rob@denelcor.UUCP (Rob Wahl) (02/07/84)
Although there is some possibility that anal sex could cause some sort of
reaction in the "host", the supposition that anal sex causes or even
lowers resistance to AIDS is ridiculous. Anal sex has been prevalent in
society throughout the history of man; AIDS has not. AIDS shows behavior
similar to sexually-transmitted diseases (Is it thus surprising that some
correlation should be found between anal sex and AIDS?). AIDS has been found
among straights who do not indulge in anal sex. Furthermore, monogamous gays
run a very low risk of contracting AIDS.
Previous studies on the immune reaction in anal sex have reached conflicting
conclusions to those presented in the JAMA article. It is not infrequently
that researchers present erroneous conclusions in good faith; it is even
more common for researchers to ignore or deliberately distort data in their
efforts to prove a premise. Given some of the rhetoric voiced in the JAMA
article, I find it difficult to accept the conclusions of the researchers
without supporting evidence from other sources.
Robert Wahl
Aurora, Colorado
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