Interview with Wendy, 21, White British, working class. Women Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989, including fieldnotes. Anonymised version (Ref: BYC07)

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).Transcript of an interview with a 21 year old young woman (Wendy) living in North Manchester. Anonymised version. The interviewee is married and pregnant for the first time. She talks about three key sexual relationships. Her first long term relationship of about a year with the person that she lost her virginity too. Her previous two year relationship with a colleague, who was more interested in his friends then her. He had a relationship with someone else at the same time, who became pregnant which ended her relationship with him. Also discusses her current relationship and marriage. Interviewee went on the pill during her first relationship. She told her mum about this who supported her and with who she has an open and trusting relationship. She remained on the pill until she was married which is the reason she thinks she didn’t get pregnant at a young age, unlike most of her school friends and peers. One month into being married she decided she wanted to have a baby and got pregnant straight away. Discussion about HIV and AIDS. Learnt about HIV/AIDS from the television but has limited knowledge. Doesn’t know anyone with HIV / AIDS and doesn’t think that she is at risk. Discussion of what ‘sleeping around’ means and how to protect yourself from HIV (using ‘durex’, reducing number of partners and avoiding having sex with a ‘lad’s lad’). Doesn’t think that men are interested in contraception or take responsibility for it.

本访谈收录于《女性、风险与艾滋病项目（Women, Risk and Aids Project）》档案库，该档案库系《复苏数据项目（Reanimating Data Project）》的组成部分。本次访谈的受访对象为居住在北曼彻斯特的21岁年轻女性温迪（Wendy），本版本已完成匿名化处理。受访者已婚，且正处于首次妊娠阶段。她分享了三段重要的亲密关系：第一段为持续约一年的长期伴侣关系，她在此期间与该伴侣发生首次性行为，失去了贞洁；第二段为为期两年的职场同事恋情，彼时对方更在意自身友人而非她，且同时与他人交往，当该外遇对象怀孕后，这段关系就此终结。此外，她还谈及了当前的伴侣关系与婚姻状况。受访者在第一段恋情期间开始服用口服避孕药，她将此事告知了母亲，母亲给予了支持，二者之间拥有开放且互信的亲子关系。她持续服用避孕药直至成婚，她认为这正是自己未如多数同龄校友与伙伴般年少怀孕的缘由。婚后仅一个月，她便决定孕育宝宝，并随即成功受孕。访谈内容还涉及人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）与艾滋病（AIDS）相关话题。受访者通过电视了解到HIV与艾滋病的相关知识，但相关认知较为有限。她既不认识HIV或艾滋病感染者，也认为自身不存在感染风险。访谈还探讨了“滥交”的含义，以及防范HIV感染的具体措施：使用杜蕾斯（Durex）安全套、减少性伴侣数量、避免与典型大男子主义者发生性行为。此外，她认为男性对避孕措施并不在意，也不愿承担避孕相关的责任。