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Many people believe sexuality is a fundamental human right. I tend to agree with them. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 28/02/2011 10:43:13 PM

But that one aside I will make a case for the Roman view on sex and HIV/AIDS. Now first I am not against the use of codoms and such, but the dilemma shown here is just falce.
As far as I can remember "having sex" is not a universal human right. It isn't, it really really isn't and it shouldn't be either. To abstain from sex is not a lot of fun, especially not for people in a romantic relationship, but to claim that the only choice one has as a HIV/AIDS infected person is to have sex with a condom and to have sex without a condom is simply not true.
I'm 25 years old and I havn't had sex. I'm not suffering miserably from that lack of sex and if I triple my current age all without sex, then sure I missed a lot of fun, but life ain't fair. Deal with it.


Healthy sexuality is a strong component of long term relationships, disregarding certain exceptions (asexuals, &c.). Reducing the emotional handicap that an abstaining married couple would have to endure to "miss[ing] a lot of fun, but life ain't fair" is both extremely callous and condescending.
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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