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...only known protection against the AIDS virus and other venereal diseases is abstinence or the use of a condom. The AIDS virus can only be transmitted through semen and blood. Because one can never be assured of being free of the smallest lesions in the mouth, anus, or vagina, consistent use of a latex condom is recommended...
...represent Lovis Corinth's Temptation of Saint Anthony. Exotic suggestions of bestiality (as with Salammbo) provided another popular theme. Arthur Wardle's Bacchante cavorts with a whole herd of amorous leopards, and Frederick Stuart Church's Enchantress strolls through the wilderness with two tigers "whose growling jaws suggested the vagina dentata which turn-of-the-century men feared they might find hidden beneath this . . . beauty's decorous gown...
...education, said the panel, has become literally a life-and-death matter, and educators should use "whatever vernacular is required" to get the message across. One message, more or less in the vernacular, has already been supplied by Koop: a "rubber (condom) should always be used during sexual intercourse (vagina or rectum)" if there is any chance that a homosexual or heterosexual partner might be infected...
...contact with the semen or blood of an AIDS victim. In semen, the virus rides as a passenger, probably in the disease-fighting white blood cells in the fluid. During intercourse, the white blood cells containing the AIDS virus alight on the mucous membranes inside the rectum or the vagina. Unlike the skin, which is an efficient barrier to the virus, the mucous membrane is a much thinner tissue and is more susceptible to infection. If microscopic tears occur in the membranes during sexual contact, these may act as passageways for the virus. But some studies in animals indicate that...
...suspect that (your partner) has been exposed by previous heterosexual or homosexual behavior or use of intravenous drugs with shared needles and syringes, a rubber (condom) should always be used during (start to finish) sexual intercourse (vagina or rectum...