HIV and AIDS

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Recommended: Cultural construction of sexuality

Desire to have sex is the result of epidemic widespread of infectious diseases such as HIV and AIDS across the globe. The urge to satisfy sexual desires and lust are the core cause for the transmission of HIV/AIDS from one gender to another. In the case of Mexico, men are mostly to blame for the transmission of infectious disease because of their homosexual activities during their work time in the United States. The argument of this book review revolves around the uncontrollable sexual desires of men, and the lack of available reproductive health institution and care for men are in close relation to the spreading of diseases such as HIV and AIDS
The book “Fixing Men: Sex, Birth Control and AIDS in Mexico” aims to provide readers with some remarkable and startling facts regarding AIDS. Besides, Gutmann provides essential information regarding the key forces and their role in the widespread of AIDS in the state of Mexico and perhaps across the globe. The forces that are continually encouraging the widespread of AIDS include cultural misconceptions, the political and economic policies of Mexico, the reducing level of participation by men in reproductive health, and the health behavior of men. People living below the poverty line in Mexico are often the source of AIDS.
In Mexico, people are taken for granted. This ultimately leads to the development of perception that men are beasts with little or no self-control over their sexual desires. To overcome their sexual desires, Mexican migrated to The United States where men pick AIDS through their homosexual activity (Gutmann, 3). In addition, Gutmann finds that men are sexual animals with unrestricted sexual drive than women. This belief often encourages men to put themselves in risky si...

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... the epidemic spread of deadly diseases like AIDS and HIV. This eventually promotes this book to be integrated within the curricula of Latin America. Additionally, this book is highly recommended for people interested in the spread of contagious disease within Mexico, reproductive healthcare and obviously masculinity.
This book certainly covers the argument regarding uncontrollable sexual desires of men, along with the lack of available reproductive health institutions. This ultimately makes men in close relation and vulnerable to the widespread of diseases like HIV and AIDS.

Works Cited

Brettell, Caroline, and Carolyn Fishel Sargent. Gender in Cross-cultural Perspective. Fifth ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2013.
Gutmann, Matthew C. Fixing Men: Sex, Birth Control, and AIDS in Mexico. Berkeley: University of California, 2007. Book.

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