IMF accuser in apt. for HIV vics

[IScreamSundays]

Source: NYPost

Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have more to worry about than a possible prison sentence.

The IMF chief's alleged sex-assault victim lives in a Bronx apartment rented exclusively for adults with HIV or AIDS, The Post has learned.

The hotel maid, a West African immigrant, has occupied the fourth-floor High Bridge pad with her 15-year-old daughter since January -- and before that, lived in another Bronx apartment set aside by Harlem Community AIDS United strictly for adults with the virus and their families.

The Post has not been able to ascertain whether the maid, 32, has HIV/AIDS because of medical confidentiality laws.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/imf_accuser_in_apt_for_hiv_vics_oZmUkbtouJ14RHw1434HvJ

[Uben]

1. Karma nt

nt

[closeupready]

2. I don't wish bad on anyone, ever. The best I can do here is just shrug about it.

This is his problem - he's an educated professional, and whether the sex was consensual or rape, he knows what a condom is; if he failed to use one, well, this is the risk. I don't feel at all sorry for him, not even a little bit.

[myrna minx]

3. Why is this being reported? The NY Post is pure trash.

[Blasphemer]

9. I agree - this woman's privacy needs to be respected. nt

[AtheistCrusader]

12. Worse, if accurate, it could be her child.

'News' shoudldn't go there. Medical privacy laws exist for a damn reason.

[Ian David]

4. The odds of him getting HIV from receiving oral sex are very, very small.

Unless she bit him, or spit her own blood into the hole at the end of his penis or something.

[Auntie Bush]

6. I hpe you're sure about that or you're spreading some dangerous information if kids read this.

[AngryAmish]

8. It's true.

[originalpckelly]

10. It is true, especially for the person receiving.

However, for the giver, it can be more dangerous if one brushes one's teeth or chews abrasive foods in the hours before the contact, in addition to any open wounds in the mouth. As of course, this provides an entry point for the virus.

[Ian David]

11. HIV and Oral Sex

HIV and Oral Sex
What are the Risks of Oral Sex?

Is there a connection between HIV and oral sex? There is a commonly held belief among many lay people that oral sex carries little or no risk. In fact, some consider oral sex a safer sex alternative. But the truth is, like any other sexual activity, oral sex carries a risk of transmitting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. The risk is even greater in serodiscordant couples (one partner is HIV positive while the other is negative), people who are not monogamous, or in people who inject drugs and/or share needles and syringes. Truth be told, abstaining from oral, anal, and vaginal sex all together is the only way to completely avoid the sexual transmission of HIV. But how realistic is that?

What are the Risks of Oral Sex?
Risk is classified as either being documented (transmission that has actually occurred, been investigated, and documented in the scientific literature) or theoretical (passing an infection from one person to another is possible). While there is documented risk when having oral sex with an HIV infected partner the risk is much less than with anal or vaginal intercourse. This fact makes it very hard to calculate the actual risk with oral sex. Another factor that makes risk determination difficult is the fact that most people who engage in oral sex also engage in other types of sexual practices, namely vaginal and anal intercourse. Still, there have been document cases of HIV transmission strictly from oral sex.

Oral-Penile Contact (fellatio)

Theoretical Risk:With fellatio, there is a theoretical risk of transmission for the receptive partner because infected pre-ejaculate ("pre-cum") fluid or semen can get into the mouth. For the insertive partner there is a theoretical risk of infection because infected blood from a partner's bleeding gums or an open sore could come in contact with a scratch, cut, or sore on the penis.

Documented Risk: Although the risk is many times less than anal or vaginal sex, HIV has been transmitted to receptive partners through fellatio, even in cases when insertive partners didn't ejaculate.

More:
http://aids.about.com/cs/safesex/a/oralsex.htm

[Arrowhead2k1]

26. "Documented Risk"?

Unless the documentors actually observed the virus being transmitted only through fellatio, I'm still not convinced. Subjects have been known to lie about what kinds of sex they were engaged in, usually out of shame.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

22. he is right. if there is risk, its from the person performing oral sex

not the one receiving it

[Xithras]

20. Hopefully she bit him.

It's like the instructor in my daughters self defense class taught her...if you are being attacked, and you can bite something...bite it off. He was talking about fingers and ears mostly, but penises work just as well.

No pity for rapists.

[dangin]

5. BS

According to her lawyer, who vehemently denied this story on the Today show this AM.

[joanbarnes]

7. What is the whole story?

Who did he piss off, Sarkozy? Bankers?

[roguevalley]

14. he has a history of this. Don't blame anyone else. No one told him

to put his dick where it didn't belong. He has done this for years and everyone in France who could do something didn't. Apparently if you're rich enough and have power in France, rape means nothing.

[closeupready]

15. They could return Polanski - maybe do a kind of trade?

nt

[Beacool]

13. It's all over the internet by now, but I originally heard it on the radio.

What a loser!!! He is accused of attacking a woman and it turns out that she lives in an AIDS bldg. Not only is he a sexual predator, but he's an idiot to boot.

There seems to be an endless stream of men caught in sexual scandals. Why is it mainly men who are always caught with their pants down? There are rarely comparable scandals involving powerful women.

:eyes:

[Auntie Bush]

16. Because women are just nicer than men.

[Beacool]

19. Maybe so............

:pals:

[boppers]

17. Unrec. Outing somebody's HIV status is massively uncool, as is repeating it.

Have the media lost all sense of privacy? (Have we?)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. i know. its insane. nt

[Thrill]

18. Did he go in Raw?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. OMG, revealing her HIV status is so immoral. also from the stories

it sounded like he forced her to give him a blowjob, which puts him at almost zero risk

[Prometheus Bound]

24. One of the charges is forcible anal sex.

[Arrowhead2k1]

25. It will be interesting to see if he contracts the virus then.

I've read the risk is still quite low, for males engaged in hetero sex. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.

[Prometheus Bound]

27. Unless this is complete BS (likely) and she doesn't have HIV/AIDS.

[Courtesy Flush]

29. What about the housing?

Is there really housing for HIV+ people? If so, their address outs them.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. there is housing for people on various governmental programs

like adap etc.

regardless if an address outs you, you dont get to out hiv status by implication in print, to the world.

[Courtesy Flush]

28. Self delete