Title: DB - Sexually Transmitted Infections
Course: SOC 130 RTZ > Section: Week 7

Discuss the ideas below:

Part One: Mandatory HIV testing for the general population is a contentious proposition. What are the benefits and drawbacks of mandatory testing? Do the drawbacks outweigh the benefits or vice versa? What about for certain groups?

Part Two: Condom commercials are banned from network television, yet you can see ads for Viagra. Why? Who benefits from this and what is the cost to our goals of reducing sexually transmitted diseases. Is this an Ostrich moment of burying our (adults) head in the sand and hoping our children and community members will just 'not have sex'?