From the series of monologues I filmed on the 10th and 11th of February, interesting conversations and discussions raised with one of the volunteers – M91 - 1565. We concluded that the point of view towards HIV is getting a new dimension for some people. Nowadays, it seams that young people are not preoccupied if they get infected because it is known that is possible to live with medication. This situation can be uncomfortable for some people that longer live with HIV since they have gone through fear and have seen many of their closer friends dieing due to the virus in the 80’s and 90’s. It is also a fact that many people have announcements online hunting for sexual intercourse with people living with HIV. This obviously extends to a level of fetishism that hasn’t been accepted within society throughout many decades. As an example the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - DSM, which I have been analysing for the past four years and therefore I concluded that it is the most outdated manual I have ever analysed, states that a fetish causes significant psychosocial distress for the person or has detrimental effects on important areas of life. I must rather agree with Psychologists and medical practitioners that at the present time regard fetishism as normal variation of the human sexuality. Having said that, post-exposure prophylaxis or PEP is the new next morning after pill that prevents HIV when knowing someone had a risk sexual intercourse with someone and that the ejaculation occurred inside the body. In this case, people have to start taking the drugs after exposure to HIV within 72 hours in an attempt to prevent infection with the virus. Currently in Britain, PEP is usually offered to people who might have been infected with HIV through work, such as health care professionals. Obviously the PEP is not being considered within democratic principals since it is just being given to heath care professionals. To conclude, I affirm that it can be scary such radical changes within a short period of time and that thoughts and actions occur with a blinking of an eye. It is to ask if mentalities should be redefined evolving at the same pace as thoughts and actions. Honesty fetishism should be considered as a normal variation of the human sexuality and apart from that should be taken in consideration the self consciousness of the individual body.
Canha
