Myths & Realities
1. When you play sex while standing, you can’t get infected with the HIV virus
They believe that the virus comes down and not up. This is a common misleading belief especially among both the school- going and out of school youth. The truth is even if you played sex while standing up, you would still get the infection because the Virus is transmitted through seminal and vaginal fluids through the mucus membranes( this is the lining of the genitals)
2. When women get their monthly periods
3. If you drink a big bottle of Coke before testing, the virus won’t be detected.
4. You can get HIV from swimming pool.
5. Washing genitals after sex prevents one from getting the HIV.
6. All the people who work in AIDS related organization are HIV positive.
7. Taking ARVs shortly before you play sex prevents you from getting HIV.
8. Foreplay – Men believe that if you prepare the woman, you will not get HIV.
9. People who are fat and look healthy do not have HIV.
10. Does the HIV Virus pass through Kissing...
11. Having sex with virgins cures HIV/AIDS.
12. A common belief especially among man is that their Partners’ HIV status is the same as theirs.
