Trojan condom commercial.
Today on A&E I saw a commercial that said 1 in 4 people with HIV don't tell their partner that they have it because they don't know they do - then the commercial went on to plug Trojan, and showed a man kissing a woman.
I have to say I take offense to this commercial, which definitely has a politically correct spin. In the commercial they target one of the least common demographics for spreading HIV - a straight couple (the least common demographic is lesbians). Meanwhile, in North America, 88% of people who have HIV are either homosexual men or IV drug users (or both). It would of course only make sense to have two men kissing in the commercial. But could you imagine how that would go down?
I would have respected the commercial if they didn't warn against HIV, but something more commonly spread amongst straight people.
Also, since I may have to say it again, I have to point out that HIV is NOT a "promiscuity disease". Try to keep in mind the 40 times efficiency rate in which anal sex spreads HIV, and while hetero couples do have anal sex, the person performing it doesn't ALSO have anal sex, so his chance of having the disease is much lower than a man who gives anal sex and also receives it (the 40 times efficiency rate applies to receiving anal sex). I always get fed this same tired rhetoric. ok, as far as straight people with HIV: where are the bodies? Of course you won't find any. Same question John Romano has been asking regarding moderate use of steroids. Of course no one has answered that one either.
I've always found when cornered and unable to debate with someone something...that well...you know...maybe, just maybe - I'm wrong. If something is true, you would be able to prove it. If you honestly have no way to defend your beliefs, start thinking that you may just be conditioned to feel that way.
http://www.whatisaids.com/wwwboard/messages/368.html
The first paragraph says it all.
I have to say I take offense to this commercial, which definitely has a politically correct spin. In the commercial they target one of the least common demographics for spreading HIV - a straight couple (the least common demographic is lesbians). Meanwhile, in North America, 88% of people who have HIV are either homosexual men or IV drug users (or both). It would of course only make sense to have two men kissing in the commercial. But could you imagine how that would go down?
I would have respected the commercial if they didn't warn against HIV, but something more commonly spread amongst straight people.
Also, since I may have to say it again, I have to point out that HIV is NOT a "promiscuity disease". Try to keep in mind the 40 times efficiency rate in which anal sex spreads HIV, and while hetero couples do have anal sex, the person performing it doesn't ALSO have anal sex, so his chance of having the disease is much lower than a man who gives anal sex and also receives it (the 40 times efficiency rate applies to receiving anal sex). I always get fed this same tired rhetoric. ok, as far as straight people with HIV: where are the bodies? Of course you won't find any. Same question John Romano has been asking regarding moderate use of steroids. Of course no one has answered that one either.
I've always found when cornered and unable to debate with someone something...that well...you know...maybe, just maybe - I'm wrong. If something is true, you would be able to prove it. If you honestly have no way to defend your beliefs, start thinking that you may just be conditioned to feel that way.
http://www.whatisaids.com/wwwboard/messages/368.html
The first paragraph says it all.