier to ignore the problem and pretend it is not there, but

Only 30% of married men reported consistent condom use, while urban unmarried men were twice as likely to use condoms as those in rural areas. Increased, consistent use of condoms was associated with men with secondary or higher education compared with men who without. Thai women living with HIV/AIDS have suffered from negative perceptions and attitudes in Thai society because physical and moral appearances are important. The stigma may have been caused by the mass media and public health promotion campaigns using scare tactics to alter behavior in the 1980s (Liamputtong P, Haritavorn N, Kiatying-Angsulee N. 2009). They feared intentional or unintentional disclosure of their health status by health care workers. Women have often not disclosed their status to sexual partners, family and friends, and some have even migrated away from their local communities.

South Africa has failed to promote a safe sex campaign effectively. More than 1,500 South Africans a day are infected with HIV. Uganda, who has fewer resources than South Africa, reduced HIV frequency by half by their successful anti-aids campaign with use of education as the main method. Mr. Mbeki should use the Uganda method and urge people to sleep around less and use condom more. There was almost no sex education at all in South African schools for a long time, and is only in the last couple of years it has dramatically increased.