Word: condom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when one-night stands and sex without commitment used to be chic." More than anything, the public wants guidelines, new rules for unprecedented circumstances. The definition of "high-risk sexual activity" is chilling: according to health experts, it includes fellatio and vaginal and anal sex without a condom, and cunnilingus without a shield. Anyone engaging in sex with a new partner or with a long-term partner whose sexual history is unknown is at risk. No wonder health departments and services have been deluged by phone calls. AID Atlanta, a hot line designed to help gays, finds that...
...still arguing about the niceties of TV. condom ads," she said, referring to the Surgeon General's appearance yesterday...
...either male homosexuals or hemophiliacs. Then came word that the first female patient had died on Jan. 20 of AIDS-related pneumonia in Kobe, a western coastal city on the island of Honshu. The victim, a prostitute, was unquestionably heterosexual. Fear rattled the country like an earthquake. Stock in condom manufacturers soared by as much as 500 points on the Tokyo exchange. A TV news special seeking to pinpoint the source of the problem, suggested darkly that foreign sailors frequenting Kobe's red-light district were to blame, and asked: "Can Kobe live down this shame...
...only nation struggling with how to educate the public about using condoms as a protection against AIDS. Two weeks ago Britain launched a $30 million government-funded campaign featuring TV ads with the word AIDS chiseled on a gravestone. "Don't die of ignorance," blares the accompanying voice. (Condoms, however, are not mentioned.) Detailed information is in leaflets being sent to the nation's 23 million homes. Denmark and Norway are matter-of-factly running explicit pro-prophylactic TV spots alongside ads for traffic safety and medical care. One cartoon commercial depicts a small i in the word AIDS that...
Concern over AIDS leads TV and print media to change policy on condom ads. -- Outside the U. S., commercials can be very explicit...