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> See I don't really buy that. This was a story about the gay community in South Florida in 2005. If you know anything about Florida, you can understand the statement that "some gay men are marginalized" is easily believable. Now today things are better, but a lot of my friends have come to Oakland fleeing dangerous places where their families kicked them out for being gay. You're talking about the scene in Berlin, but consider the scene in Oklahoma or... Florida today. Its still bad there.

> Why don't female lesbians display this behaviour?

Try undergoing a transition from a testosterone dominant system to an estrogen dominant system and you will understand. The nature of sexual urges under testosterone is very different from that of estrogen. Arousal under testosterone feels very urgent. I can control myself but imagine an abused 20 year old who never learned healthy self management. Without PrEP their urges may get them killed before they ever learn to control their impulses.

> I am against the prevailing hedonistic culture.

You can be against whatever you want. I am just explaining some facts about the benefits of PrEP for people that think differently from you.




> Try undergoing a transition from a testosterone dominant system to an estrogen dominant system and you will understand

Exactly my point. Ephemeral promiscuous sexual relationships are not due to marginalisation, but inability of what seems to be the majority of gay men to manage their sexual impulses. PrEP facilitates that, and aids in the spread of all other diseases, as in the absence of HIV the protection levels people opt for are super low.




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