Comments on: Travel Memoir—Silver: If He Cries, They Kill Him http://www.besttravelwriting.com/btw-blog/great-stories/travel-memoir%e2%80%94silver-if-he-cries-then-they-kill-him/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 17 May 2012 17:08:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Ron Low http://www.besttravelwriting.com/btw-blog/great-stories/travel-memoir%e2%80%94silver-if-he-cries-then-they-kill-him/#comment-31668 Ron Low Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:35:15 +0000 http://www.besttravelwriting.com/btw-blog/?p=214#comment-31668 ^^ This {circumcision} ritual tests his bravery. ^^ Of course a true test of his meddle would be for him to step up and say: "This is a barbaric superstitious blood ritual which robs a man and his partner of significant sexual pleasure, and I will not take part. Neither will my children." If it's widespread, as you report, that African men fear for their lives if they admit they are gay, that could explain why medical researchers are convinced that HIV transmission in Africa is somehow different than in the US, and primarily heterosexual. ^^ This {circumcision} ritual tests his bravery. ^^

Of course a true test of his meddle would be for him to step up and say: “This is a barbaric superstitious blood ritual which robs a man and his partner of significant sexual pleasure, and I will not take part. Neither will my children.”

If it’s widespread, as you report, that African men fear for their lives if they admit they are gay, that could explain why medical researchers are convinced that HIV transmission in Africa is somehow different than in the US, and primarily heterosexual.

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