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From: phil@wubios.wustl.edu (J. Philip Miller)
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Subject: Re: (2524) Re: I CONFESS MY IGNORANCE...
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In article <39348@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> IABF%SNYCENVM.BITNET@oac.ucla.edu (Amy Francis) writes:
>Wouldn't the person on "top" in a male-male homosexual encounter only
>be able to contract the disease if he had a cut or lesion on his penis?
>That's what I thought.

well that is one of the best ways that I know of to catch AIDS.  While the
role of oral lesions has been debated, it has never been implicated in the
genital transmission that I am aware of.

A posting over the last couple of days quoted a SF study of "toppers" vs
"bottomers" and showed that neither was in greater risk than the other!

THE ONLY SAFE SEX IS THAT WHERE THERE IS A BARRIER BETWEEN YOUR AND THE OTHER
PERSON AND EVEN THEN IT MAY NOT BE SAFE.  IF THERE IS NO BARRIER, YOU ARE AT
SIGNIFICANT RISK IF THE PARTNER IS HIV POSITIVE.

This is true whether the sex is oral, anal or vaginal.

PLEASE, FOLK, DO NOT TAKE CHANCES!
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