A question about Aids/HIV from male-to-male sexual relationships

[Jordan0517]

This has been on my mind for a while and I havent done any research on it but today, in my life fitness class, we had a guest speaker who came to talk to us about STD's. Of course she brought up AIDS and HIV and she showed us a chart about the percentages of sexual relationships that are at risk. If im not mistaken, 53 % are from male to male sex..31% is from hetrosexual, and I forget the rest. = also remember from I believe wikipedia reading the female-to-female sex is one of the ones less at risk. So my question is: why are male-to-male sexual relationship at risk the most and does it play a factor into haterosexual relationships if these guys are having sex with both men and women? (please forgive me if I come off as ignorant of this. I was just curious and wanted to know because the thought of Aids scares me)

[psycho_drama]

Originally Posted by Jordan0517

This has been on my mind for a while and I havent done any research on it but today, in my life fitness class, we had a guest speaker who came to talk to us about STD's. Of course she brought up AIDS and HIV and she showed us a chart about the percentages of sexual relationships that are at risk. If im not mistaken, 53 % are from male to male sex..31% is from hetrosexual, and I forget the rest. = also remember from I believe wikipedia reading the female-to-female sex is one of the ones less at risk. So my question is: why are male-to-male sexual relationship at risk the most and does it play a factor into haterosexual relationships if these guys are having sex with both men and women? (please forgive me if I come off as ignorant of this. I was just curious and wanted to know because the thought of Aids scares me)

HIV is not a "gay" disease, but it affects Gay, Bisexual men btween the ages 18-29 the most, why?

1)Young men are more sexually active around this time.
2)the types of sex that men have with one another can have greater risk.
A BJ for example is considered low risk, unless you have some sort of injury to your mouth, it is even recommened that you brush your teeth 1-2 hours before, because you can cause your gums to bleed if you brush to hard.

Anal sex on the other hand. It is considered one of the most high risk behaviors for contracting HIV. The anus is a fragile enviroment, prone to tearing, and internal ejaculation is basically rolling out the welcome mat for the virus. Barebacking is the highest risk behavior for contractin HIV.


Three things can be done to avoid this, 1 use a condom, the most important. Condoms are 97% effective in preventing the spread of HIV and many other std's, 2 use plenty of lubricant, this will help keep the condom from breaking and help reduce tearing of the anus. 3 go slow wait for the anus to relax, this will help for both partners enjoyment and also help reduce tearing.

Gay men are not more sexually driven than any other male. they aremerely deflecting their desires off other male desires, not that thats a bad thing, but if measures are taken to protect oneself and one's partner. I say have fun.

I hope I answered your question

[stdslove]

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[Alecto]

The other reason (don't know what percentage the effect is but it's worth something) is that the gay population is one of the ways the virus was introduced into this country. It started there (and a few other places), so it only makes sense that those rates are going to be a little bit higher. Combined with what psycho_drama said....there ya go.

[Jordan0517]

so the gay population introduced the disease but do we know how the disease began? i guess what i want to know is if two guys have sex..and neither one of them has aids or hiv..then can they get the disease (this is without a condom of course). i could be wrong but it sounds like aids got started with two men having sex anally..but i could be wrong. i just want to know as much as possible you know.

[Alecto]

They're pretty sure it somehow crossed over from another species last I heard; likely from the blood.

If two people have never been exposed to the virus, they will not spontaneously produce it. If one of those people WAS exposed but doesn't know it (or, worse, knows but doesn't say anything), then there's a problem; always be careful.

[psycho_drama]

Originally Posted by Jordan0517

so the gay population introduced the disease but do we know how the disease began? i guess what i want to know is if two guys have sex..and neither one of them has aids or hiv..then can they get the disease (this is without a condom of course). i could be wrong but it sounds like aids got started with two men having sex anally..but i could be wrong. i just want to know as much as possible you know.

Maybe you misunderstood me, Gay men do not get the disease merely by having sex. the disease is spread in semen, breastmilk(women), blood, vaginal and anal secretions. babies can also be born with it, because the virus can cross the placental barrier. positive mothers who get on antivirals can reduece the chance of spreading it to their children if it caught early enough. and a c-section also reduces the risk for the child of contracting it.

The disease it self could not show symptoms for years and some may not know they have it until they start showing symptoms. so by having unprotected sex you are putting your self at great risk. The disease is believed to have come from the bush meat trade in Africa.(eating local animals because you have nothing else, and sometims chimps were on the menu) some chimpanzees are infected with a similar virus called SIV(simian immodefieciency virus) during the butching process a persons hands would become nicked and other small cuts, mixing the chimps blood. over time the virus could have made the jump to humans with enough exposure, considering we are two percent diffent from chimps.

also other things like not knowing how the virus was spread or even it existed when vaccines in the 1930's for disease like polio and the like were given in africa, some times the same needle was used again and again thus making a few people infected, hundreds of people infected.

The virus was found first in america in a gay man in 1981, and since then it has been called a gay disease in error. Gay people are not the progeneters of this disease. this is the best theory of the origin of the virus that has been offered to date.

So, no the virus did not originate because two men had sex, nor is it god's punishment, it is evolution. The virus evolved and gained access to a new species. and it is passed through a behavior that is hardwired into our genes, gay or not. and since we are animals capable of changing our behavior through learing, we can incorperate safe sex practices in to that behavior, getting regular testing, wearing a condom, talking to your sexual partner about condoms and caring about your self enough to use them.

Also for more info got the cdc.gov web site