I am just curious. I have heard that it's very, very hard to get HIV from unprotected hetero sex, and i've never heard of a man getting it from having unprotected sex FOR THE FIRST TIME, i.e., not from having unprotected sex with a million different women.

Someone in another thread said he got HIV from unprotected heterosexual sex (without cuts or sores), so I was wondering the circumstances.

One encounter (vaginal insertion) odds are about 1 in 8000.

Although 1 in 8000 sounds like good odds, it still happens right? Should we assume that the health care system makes in seem more likley then it is as a scare tactic?

I think it happens, although I dont know from personal expierence. Is it worth the risk, no matter how small?
Not to me.

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Good Luck and Be Safe

Yeah, I'm not trying to underestimate HIV or anything, but I'm trying to figure out odds and such.

If a guy has unprotected sex with an HIV+ girl, his chances are 1 in 8,000 no matter what other factors are involved? In other words, is she mensturating? Does he have any cuts/sores on his penis? Does he or she have any other STDs? Does he have aggressive sex, or does he just insert it for a minute or two?

I think if a man puts his penis into the vagina of an HIV+ girl for the first time in his life one minute, his likelihood of getting the virus from her vaginal fluids somehow getting into his penis are pretty small, but I have no way of proving this.

Every situation has alot of variables. The fact of the matter is 1 in every 8000 unprotected sexual encounters has a chance of contracting HIV. No matter how long the encounter, how often it occurs, there is a chance for ONE poor guy out of 8000 to contract the virus. If the things you mentioned lowered or heightened the risk, I am sure it would be part of the guidlines. At least, I should hope so.

Actually the chance is ZERO if your partner is not infected with HIV. And of course MUCH higher if your partner (first or otherwise) IS infected.

So a 1/8000 chance of getting AIDS really has no meaning!



[This message has been edited by zip2play (edited 07-27-2003).]

It also depends on the persons viral load. If a person is going through ARS, they are extremely contagious. My husband got it through heterosexual sex, though we don't know from whom or when.