Tuesday, May 17, 2016
1980s- AIDS
To think I knew a lot of information on the 1980s. So much interesting occurred during the 1980s that I often found myself wanting 4th period to come as soon as possible. As we learned more and more each day, I wanted to explore even further into the depths of this intriguing decade. I found the topic of AIDS to be one of the most interesting to hear about in class. Back then, AIDS had created a very strong stigma around it as well as provoked fear into the lives of a good percentage of the population. AIDS was a killer and the process of receiving it was unknown. Originally it was thought that only homosexual males could obtain AIDs as some sort of punishment form God. Soon after the disease spread to a significant portion of the population, regardless of background or gender. Today we know the cause of this terrible disease and have treatments to fight its effects before it's too late.
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Don't you think that there still exists a terrible stigma surrounding this disease? Even though today we actually are more educated than they were back then, it is almost as if choose to act similarly to the way that the people reacted back then. Hearing someone admit that they have aids is still a devastating thing for people to say and of course many feel the utmost amount of sympathy for them, but still the second thought that runs through many minds is one of fear. Fear of the disease and fear of now that person.
ReplyDeleteI think it still has the same effects in America, but to a lesser extent. People are still afraid of the disease, and want nothing to do with it. However, during the period of the 80's when there was no cure, people must have been terrified.
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