- PANACEA OR PLACEBO?
- Posted by PaulKing
PANACEA OR PLACEBO?
In conclusion, Herbert Ratner, M.D., offers the best summary of all when
he says,
Actually, the major accomplishment of the condom campaign to prevent AIDS
is to impress the promoters, politicians and the public at large that
something is being done; and although well-intentioned, it offers more of
a placebo than a panacea.
Publicizing the condom to the four winds is, for the most part, the
bravura of a puritan who is trying to prove to the world
that he is not a puritan. To concentrate on the mechanical aspects of the
sex act to the exclusion of the emotional and psychological aspects (which
the condom campaign ignores) is the essence of Puritanism. The only
difference between the new and the old is that whereas the traditional
puritans were alleged to believe that sex was something to be isolated and
repressed, neo-puritans accept sex as something to be isolated and
exercised. (28)
Reviewed by Joel McIlhaney, M.D., of the Medical Institute for Sexual
Health
- Posted by PaulKing
PANACEA OR PLACEBO?
In conclusion, Herbert Ratner, M.D., offers the best summary of all when
he says,
Actually, the major accomplishment of the condom campaign to prevent AIDS
is to impress the promoters, politicians and the public at large that
something is being done; and although well-intentioned, it offers more of
a placebo than a panacea.
Publicizing the condom to the four winds is, for the most part, the
bravura of a puritan who is trying to prove to the world
that he is not a puritan. To concentrate on the mechanical aspects of the
sex act to the exclusion of the emotional and psychological aspects (which
the condom campaign ignores) is the essence of Puritanism. The only
difference between the new and the old is that whereas the traditional
puritans were alleged to believe that sex was something to be isolated and
repressed, neo-puritans accept sex as something to be isolated and
exercised. (28)
Reviewed by Joel McIlhaney, M.D., of the Medical Institute for Sexual
Health
28.Ratner, Herbert, M.D., "Condoms and AIDS," ALL About Issues, Feb. 1989,
p. 36
- Posted by PaulKing
PANACEA OR PLACEBO?
In conclusion, Herbert Ratner, M.D., offers the best summary of all when
he says,
Actually, the major accomplishment of the condom campaign to prevent AIDS
is to impress the promoters, politicians and the public at large that
something is being done; and although well-intentioned, it offers more of
a placebo than a panacea.
Publicizing the condom to the four winds is, for the most part, the
bravura of a puritan who is trying to prove to the world
that he is not a puritan. To concentrate on the mechanical aspects of the
sex act to the exclusion of the emotional and psychological aspects (which
the condom campaign ignores) is the essence of Puritanism. The only
difference between the new and the old is that whereas the traditional
puritans were alleged to believe that sex was something to be isolated and
repressed, neo-puritans accept sex as something to be isolated and
exercised. (28)
Reviewed by Joel McIlhaney, M.D., of the Medical Institute for Sexual
Health
28.Ratner, Herbert, M.D., "Condoms and AIDS," ALL About Issues, Feb. 1989,
p. 36
