Blaming People With AIDS: Who Deserves to Be Sick?

摘要: We examined the degree to which people are blamed for having AIDS as a function of their age and factors commonly associated with HIV transmission. Heterosexual undergraduates read brief vignettes, each describing male person (PWA), rated how much PWA was blame AIDS. PWAs were more likely be if they IV-drug users, homosexuals, over 12, or had several sex partners. who contact blood products less than other PWAs, hut only heterosexual. Once because use, that normally reduce (i.e., heterosexuality monogamy) an effect. Male respondents assigned readily females, especially homosexuals children. The need others epidemic has been evident among individuals, groups, governments. Soviets initially United States “capitalist decadence” AIDS, whereas French influence American gay lifestyle (Nelkin & Gilman, 1988). Scientists in searched origin Haiti (Farmer, 1992), then Zaire African countries (Patton, 1990), claiming at one point originated green monkey. Out-groups (e.g., drug color) have CIA, dioxin, Agent Orange 1 988), individuals members general population simply out-groups. Although estimates from Centers Disease Control indicate approximately million Americans currently infected HIV, distribution infection remains skewed: “Contrary impression given by some early intervention efforts, is not ‘equal opportunities’ disease,