One of the things is said is that “there is power in the conversation around HIV/AIDS today, but I have struggled to elaborate beyond that. What message should this conversation be supporting, debating, or developing? What makes this disease so very different from any other illness? Why is it still so hard talk about? How would conversation help? On one hand, HIV is manageable; in its 30 years they have made advancements unlike any other terminal illness of its kind. But on the other hand, there is this huge social stigma, perception, and cloud of preconceived notions that follow even the healthiest HIV-positive person” (Helms, 2011). The researches, the knowledge, and the educations about HIV had progressed since the 1900s, which is good for HIV patients in regards to better treatment and health but what do they do for them socially? Why can’t a HIV-positive person come out publicly and be treated the same? We have come far from where we were in the 1900s, but we are not quite there yet.
He also stated that even though “no longer scared of dying from HIV, we are each in some way scared of living with it” (Helms, 2011). Oh, that statement really hit the spot. Even though I wouldn’t want to discriminate against someone with HIV, I find out that I wouldn’t want to be them either. Like he put it, I am “Scared of being infected. Scared of being judged. Scared of someone lying about his or her status. Scared of getting sick. Scared of a sex life forever changed. Scared of what my friends may think, for taking a chance on love. Scared of never finding love. Scared of being alone. Scared of a world scared of me” (Helms, 2011). I am a hypocrite???? I want to help fight the stigma about HIV and AIDS but as long I am not in that position, being a HIV positive.
Helms, T. (2011, Feb. 22). Living The Questions. Retreived from http://www.advocate.com/Health_and_Fitness/Health_and_Treatments/Living_the_Questions_February_23/
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I had the chance to talk to a newlywed woman this week at a hair store and sometime during our conversation the disease HIV came up. She stated " it is impossible for me to get HIV, I've only been with one man I won't contract the disease". I was dumbfounded and she was very serious. I found it ironic because that is one of the myths for HIV. According to the Well Project, so people think they are safe from contracting HIV because they are monogamous. I tried to explain to her that even though she is a faithful wife that doesn’t mean her husband is, and that before her she doesn’t know who her husband has been in sexual contact with. I don’t think she liked my comment very much but she did thank me and we went our separate ways. Some questions need to be considered by everyone who is in any kind of relationship: “Were you tested for HIV before you got into the relationship? Was your partner? Are you sure both tests was negative? Do you spend twenty- four hours a day together?” (The Well Project, 2010).
The Well Project. (2010, July). Myths about HIV. Retrieved from http://www.thebody.com/content/whatis/art58887.html
This hit home for me. This disease scares me. I wont lie about it. it truly does, to the point that I've decided to not have sex yet and I'm 23 years old. I truly do want to make a difference and spot the stigma and gossip about HIV and AIDS, but its hard to do that because I'm not positive. I don't know how it feels to be judged based on my status. I can try to imagine but at the end of the day I still don't know what it truly feels like. Crazy of society is.
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You're not a hypocrite. I feel the same way. The stigma surrounding this disease is horrible and I want to make other people understand. I don't want to discriminate against anyone that has it, but it terrifies me. Even knowing that I can have a life and not actually die from it I am completely terrified of the possibility of having to live with it.
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I apologize, for some reason my did you know topic did not show on my blog and I didn't notice it until now.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was teaching class one day, I had a young woman in the front row who told me that she wasn't as risk from HIV because she was getting married. I made a similar comment to the one you made and the woman started to cry. She was so sure that just being married would eliminate all risk for her. I told her i didn't want to burst her bubble and that if they got tested for HIV before they were married and they both vowed to be monogamous and really live it, she would be safer.
ReplyDeleteThe women's panel will be interesting next week.
That author really brought up some great points. However, I don't think that it makes you a hypocrite if you want to help with the disease but do not have it or want it. There are plenty of people that want to help people in poverty but are quite wealthy. I think that the best thing that can be done is to be aware of the consequences of having HIV so that you can safeguard yourself against. Also, by being educated you can educate others and help to reduce the stigma that surrounds AIDS. It is very sad to imagine discovering that you are infected with a terminal disease, and being hesitant to tell those that you love because of what they might think. It just seems like the worst of both worlds.
ReplyDeleteThe women's panel was also very eye opening because it revealed that even in a monogamous relationship it is still a very realistic possibility that you can contract HIV.
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