Interview with Teresa, 20 - 21, White British, middle class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Original version including fieldnotes (Ref: MAG08)

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 Teresa, who is at university studying languages. She would like a career in this field, but needs more business experience and would like to go into higher education. She has travelled a lot through Asia and Europe with her dad's job. Her twin sister is more 'feminine' than her, and Teresa doesn't find any interest in traditionally feminine things, like sewing or cooking. Her comprehensive secondary school provided limited sex education, a book that her mum had already given her. Teresa's mum told her about periods and she learnt about sex through the playground. Contraception was taught in school in one assembly, but only to the girls - it was considered their responsibility. AIDS was learnt about through media and the news. She had her first sexual intercourse at age 17, but had had some sexual relationships before then. Her first sex was with a male she had met on holiday, and they used a condom. She didn't enjoy it physically, but had learnt about female sexual pleasure and orgasms through reading magazines. She notes that her male peers would think a girl was a 'slag' if she asserted her dominance and right to pleasure within a sexual relationship. There is contradiction among her peer group around sexuality and reputation, where there was stigma around being a virgin in her later teens, but also a risk of being labelled as a 'slag'. She is on the pill and finds it convenient, but has used condoms inconsistently in her sexual relationships. Teresa doesn't consider herself as at risk of AIDS, but thinks that bisexuals and those who sleep around would be. She would be adamant on condom use in the future as she is starting to worry about risk of disease. She is happy to engage in casual sex, but recognises that there are gendered double standards in terms of sexual reputation.

本访谈属于‘女性、风险与艾滋病项目（Women, Risk and Aids Project，1989-90）’档案的一部分，该档案是‘数据重现项目（Reanimating Data Project，2018-20）’的成果之一。<br>特蕾莎（Teresa）的原始访谈记录（transcript）：她就读于大学语言专业，希望从事该领域职业，但需积累更多商业经验并计划继续深造。因父亲工作原因，她曾游历亚洲与欧洲多地。她的双胞胎姐妹比她更‘女性化’，而特蕾莎对缝纫、烹饪等传统女性事务毫无兴趣。她就读的综合中学性教育资源有限，仅有母亲提供的一本书籍。月经知识由母亲告知，性知识则来自校园同伴间的交流。学校曾在一次集会上开展避孕教育，但仅面向女生——校方认为这是女性的责任。艾滋病相关知识来自媒体与新闻报道。她于17岁首次发生性行为，此前已有过性关系，对象是度假结识的男性，双方使用了避孕套。尽管身体上未获愉悦，但她通过杂志了解到女性性快感与性高潮。她指出，若女性在性关系中主张主导权与自身快感，男性同伴会将其视为‘荡妇’（slag）。同龄群体在性观念与声誉方面存在矛盾：十几岁后期仍为处女会遭受污名（stigma），却也面临被贴‘slag’标签的风险。她目前服用避孕药，认为其便捷，但性关系中避孕套使用并不规律。她不认为自己有艾滋病风险，却觉得双性恋者及滥交人群存在该风险。她乐于进行随意性行为（casual sex），但承认性声誉方面存在性别双重标准。