The Faulty Foundations
of Current
Research Programs and Policies |
The Building Blocks
for Ethical
Research Programs and Policies |
| 1. Women living with HIV/AIDS don't exist. |
1. Women living with HIV/AIDS do exist. |
| 2. There are very few women living with HIV/AIDS. |
2. As of 6/96 -- 78,654 cases of women with HIV/AIDS were
reported. The number grows by 14,000 per year. |
| 3. Most women living with HIV/AIDS are in the
earliest stages of infection. |
3. Women living with HIV/AIDS are at all stages of infection. |
| 4. Women living with HIV/AIDS don't want to participate
in research. |
4. Women living with HIV/AIDS will participate in research
that speaks to their needs and lives. |
5. Women living with HIV/AIDS are not capable
of making decisions about their lives. |
5. Women Living with HIV/AIDS, no more and no less than men
living with HIV/AIDS, are capable of making decisions about their
lives. |
| 6. Women living with HIV/AIDS are only a sub-group
of the population of PWAs (people of color, children and older
people are also only sub-groups). Guess who the population is? |
6. All people living with HIV/AIDS are only part of the population
of PWAs. No one is a sub-group. |
| 7. There are no differences between women and
men living with HIV/AIDS. |
7. There ARE differences between women and men living with
HIV/AIDS in both bodily functioning and anatomy. |
| 8. If there are any differences between women
and men living with HIV/AIDS it is only in reproductive organs
and functioning. |
8. There ARE differences between women and men living with
HIV/AIDS not based on reproductive function or anatomy. |
| 9. Women transmit HIV to others (babies and men,
but not to other women) more often than HIV is transmitted to
them ( the vector theory). |
9. Women are more likely to have HIV transmitted to them
than to transmit it to someone else. |
| 10. All Women with HIV/AIDS either want to become
pregnant or are pregnant. They care about having children more
than they care about their health and lives. |
10. Some women living with HIV/AIDS want to have children:
some don't. Some are already pregnant; most are not. Women should
NOT have to choose between their health or life
& having a child. |
| 11. Women living with HIV/AIDS and their children
who live in other countries are expendable. |
11. No human being is expendable for any reason. |
| 12. Statistics matter more than the lives of
women living with HIV/AIDS. |
12. Lives matter more than statistics, good science doesn't
have to sacrifice lives. |
| 13. Women living with HIV/AIDS are less important
and worth less than men and children living with HIV/AIDS. |
13. The lives of all people living with HIV/AIDS are equally
valuable. |
| 14. Women living with HIV/AIDS will have to wait
years until we know as much about them as about men. |
14. Women living with HIV/AIDS do
NOT have years to wait. Who's "the cure"
for? DO RESEARCH TO SAVE WOMEN'S LIVES. |
