With Respect to Safer Sex Practices and HIV/AIDS, Which of the Following

question 102

Multiple Choice

With respect to safer sex practices and HIV/AIDS, which of the following is a FALSE statement?

• A) The AIDS epidemic has had a large impact on high school and college students and decreased their willingness to engage in casual sex and dramatically increased their use of condoms.
• B) Many victims of HIV simply do not look or act sick, which gives a false impression about the dangers of HIV infection and encourages foolish risk taking.
• C) Drinking alcohol greatly increases the likelihood of engaging in risky sex with an infected person.
• D) Among gay men there was a sharp decrease in risky sex initially, but this trend has recently reversed.

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