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Women and AIDS: Too Little, Too Late?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Nora Kizer Bell
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Abstract

Many authors examine the governmental, the scientific, and the sexual politics of AIDS. Many of these same authors tell the AIDS story within the context of decrying homophobia. The implications of that story, however, have a troubling significance for women. This essay proposes to move the discussion of the sexual politics of AIDS beyond the confines of homophobia and to highlight issues not widely discussed outside of AIDS activist circles—issues which are having, and will continue to have, profound effects on women.

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Research Article
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Hypatia , Volume 4 , Issue 3: Special Issue: Ethics and Reproduction , Fall 1989 , pp. 3 - 22
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Copyright © 1989 by Hypatia, Inc.

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