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).<br>Transcript of an interview with a 21 year old young woman (Wendy) living in North Manchester. Anonymised version. <br>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.

本访谈是《女性、风险与艾滋病项目》（1989-1990）档案的一部分，该档案为《数据重现项目》（2018-2020）的成果之一。<br>对居住在北曼彻斯特的21岁年轻女性（温蒂）的访谈记录，匿名版本。<br>受访者已婚且首次怀孕，谈及三段关键的性关系：第一段为持续约一年的长期关系，对象是她失去童贞的人；此前与一位同事有过两年关系，该同事对朋友的兴趣胜过对她，且同时与他人交往，对方怀孕导致关系结束；她还谈及当前的婚姻关系。<br>受访者在第一段关系期间开始服用口服避孕药（the pill），并告知母亲，母亲给予支持，两人关系开放互信。她持续服用避孕药直至结婚，认为这是未像多数校友和同龄人早育的原因；结婚一个月后，她决定生育并立即怀孕。<br>关于HIV与艾滋病的讨论：她从电视了解相关知识，但认知有限；不认识HIV/艾滋病患者，也认为自身无感染风险。此外还讨论“滥交”（sleeping around）的含义及HIV预防方法——使用“杜蕾斯”（durex）、减少性伴侣数量、避免与“爱玩的男性”（lad’s lad）发生性关系。她认为男性对避孕缺乏兴趣，也不愿承担责任。