A <a 
href="http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/971216/health/stories/hiv_1.html">Re
uters report</a> on December 16 shows the striking difference between an 
article on AIDS and its headline. It is titled, "AIDS Spreading Among 
Wives in India," though the article has nothing to do with an increase in 
AIDS among Indian wives. The reported study found a high rate of 
HIV-positivity among monogomous wives and <i>made the assumption</i> that 
the rate is increasing. Thus, the American researchers conclude that the 
the wives have gotten HIV from their prostitute-visiting husbands and the 
"cultural taboo" against discussing condoms.

We continue to sexualize the world. And what is the suggested remedy? 
"Vaginal microbicidal preparations [should] be developed and distributed 
to Indian women so that they can obtain some measure of control over 
their risk for HIV infection."

Their own taboos kill them; Western drugs save them.