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There’s no shortage of evidence linking intimate partner violence to inconsistent condom use.
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And it's repeatedly shown to be extremely effective at preventing HIV infections when taken daily. That’s where Truvada comes in: the little blue pill is discreet enough to require no participation from sexual partners who might not be willing to help out. No matter how you slice it, condom use - even female condom use - requires a partner’s acceptance, and people who identify as women often lack the social capital to impose these sexual barriers. "It’s a topic that raises a lot of uncomfortable issues for a lot of people, because it’s not something that we can talk about without talking about the imbalance of power between men and women," notably during discussions about safe sex. "The idea of women protecting themselves from HIV really hasn't gotten much play," says Anna Forbes, staffer at the US Women and PrEP Working Group, which aims to increase awareness about Truvada among women. Uncomfortable because of "the imbalance of power between men and women" Yet many reporters, myself included, failed to discuss how revolutionary this drug is for one particular, and substantial, segment of the US population: women. The Verge and other media outlets - including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Slate - covered the news in a big way, because it meant that government officials were not only urging doctors to prescribe the drug to queer men or individuals whose partners have HIV, but to anyone at risk - including sex workers, heterosexuals, and transfolk.
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A few months ago, the CDC recommended Truvada, the HIV prevention pill, to anyone at risk of infection.