Interview with Diane, 16-17, White British, working class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Original version (Ref: NMC02)

This interview is part of the Women, Risk and Aids Project (1989-90) archive which was created as part of the Reanimating Data Project (2018-20).<br>Original transcript of an interview with Diane, who is at college and would like to go into nursing. Her school provided sex education within science lessons, but she feels it was quite comprehensive and adopted a realistic, rather than biological, approach. Homosexuality and masturbation was covered, though it largely focused on male sexuality. She had learnt a lot about sex and relationships from her mum, who she is very close with. Diane learnt about AIDS through the news and television, and is quite knowledgeable about it from a social and political perspective. In term of her own potential risk, she would use condoms with future sexual partners, as well as using the pill. She thinks there is a prevalent attitude among her peer group that AIDS 'won't happen to them'. She is in a serious, long-term relationship, but would like to wait until she feels ready to have first intercourse, though she has engaged in other sexual activities with her current partner. She doesn't feel under much pressure to lose her virginity.

本访谈属于《女性、风险与艾滋病项目》（Women, Risk and Aids Project，1989-1990）档案的一部分，该档案是《数据复兴项目》（Reanimating Data Project，2018-2020）的成果之一。<br>黛安（Diane）的访谈记录原文显示，她目前就读于大学，希望从事护理工作。她的学校在科学课中开设性教育课程，但她认为该课程内容相当全面，且采用现实视角而非单纯的生物学视角。课程涵盖同性恋与自慰话题，不过主要聚焦于男性性征。她从关系极为亲密的母亲处学到了大量关于性与亲密关系的知识。黛安通过新闻与电视了解艾滋病（AIDS），并从社会与政治视角对其有较深入的认识。关于自身潜在风险，她表示会与未来伴侣使用避孕套，并服用避孕药。她认为同龄人中普遍存在一种心态，即认为艾滋病“不会降临到自己身上”。她处于一段稳定的长期关系中，但希望待自己准备就绪后再发生第一次性行为，不过已与现任伴侣有过其他性活动。她并未因失去童贞而感到太大压力。