Kiran garu, yes, we should all come out of prejudice when talking about AIDS affected. Made a good point.
"but do you think women cannot get it due to "wrong activities"? ? (Let's talk facts, and I wish the women members can see I don't have a grudge against women!)" What I am going to say doesn't justify "not helping" men, women or children. But the need to educate goes far beyond comments like "women could have been reckless too". It may be so. Technically, that's possible. But, mostly women are at the receiving end due to the reckless behaviour and stubbornness of the man, mostly husband, in their lives. I was under some prejudices myself too. After reading and watching more and more AIDS awareness articles and shows, I see that women are in most cases at the recieving end. Let's focus on India. Women are either married off at very early age (especially in lower classes) or kept under watch and taught so many moral lessons. Men, on the other hand have a lot of freedom. In lower classes, men get into work very early, go to different places, there is no education / awareness. The importance is not felt. They are men. They cannot become pregnant. Men, I'm sorry to say, are prone to and are not kept as seriously away from reckless behabior as women. We need to educate parents of boys to keep their sons under watch as they would a daughter by tradition. We have to educate parents and women to know the HIV status of man before they are married. We need to educate parents, in-laws and relations of AIDS affcted women that in all possibility the man might have been at fault. Woman, even if at receiving end, in most cases pardons and strives for the health of her husband. Men, parents and in-laws are all ready to escape the responsibility of the woman by blaming her. Please be more considerate to women. lalitha. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather
