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Re:Is the End of Aids in Sight? by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @08:27PM (#37578956)
The article mentions that women are afraid to take prophylactic treatments, because their husbands/boyfriends will take umbrage. It's not uncommon for men to have multiple sexual partners, and transmission is often accomplished that way.

There's also a fairly pervasive problem with sexual violence. Women tend to bear a lot of the pain.

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Re:Is the End of Aids in Sight? by PH95VuimJjqBqy on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @08:51AM (#37583517)
dental cleaning is considered a prophylactic treatment so you'll need to tighten up your language before anyone can truly understand what it is you're trying to convey.

I suspect you're trying to convey the preference for sex without a condom as misogynistic, except that women also prefer sex without a condom, it's a question of safety vs pleasure.

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Re:Is the End of Aids in Sight? by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @09:00AM (#37583590)
Whut?

ChatGPT, is that you?

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Re:Is the End of Aids in Sight? by PH95VuimJjqBqy on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @09:14AM (#37583709)
https://www.rxlist.com/prophylactic/definition.htm

> A prophylactic is a medication or a treatment designed and used to prevent a disease from occurring. For example, prophylactic antibiotics may be used after a bout of rheumatic fever to prevent the subsequent development of Sydenham's chorea.

> A prophylactic is also a drug or device, particularly a condom, for preventing pregnancy.

In this case, dental treatments are used to prevent gum disease and tooth decay, for this reason, they are considered prophylactic treatments.

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Re:Is the End of Aids in Sight? by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @09:47AM (#37584052)
Yeah, it looks like this is some experimental ’bot.

I guess we’ll just have to get used to this kind of thing.

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Re:Is the End of Aids in Sight? by Obscurity4340 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @03:19AM (#37594237)
There's something so morally depraved about punishing someone for insisting on protecting themselves. It really is unspeakably and irredeemably evil in my view to insist someone disregard their boundaries so thoroughly that they leave themself open to a lethal devastating virus just to satisfy someone else's ego in tandem with their nihilistic desire for short-term gratification.
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