Wesley Clark Word of the Day: Heterosexual

heterosexual

adj : sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex

n : a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

As in Wesley Clark's Global AIDS Policy:

"On the South African version of Sesame Street, Kami, an HIV-positive character, encourages open talk about stopping AIDS. The fact is that HIV is mostly spread by unprotected heterosexual sex. Yet the Bush Administration only wants to focus on abstinence, unrealistically and ideologically turning its back on condom use - which public health experts agree is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to stop the transmission of HIV. Wes Clark will lead with straight talk and realistic policy, not ideology."

That's an attention getter.

I was afraid this was going to be another one of those "metrosexual" threads.

Good statement by Clark.

Checking my new sig, too. Night night.

Must wake up early. I've got to add value tomorrow.

;)

http://clark04.com/issues/aids_global/

End the global gag rule. The Bush Administration's "global gag rule" prevents any American assistance from going to foreign organizations that talk to their clients about abortion or to foreign groups who do not accept the principle that an outside government can mandate how they treat their patients. This rule would be an unconstitutional violation of the first amendment if it were applied to domestic groups. Although this rule does not explicitly apply to HIV/AIDS programs, in effect it has a significant impact in this area because of the close links between family planning and prevention of the spread of HIV/AIDS. The Bush administration's insistence on the global gag rule has already shut down local community clinics that fight AIDS run by groups like the Cameroon National Association for Family Welfare and the Planned Parenthood Associations in Ghana and in Zambia. The fight against AIDS needs straight talk, not ideological gag rules.

Support the empowerment of women and girls. In Sub-Saharan Africa, women between 15 and 24 are more than twice as likely to be infected with HIV than men. This will only change when countries begin to support the empowerment of women and girls by investing in comprehensive approaches to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, including better education, distribution of condoms, reducing stigma, increasing diagnosis, and more effective treatment.