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It's okay, everyone expresses an ignorant opinion at some point. We aren't born knowing everything and we have to keep learning as the world changes. What's imp
by rovolo 5y ago
It's okay, everyone expresses an ignorant opinion at some point. We aren't born knowing everything and we have to keep learning as the world changes. What's important is that we recognize that we can put a foot in our mouth and offend people without knowing it. But, it's important to accept and digest feedback. The feedback can be bad or good but it should at least be considered, and hearing "yikes" is pretty mild all things considered.
That said, I really think you should reflect on how much research you did (read a wikipedia page) before stating that Africa's high HIV rates compared to the rest of the world are due to "a culture of rape/unprotected sex" or quack-medicine. (Also, I don't see "rape" anywhere on the wiki article you linked.)
- umvi 5y ago> That said, I really think you should reflect on how much research you did (read a wikipedia page) before stating that Africa's high HIV rates compared to the rest of the world are due to "a culture of rape/unprotected sex" or quack-medicine. I never stated those things authoritatively. I threw them out as potential example factors because those were things I saw during my brief wikipedia foray. > (Also, I don't see "rape" anywhere on the wiki article you linked.) Yeah because it wasn't on that page but a related page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_cleansing_myth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_cleansing_myth