Où sont passées les relations hommes-femmes dans la prévention du sida ?

Abstract

Since the last few years, one can observe the emergence of a discourse on women and AIDS within the international scientific community, both in research and in policies of prevention. This discourse bears on power inequality between the sexes, the specificity of feminine situa¬ tions, the necessity tu develop preventive methods mastered by the women themselves. The parallels between these remarks and those which gave rise to the family planning movement in Great-Britain are striking. This article uses the lessons to be drawn for AIDS from the fa¬ mily planning movement. It reveals the similar nature of the representa¬ tions used in the production of a discourse on «women and AIDS », and indicates the possible «side effects » of such a discourse on preven¬ tion.