Kamis, 08 Desember 2011

The stigma of AIDS can be further divided into three categories:

* Instrumental AIDS Stigma - the reflection of fear and concern for matters related to deadly and infectious diseases.
* Stigma symbolic AIDS - namely the use of HIV / AIDS to express attitudes toward social groups or a particular lifestyle that is considered associated with the disease.
* Courtesy stigma of AIDS - the social penalties for those dealing with issues of HIV / AIDS or HIV positive people.

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The stigma of AIDS is often expressed in one or more stigma, especially related to homosexuality, bisexuality, prostitution, and drug use by injection.

In many developed countries, there is a connection between AIDS and homosexuality or bisexuality, which correlates with the level of sexual prejudice is higher, such as anti-homosexual attitudes.  Similarly, there is a perceived association between AIDS and sexual relations between men, including when the relationship between uninfected partners.