History 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Lung Cancer, Class Discrimination, Sexology
6 Mar 2018
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Global protest in the 1980s and 90s (and today) More awareness of sexual oppression and abuses internationally, because of: Increases travel: the advent of feminism, more human rights organizations. Focus on: hiv and aids (as a domestic issue, and global issue, rape in the context of war. What is aids: acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Spread through a virus that is in bodily fluids of: sperm, vaginal secretions, blood, can also be spread in a non-sexual way through needles and syringes, all have big stigma. Society evolves into one that became aware, understanding, educated and developed compassion: classism, racism, and heterosexualism are all involved. In 1981 - aids has caused more than 30 million deaths world wide. Aids: before aids comes hiv - human immune deficiency virus infection, transferred to humans in early 20th century, must have been transmitted from monkeys or chimpanzees trough a bite or something (they do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:895)
