The idea around this research paper is the concept of sexual disclosure, that being revealing information about one’s self and history to any current partners they may have. The main rationale as to why this topic is so important and how it was chosen is due to the North American society that we live in. It is seen almost always in society through media and culture that the “hook-up” scene is promoted heavily among young adults (e.g. bars, clubs, online-dating sites, bathhouses, washrooms). This issue is quite significant as many times the few minutes that it takes to divulge their sexual status and prepare any necessary STI countermeasures are skipped, resulting in the infection being exposed to more people.
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In the 1980s, as reports of Aids cases began coming in from across the United States; the response from American politicians ranged from outright negligence to unfathomable, fear-based policies. Even as evidence mounted that HIV could not be transmitted by casual contact, politicians called for unnecessary quarantines and repeated myths that HIV could be spread by merely swimming a pool with a person living with HIV. The lack of evidence-based policies significantly increased the epidemic’s death toll – and led to immeasurable suffering for all of those people impacted by the virus. With that in mind, it is even more significant that we remember that these people are also afraid: afraid of being rejected by family, friends, peers, potential lovers, and the rest of society. It is unfortunate that even though our advancement of medicine as improved drastically, the misconceptions have …show more content…
The reason that many feel the need not to disclose is due to our current legal model which, supposedly, is to protect citizens, but as a result of legal interpretation has criminalized people with no proper legal rational. The federal Parliament is responsible for enacting the Criminal Code, and as such, the criminal law applies the same way across the country. However, the administration of justice is within provincial jurisdiction, which means that, in practice, how people are charged and prosecuted can vary from one province to another. In addition, the courts also examine previous court decisions that applied and interpreted the Criminal Code in cases with similar facts and issues as the case at hand. This is called “case law” or “precedent.” Judgments from the Supreme Court of Canada are the most authoritative source of case law. They are binding in every other court in Canada (meaning, subsequent judgments must follow the same rules). Decisions from the provincial/territorial courts of appeal are binding within the lower courts of the same province/territory. But a court of appeal judgment can also have significant influence on other provincial/territorial courts of appeal, even though it is not technically
As such, this paper will be discussing …show more content…
In the 1980s, as reports of Aids cases began coming in from across the United States; the response from American politicians ranged from outright negligence to unfathomable, fear-based policies. Even as evidence mounted that HIV could not be transmitted by casual contact, politicians called for unnecessary quarantines and repeated myths that HIV could be spread by merely swimming a pool with a person living with HIV. The lack of evidence-based policies significantly increased the epidemic’s death toll – and led to immeasurable suffering for all of those people impacted by the virus. With that in mind, it is even more significant that we remember that these people are also afraid: afraid of being rejected by family, friends, peers, potential lovers, and the rest of society. It is unfortunate that even though our advancement of medicine as improved drastically, the misconceptions have …show more content…
The reason that many feel the need not to disclose is due to our current legal model which, supposedly, is to protect citizens, but as a result of legal interpretation has criminalized people with no proper legal rational. The federal Parliament is responsible for enacting the Criminal Code, and as such, the criminal law applies the same way across the country. However, the administration of justice is within provincial jurisdiction, which means that, in practice, how people are charged and prosecuted can vary from one province to another. In addition, the courts also examine previous court decisions that applied and interpreted the Criminal Code in cases with similar facts and issues as the case at hand. This is called “case law” or “precedent.” Judgments from the Supreme Court of Canada are the most authoritative source of case law. They are binding in every other court in Canada (meaning, subsequent judgments must follow the same rules). Decisions from the provincial/territorial courts of appeal are binding within the lower courts of the same province/territory. But a court of appeal judgment can also have significant influence on other provincial/territorial courts of appeal, even though it is not technically