How to Have Sex in an Epidemic
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| Author | Richard Berkowitz and Michael Callen |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Publication date | 1982 |
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How to Have Sex in an Epidemic: One Approach is a book written by Richard Berkowitz and Michael Callen, under the direction of Dr Joseph Sonnabend, to advise gay men about how to avoid contracting the infecting agent which causes AIDS, which is now known to be HIV.[1]
Historical significance
Berkowitz and Callen published the book in 1982 at a time when gay men were first being diagnosed with AIDS. At this time HIV had not yet been identified as the cause of AIDS, but AIDS was a disease which was recognized as having some relationship with gay sex.
Social scientists have credited this book and a 1982 pamphlet called Fair Play! by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence as being the first literature to recommend safe sex as a strategy for reducing the risk of contracting the transmitting agent which causes AIDS.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2000 Honoring with Pride: Joseph Sonnabend, M.D". amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ↑ Michael H Merson, Jeffrey O’Malley, David Serwadda, Chantawipa Apisuk (6 August 2007). "The history and challenge of HIV prevention". The Lancet. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60884-3. Retrieved 31 March 2011.