Lessons I Learned When I Was Twelve

The California Supreme Court has ruled that people can be sued for not disclosing their sexual history before unknowingly transmitting AIDS. What does that mean, exactly? Does that mean you can be sued if you don't tell your partner you've been promiscuous? How does each person define promiscuity? One man's promiscuity is another man's prude behavior. In other words, it is subjective. And just because a person has had a busy sex life doesn't mean they have AIDS. If they had unprotected sex even once they could be at risk. So doesn't that mean that the person who has now decided to have unprotected sex with this person, is now behaving recklessly themselves? Where is the line between recklessness and personal responsibility?

I have always maintained that each individual is responsible for their own sexual health (with the exception of rape victims obviously). If you don't want to become pregnant or get a woman pregnant, the responsibility lies with that person to make sure that doesn't happen. If you don't want a sexually transmitted disease, the burden of responsibility is upon you to take all of the appropriate precautions. If you choose to have unprotected sex then you have just exposed your sexual health to whatever consequences may present themselves.

Court affirms AIDS liability