Comments on: The modern HIV epidemic http://www.bitheway.co.uk/2009/03/18/the-modern-hiv-epidemic/ An exploration of male bisexuality Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anon http://www.bitheway.co.uk/2009/03/18/the-modern-hiv-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-3320 Anon Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:21:46 +0000 http://www.bitheway.co.uk/?p=272#comment-3320 Very true, I find it quite enjoyable actually. There are certain advantages to condoms I won't go into here, at least in my opinion. That song gave me a grin if nothing else though, laugh. That said being visually impaired reading the back of the packet isn't much of an option. That's partly also the reason I'm still a virgin at 25, try finding anyone when there is little to nowhere to go out to in your town and you've no clue how to get anywhere else by bus. Ah well, things are about to change hopefully, and hopefully it will help me work out my bi tendencies on some level. Very true, I find it quite enjoyable actually. There are certain advantages to condoms I won’t go into here, at least in my opinion. That song gave me a grin if nothing else though, laugh.

That said being visually impaired reading the back of the packet isn’t much of an option. That’s partly also the reason I’m still a virgin at 25, try finding anyone when there is little to nowhere to go out to in your town and you’ve no clue how to get anywhere else by bus. Ah well, things are about to change hopefully, and hopefully it will help me work out my bi tendencies on some level.

]]> By: bitheway http://www.bitheway.co.uk/2009/03/18/the-modern-hiv-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-3310 bitheway Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:06:07 +0000 http://www.bitheway.co.uk/?p=272#comment-3310 I refer you all to the song 'Sodomy' from the musical Hair. http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=TzwGfP98vGM I refer you all to the song ‘Sodomy’ from the musical Hair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=TzwGfP98vGM

]]> By: Marston Ferry http://www.bitheway.co.uk/2009/03/18/the-modern-hiv-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-3309 Marston Ferry Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:58:33 +0000 http://www.bitheway.co.uk/?p=272#comment-3309 I agree, it's useful to have tried condoms on by yourself, to be sure you know what you're doing. But don't just see it as good practice for the 'real thing' - I'm a great believer that masturbation should not be seen as a poor substitute for something more fun. I agree, it’s useful to have tried condoms on by yourself, to be sure you know what you’re doing. But don’t just see it as good practice for the ‘real thing’ – I’m a great believer that masturbation should not be seen as a poor substitute for something more fun.

]]> By: bitheway http://www.bitheway.co.uk/2009/03/18/the-modern-hiv-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-3304 bitheway Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:43:29 +0000 http://www.bitheway.co.uk/?p=272#comment-3304 Actually Anon A so called "posh wank" is a good idea. Everyone should know how to put on a condom properly, and you don't want to be trying to figure it out whilst you are about to lose your virginity. Pausing to read the instructions on the back of the packet kinda kills the mood. Actually Anon

A so called “posh wank” is a good idea. Everyone should know how to put on a condom properly, and you don’t want to be trying to figure it out whilst you are about to lose your virginity. Pausing to read the instructions on the back of the packet kinda kills the mood.

]]> By: Anon http://www.bitheway.co.uk/2009/03/18/the-modern-hiv-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-3240 Anon Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:18:34 +0000 http://www.bitheway.co.uk/?p=272#comment-3240 Very well said on both accounts. To use an analogy - Better fire engines and other equipment are of course a good thing, but this doesn't give you free license to smoke in bed willy nilly and other such stupidities. I have yet to have sexual contact with a person of either gender, but I have already been practicing with condoms. Partly out of curiosity, partly out of saving effort in clean up after (well you know....), and partly for preparedness. I wouldn't dream of doing anything from either perspective sexually without protection. At least not unless I had been in a very long term relationship akin to marriage, and we had both been checked out thoroughly. Very well said on both accounts. To use an analogy -
Better fire engines and other equipment are of course a good thing, but this doesn’t give you free license to smoke in bed willy nilly and other such stupidities.

I have yet to have sexual contact with a person of either gender, but I have already been practicing with condoms. Partly out of curiosity, partly out of saving effort in clean up after (well you know….), and partly for preparedness. I wouldn’t dream of doing anything from either perspective sexually without protection. At least not unless I had been in a very long term relationship akin to marriage, and we had both been checked out thoroughly.

]]> By: Tiresias http://www.bitheway.co.uk/2009/03/18/the-modern-hiv-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-3115 Tiresias Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:04:40 +0000 http://www.bitheway.co.uk/?p=272#comment-3115 Bi the Way, Good post. Drugs treating AIDS symptoms are a godsend to the world, and the tragedy is that more people do not have access to them. (Perhaps we have big business and big religion to thank for that.) Despite the successes of anti-AIDS drugs, people seem surprisingly cavalier about contracting HIV. Anti-AIDS drugs may mute the effects of HIV, but spending a lifetime tethered to the pharmacist carries problems of its own. Will world politics and economics always afford ready access to the medication? Will one have to limit travel to countries with modern-style pharmacies? How will AIDS medications interact with other drugs as the body gets older? I agree with you that people are naive if they think anti-AIDS drugs represent a free pass from worry about safe sex. Of course medications come as a blessing to those who need them, but the best option seems to be avoiding the need to medicate in the first place. Tiresias Bi the Way,

Good post. Drugs treating AIDS symptoms are a godsend to the world, and the tragedy is that more people do not have access to them. (Perhaps we have big business and big religion to thank for that.)

Despite the successes of anti-AIDS drugs, people seem surprisingly cavalier about contracting HIV. Anti-AIDS drugs may mute the effects of HIV, but spending a lifetime tethered to the pharmacist carries problems of its own. Will world politics and economics always afford ready access to the medication? Will one have to limit travel to countries with modern-style pharmacies? How will AIDS medications interact with other drugs as the body gets older?

I agree with you that people are naive if they think anti-AIDS drugs represent a free pass from worry about safe sex. Of course medications come as a blessing to those who need them, but the best option seems to be avoiding the need to medicate in the first place.

Tiresias

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