why do people practising polygamy do not get infected by AIDS?
467486
many do. \n\nThere is a very bizarre group of "fantasy role playing" folks basing their "lifestyle" on "The Novels of GOR"; there have been reported HIV cases among this group- one "master" has several female "slaves"- invariably, the men look like pot-bellied wanna-be's that got the hell beaten out of them every other day in high school. \n\nLook also at Africa, where even if not "polygamy" wealthy men have had a "covey" of mistresses, and a wife, and infected all of them. \n\n\n\nCondoms of course are much safer than "no condoms", but bottom line: until you and your partner are tested NOTHING is 100% safe; so be careful, and the test is painless and takes a short time- considering the alternative!!\n\nLive long and prosper!\n\necl
1144224
Even though the Bible did not spell out word for word that God allows polygamy, but from the example of Abraham and Jacobs, God never condemned it. God went on blessing Abraham and Jacob because of their righteousness and obedience.\nIf Abraham and Jacob were not right on polygamy, I am sure God would not have bless them so and would have said something.\nOn the other hand, King David and Solomon also practice polygamy, but God condemns that, because of their lustful wickedness.\n\nSo I could conclude that, the practice of polygamy has to be done\nrighteously, if and only if God commands it or allow it to be practiced.\nWhen I say righteously, I mean that the wife willingly agrees to it,\njust like the wife of Abraham and the wife of Jacob, and God has to allow it of course.
730835
My defintion of Aids would be a Careless choice to have your partner tested to see what your dealing with in a relationship. Aids is sad but true and if you dont protect yourself it could be you.
697813
It is a matter of record that some of the OT people had many wives. But what is recorded in the Bible should not be confused with what is approved and commended in the Bible. Polygamy was never God's original intention for man.
360972
a lot of people are still either ignorant or stubborn.  and some believe that since they are healthy they couldn't get it. oh well, let's just pray that some cure would be out soon so people can enjoy the gift of sex without worry.
473922
Since AIDS came onto the scene and we've ben educated about how its transferred, more people are being cautious. People who date and/or having sexual relations tend to protect themselves a lot better and a lot more than 20 years ago. Married people usually get check ups before marriage to ensure nothing is wrong with each other (AIDS, STD, etc). \n\nA family coping with someone with AIDS is no different than a family dealing with cancer. Both can be treated with meds, however, there is no cure for either. Some recover, some don't........My hubby's best friend died from AIDS, got a bad blood transfusion long before they screened things the way they do now. He lingered for many years, some good days, some bad. AIDS doesn't know homosexual, or drug user...It can happen to the average person. No one is immune to it, you just have to try and protect yourself from it and make life about life, not death!
279971
While there are exceptions to this, the sexual contact pool of homosexuals is remarkably confined. That is, gay men usually have sex with gay men. Of course, epidemiological studies have shown us that many men who don't identify as "gay" still engage in sex with men. So in public health, we use the term "MSM" meaning "men who have sex with men."\n\nSo within the MSM population, why is HIV so prevalent? Because you start with one guy, and he gives it to his partner, who gives it to another partner and so forth. If they're not having sex with women* then it stays in the MSM community. If you stay in that partner pool, your chances are much higher that you will find a partner who has HIV because the population is disproportionately more infected than the rest of the population as a whole. If you have sex with more people with HIV, then you stand more chances of getting the virus, too.\n\n* there are MSMW, meaning they secretly have sex with men, but then go home to their wives and girlfriends, have sex and pass HIV to them. this is a growing problem in African-American communities (who call it "keeping it on the down-low"), and it is a growing problem in India.\n\nAnyway, back on topic. Gay penetrative sex is risky in general. The rectum is lined with delicate tissue that tears easily. During vigorous sex, the tears that form can absorb the virus particles that are released in the seminal fluid. That's how gay men usually pick up HIV, although "tops" (insertive partners) can get HIV, too, because the urethra is lined with tissue simliar to the rectum.\n\nAdd risky behavior to the biological disadvantage. Many gay men have multiple partners. Many gay men also have anonymous partners. It doesn't matter what orientation you are: if you have sex with a lot of people, and a lot of strangers, you are endangering yourself!!! Crystal meth and Viagra are being used as party drugs now, so you get lots of high guys having anonymous sex with loads of people in a single night. When you're high, you forget to use condoms. A lot of HIV prevention strategies aimed at gay communities revolves around drug prevention in order to address this problem.\n\nLast point I want to make is the cohort effect. AIDS has been around since 1978. But retroviral drugs have been around since 1995. When HIV+ people started taking them, AIDS deaths declined. before that, you had lots of young gay men dying off in drove. Now, it doesn't happen so much. Gay men who are coming of age today probably know plenty of people with HIV, but because not as many people are getting AIDS, there's no imminent or perceivable danger. They don't believe the threat is there, so they keep doing risky stuff, then they get HIV and not realize the consequences.\n\nAnyway, that's as many HIV MSM issues I can address right now. Hope that was more than thorough.
641756
Unprotected Oral Sex is unsafe.For Example in case of HIV,Oral sex is supposed to be a Low Risk Activity,but pls note there is still a Risk.The risk increases in case one has Bleeding Gums,Ulsers/Boils in the Mouth. \nHaving said this,Dude,if u dont want to get any STD the best way is to practice Abstinance from Sex until Marriage.After Marriage,be faithful to your uninfected wife.This is a sure way to keep HIV away.\nABC's of safe sex are:\nA: Abstinance \nB:Being faithful to 1 uninfected partner.\nC:Correct and consistent use of condoms reduces the chances             \nof STD's.\nStay Safe.
1149234
HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa is primarily a heterosexual disease; and many factors contribute towards it : low education levels, male-oriented societies with multiple partners and wives the norm, traditional healing/witchcraft beliefs (eg belief that sleeping with a virgin cures AIDS, discouragement of condoms), poverty/malnutrition and concomitant illnesses accelerating HIV progression, slow governmental reaction and lack of political leadership and will (South Africa), lack of money for adequate anti-retrovirals (and poor compliance due to lack of education), and a blind eye turned on the problem by the rest of the world when compared to ridiculously insignificant global problems (comparatively speaking) such as bird flu etc.\n\nIt is an absolute tragedy, and has decimated many communities (and continues to do so).
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For one thing, different people have different notions of what the "proper way" is.  Those with religious reasons will refuse to wear condoms.  The Catholic Church prohibits this as a birth control measure but, recently, Pope Benedict is advocating it to stop AIDS but only to stop AIDS from spreading.  Half the problem is access to birth control measures and the cost. Poor people are the ones who procreate all the time and they can't afford birth control. The other half of the problem is ignorance. Some people are just not informed about birth control.
872033
never underestimate the stupidity of large groups of determined people.  All over Africa, the governments have been trying to educate their citizens about HIV.  And for the most part, they are literally laughed at.  In a majority of those nations, women do not have the right to say no to a man, much less demand he use a condom.  And the men simply refuse to believe that they must at the very least practise safe sex, or abstinence...they do not believe they can sicken and die until it actually happens, and sometimes even then, they do not believe that it was having sex that gave them the disease.  Frankly, I think HIV is turning out to be an excellent way of cleaning out the gene pool.
434719
Polygamy is a very controversial issue when it comes to marriage and the fact is it is not for everyone it take a very selfless woman to share her relationship with another man but the fact remains many monogamous American men cheat on their woman hence our huge divorce rate . There is also the fact that we don not live to solely please one person we live to please our creator with the growing number of the women population versus the male population this is a valid solution for a man to support and care for these women and children also let me inform you this is not about sex or the man feeling like a king with so many women it is about his position as a man to protect his female counterpart as Allah has made him protectors and providers to us.  People in this society are very closed minded to this idea because they only focus on the sexual nature of the arragement if they take the time to learn the responsibility of taking on this very charitable task  they would admire it and not see it as a weird practice.
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The challenges are great. The mentally ill and mentally retarded often have normal sex drives but have no understanding or fear of consequences. Hence they are are likely to NOT use protection, not seek medical treatment, and not take prescribed medication. Their sex partners are likely to be other people with mental problems. Or, sadly, they may be sexually abused because they do not have a normal sense of caution. I have a mentally ill sister-in-law who has been stranger-raped twice and has been intimate with a number of men in the institution where she usually lives. When she is not hospitalized, she refuses to take any medicine, so soon ends up back "inside." If she had HIV/AIDS, she would not take those meds either. We worry about her a lot but can't change the way she is!
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People are sinful regardless of race. So, whether it is a murder suicide or a Husband bring HIV contracted from a prostitute to his wife and orphaning his children it is the consequence of sin that affects not only the perpetrator but his innocent family. So it is no just when times are tough, it can be when things are "best" and the root always seems to go back to selfishness.
212845
Have you ever heard of polygamy involving more than one husband? I like it about as much as the idea of a threesome with two women. Don't men have enough problems with just one wife?
352770
Polygamy was originally started because of a revelation from the Lord.  The church had suffered a lot of persecution, and a lot of the men of the church had been killed.  This left a lot of widows, and a lot of single young women with nobody to marry.  So the Lord instituted polygamy, for a few members of the church, who had the means to care for a very large family.  This alowed for the women of the church to be taken care of, and for more children to be born and raised in the church, increasing the membership.  Later, there came a time when the Lord revealed that it should be stopped.  Nobody can know for sure what the Lord's reasons are, but most likely it was because the numbers in the church were reaching the point where they were evening out, and it was no longer necessary, and because the laws of the land were changing, and polygamy was outlawed.  The church teaches that you should follow the laws of the land, and therefore, the Lord told them to discontinue this practice.
860754
It depends on the situation. If you are married or a couple that you both know for a fact that there are no diseases, there are plenty other solutions for BC.But if you are having sex with a variety of people it become a matter of life and death. You think you know everything about this person but HIV & AIDS are dormant sometimes, for your sake wear a condom not only for your protection but for everyone elses. Because whoever you sleep with its like your having sex with all thepeople that he or she have had sex with. AND you can't afford to take that chance.  GOOD LUCK