leoj "any man's interest in casual sex involving anal should trigger all of the red lights and alarms, shouldn't it?"

Heterosexuals engage in anal sex as it is non-procreative, therefore no risk of pregnancy.

Men may want the assurance they are not going to held accountable for a baby or an abortion.

Women may also have the same concerns (not wanting a baby or an abortion).

Some heterosexual men enjoy being penetrated by dildos. It is a *pleasant* experience. This involves no risk of disease, if toys are clean.

You are only at risk of infection if you're partner is infected.
Medications reduce the virus to undetectable levels, reducing the danger to virtually nil.

You should be glad people are taking these medications, not bitching about it, as it stops further transmissions.

Eventually there will be a permanent cure. What will you bitch about then?

Ask any reputable gynaecologists about woman's health when she frequently engages in anal sex. A large proportion of vaginal infections come from faeces.

This is all starting to look like a good argument for same-sex marriage. After all, marriage should encourage monogamy and reduce the spread of HIV. Of course, those complaining about STDs don’t want gay people marrying either.

They can’t win.

When your opposition to an entire group or phenomenon is utterly irrational, eventually two or more of your values are going to end up contradicting each other at some point.

Plenty of red herrings, but no appetite for addressing the thread topic.

Women, especially mothers and carers, should take heed of what is being argued here by the bullying gay activists, who are continuing to follow the US Gay Pride, Gay Activist lead, one assumes.

- Which is that the responsibility is being placed solely and squarely on women's shoulders to take care of their own safety and for their loved ones.

Now back to the issue at foot, which is specifically what practical, reliable and robust controls/steps/decisions are available to women to shield themselves against a disease that show no signs of reducing in incidence and is being spread by arrogant risk-taking men for whom 'any hole is a goal' and are unlikely to declare facts that might deny their short term enjoyment (sand goal scoring!)?

What no one has mentioned is the fact that anal sex poses far more health risks than vaginal sex because the rectum was not designed for sex.
Unlike the vagina, which has a specifically designed, tough and self lubricating lining, the rectum has a delicate, easily torn lining, which leads to frequent tears and abrasions.
This leads to a far higher incidence of all stds, not just HIV.
There is also the risk of long term damage to the bowel.
Finally, gross as the thought is, there are mow multiple cases of faecal matter infecting throats because some men engage in both anal and oral sex and spread faecal matter into the throat.
When you consider that we now have to deal with some std's that are antibiotic resistant, I would think any sensible person would avoid high risk anal sex like the plague

That’s a bit sexist, isn’t it Big Nana?

<<Finally, gross as the thought is, there are mow multiple cases of faecal matter infecting throats because some men engage in both anal and oral sex and spread faecal matter into the throat.>>

What about the women involved? Or is it only ever the man’s fault/doing?