Interview with Lauren, 16-17, White British, lower middle class, no religion. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, London, 1989. Original version including field notes. (Ref: LJH22)

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).Original transcript of interview with Lauren, who is in college but would like to work in graphic design or photography. She has happily been with her boyfriend for eight and a half months, which she considers to be a mature and healthy relationship for her age. Her first sexual relationship was with a holiday romance, which she regrets but did find educational - she has learnt quite a lot about herself from various relationships over the years. Lauren and her partner had been using condoms, but she is now on the pill. Lauren talks a lot about her parent's divorce and the impact it has had on her and her family life. Sex education at her all girls' school was pretty average, but Lauren thinks it could have been worse - they had some great teachers, but it came much too late for some of her peers.