What would you spend $800,000 on?
This is probably well outside the spirit of this thread, but one problem with condoms related to the African HIV issue is the sexual double standard which is very prevalent in most African countries, and even more so in rural areas.
African wives are expected to remain monogamous, whereas their husbands have no such societal expectation. The men who live in rural areas often work in cities, and conduct their extramarital affairs during the workweek. This is generally believed to be a large contributor to the HIV problem, since they then bring it home to their wives, who can then pass it on to any children they have in the future. The next layer is that when African women ask their husbands to use condoms, the implication from many husbands' standpoints are that their wives are not being faithful, which can lead to domestic violence and other such problems. There are many documented cases of husbands leaving their wives high and dry after such an event - stuck with HIV and sometimes with multiple children, and no way to take care of themselves or the children since the husband was the breadwinner.
All in all, a complicated issue in general which cannot easily be solved by condom education. A little cultural competency goes a long way, so from a sociological standpoint, it wouldn't make sense to just stress condom use in such situations.
By the by, I don't think I agree with stimulus funding paying to teach dudes how to clean their ding dongs. What about my college loans? Those need some stimulus too.
African wives are expected to remain monogamous, whereas their husbands have no such societal expectation. The men who live in rural areas often work in cities, and conduct their extramarital affairs during the workweek. This is generally believed to be a large contributor to the HIV problem, since they then bring it home to their wives, who can then pass it on to any children they have in the future. The next layer is that when African women ask their husbands to use condoms, the implication from many husbands' standpoints are that their wives are not being faithful, which can lead to domestic violence and other such problems. There are many documented cases of husbands leaving their wives high and dry after such an event - stuck with HIV and sometimes with multiple children, and no way to take care of themselves or the children since the husband was the breadwinner.
All in all, a complicated issue in general which cannot easily be solved by condom education. A little cultural competency goes a long way, so from a sociological standpoint, it wouldn't make sense to just stress condom use in such situations.
By the by, I don't think I agree with stimulus funding paying to teach dudes how to clean their ding dongs. What about my college loans? Those need some stimulus too.
Crap - I was gonna but you beat me to it.
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folks...
you know that crazy guy on tv running around with a green suit with question marks all over it?
not, not the joker but the dude who says he can show you how to get free money from the government?
guess what...
those UCLA researchers did their part.
grant money is flowing like $*^ in a nevada whorehouse. you just have to do the work. work like writing a grant proposal is a great job if you can find it.
you know that crazy guy on tv running around with a green suit with question marks all over it?
not, not the joker but the dude who says he can show you how to get free money from the government?
guess what...
those UCLA researchers did their part.
grant money is flowing like $*^ in a nevada whorehouse. you just have to do the work. work like writing a grant proposal is a great job if you can find it.
