Important!! New Findings On HIV and Women...

image from Science Daily

In the past, most studies have shown that HIV is transmitted to a woman during intercourse only if there is a lesion or some type of break in the skin. Cervical tissue supposedly could not be penetrated by the virus....

New findings from Northwestern University show that HIV actually CAN penetrate healthy tissue. Based on this article from Science Blog, it really seems like it is now much easier for women to contract than previously thought:

HIV infects women through healthy tissue: US study finds

Also some statistics via Feministing:

• Black women and Latinas account for 79 percent of all reported HIV infections among 13- to 19-year-old women and 75 percent of HIV infections among 20- to 24-year-old women in the United States although, together, they represent only about 26 percent of U.S. women these ages.
• HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death for black women (including African American women) aged 25-34 years.
• High-risk heterosexual contact is the source of 80% of newly diagnosed women with HIV infections.