Here is some reading material re: "The Virgin Cleansing Myth" (in a nutshell: the belief that people with AIDS can be cured by having sex with virgins) which is obviously highly problematic on several fronts. Some links with further info:
On the virgin cleansing myth: gendered bodies, AIDS and ethnomedicine
Rape of individuals with disability: AIDS and the folk belief of virgin cleansing
The 'virgin myth' and child rape in South Africa
- Vivian
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