“Prostitution,” “Risk,” and “Responsibility”: Paradigms of AIDS Prevention and Women's Identities in Thika, Kenya

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“Prostitution,” “Risk,” and “Responsibility”: Paradigms of AIDS Prevention and Women's Identities in Thika, Kenya

ABSTRACT

Our background has made us think we should be Christians and see the women as immoral. But there was no prostitution before; we had polygamy [Kenyan health worker, January 1991].