Transmission

Let me be very

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Let me be very blunt: the heterosexual transmission of AIDS is, in Africa, a function of truly pathological promiscuity. So this is really a violence issue – not the same violence we deal with in Boston, where teenagers stab and shoot each other, but the violence of African men who are killing themselves, and killing … Read more

And the stigma hasn\\’t

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And the stigma hasn’t really changed that much in 31 years. You are still getting people – it’s a shame-based disease. It’s based on sexual transmission. And it’s still shame-based. And until people feel strong enough and feel loved enough to actually open up and say, listen, I’m HIV-positive, then we are facing an uphill … Read more

The power of perpetuating

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The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it, and that which tends most to the perpetuation of society itself. It makes our weakness subservient to our virtue; it grafts benevolence even upon avarice. The possession of family wealth and of the distinction … Read more