Chicago Escorts: Women Still Most Affected by HIV/AIDS, Jamaica Information Service

Speaking at the Forum, Executive Director of the Bureau of Women’s Affairs, Mrs. Faith Webster, stated that HIV/AIDS was a gender issue, which requires an acknowledgement that there are sexed-based differences in infection rates and an understanding of the underlying causes and consequences of the disease.
Pointing to data showing that infection rate among women in the 10 to 19 age group triples that of males in the same age cohort, Mrs. Webster said that biology, sexual behaviour, social attitudes and pressures and economic power, all contribute to the spread of the disease among women.
“Women are also less able to negotiate safe sex, due to economic dependence and fear of violence and, therefore, more likely to contract HIV infection from men. Men tend to have riskier behaviour than women. This is evidenced through multiple sex partners, sex with prostitutes, casual sex, unprotected high-risk sex, use of crack cocaine and other drugs [and] same-sex behaviour among men,” she explained.

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