Interview with Kay, 18, White British, working class, no religion. Women, Risk & AIDS Project, London, 1989. Anonymised version including field notes. (Ref: LSFS3)

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).Anonymised transcript of interview with Kay, who has been living with her fiance for a year and a half. This is her first serious relationship, and her first sexual one. They had planned to get married soon, but her partner was too scared - they agreed that they were perhaps both too young. Kay has tried different contraceptive methods, but has had to settle on using condoms. She thinks that girls nowadays are expected to have sexual relationships, especially with older men - she thinks that younger girls do it to seem more mature.