Re: Boycott CBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

swamp wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 18:02:50 -0700, Rat & Swan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:

> > lazarus wrote:

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> > > Then why is it that lesbians are the least likely group to get AIDS?

> > That was always a good come-back to the homophobes.  The fact is
> > that lesbians were not ignored in the safe-sex campaigns either;
> > there was mention of dental dams, the problem of open cuts on
> > fingers and in the mouth, and the equal opportunity dangers of
> > S/M. (Have you ever tasted a dental dam?  Bleech....)

> HIV is typically spread by virus-laden semen entering through mucous
> membrane tears. In the vast majority of cases this occurs during anal
> sex among homosexual males. Women can contract HIV the same way, but
> are a "dead-end" for obvious reasons. They can be given the virus, and
> on rare occasions it can turn up in tiny amounts in vaginal swabs,
> saliva, and corneal impressions, but as non-semen producers women are
> non-vectors. It's an extremely poor etiological come-back, Karen.

Swamp, this was the early 1980's.  Nobody was sure how contagious HIV
was through vaginal secretions. The point is that Lesbians were also
concerned, and targeted for safe-sex information, such as it was then.
Plus, there was the issue of blood in S/M.

Rat