AIDS and the Military

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The AIDS epidemic is a global threat. This threat is increased by the number of HIV-infected soldiers and armies worldwide. The paper examines the effects of war, sex and AIDS on communities who are ravaged by infected military personnel. The paper is a detailed look at the cultural contestations and gender politics affected by the military/AIDS phenomenon.

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"Additionally, militaries are a mobile group, traveling from location to location. Probably the single most important factor leading to high rates of HIV in the military is the practice of posting personnel far from their accustomed communities and families for varying periods of time. As well as freeing them from their traditional social controls, it removes them from contact with spouses or regular sexual partners and thereby encourages growth of sex industries in the areas where they are posted. Multiple troop movements carry AIDS to places where previously the infection rates might have been low. The mixing of civilians and combatants can increase the chances of infections since military forces almost always have much greater rates of STIs and HIV than do civilian populations."

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