Interview with Jodie, 17, White British, middle class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Anonymised version (Ref: AMD21)

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 an interview with Jodie, 17, who is at college. She has a twin sister and her parents are going through a divorce. She thinks her family life made her feel quite insecure and in need of attention, but she has since rebuilt her confidence by going out with friends and socialising with new people. She had been in a steady, heterosexual relationship, where she had her first sexual intercourse, but her partner cheated on her a lot, and she is now in the early stages of a relationship with someone else. Jodie has always felt guilt and regret around her sexual practices, especially when losing her virginity and any potential casual sexual encounters. She doesn't feel under any pressure and is confident in navigating sexual consent and boundaries. In terms of contraception use, she is adamant on using condoms, framed by fear of pregnancy and AIDS. Her parents are very open (her mum works in an abortion clinic), and she feels able to discuss sex, relationships and contraception with them. She did not receive any formal sex education at her private school and has relied on AIDS publicity and her parents for AIDS education. She doesn't consider herself as at risk as she uses condoms, but there was a time when she didn't use one, based on a perception of her sexual partner as 'health conscious' which she thought meant he would be free of STDs or infections. There are contradictions between her attitude toward safe-sex and her sexual practices.本次访谈隶属于《女性、风险与艾滋病项目（Women, Risk and Aids Project）》（1989-1990）档案库，该档案库为《激活数据项目（Reanimating Data Project）》（2018-2020）的组成部分。本记录为对17岁大学生乔迪（Jodie）的匿名访谈转录稿。她有一位双胞胎姐姐，父母正处于离婚程序中。她认为家庭生活令自己极度缺乏安全感且渴望获得关注，但此后她通过与好友结伴出行、结识新伙伴社交，重新建立了自信心。她曾处于一段稳定的异性恋关系中，并在此期间完成了首次性行为，但伴侣曾多次出轨；如今她正处于一段新恋情的初期阶段。乔迪始终对自身的性行为抱有愧疚与懊悔情绪，尤其是在失去童贞以及后续可能发生的随性性行为场景中。她并未感受到任何相关压力，且能够自信地把控性同意与边界尺度。在避孕措施方面，她坚决坚持使用安全套，这一选择源于对怀孕与艾滋病（AIDS）的恐惧。她的父母思想十分开明（母亲在堕胎诊所工作），她可以就性、恋情与避孕问题与父母坦诚沟通。她在就读的私立学校中未曾接受过正式的性教育，相关艾滋病知识均来自艾滋病公益宣传与父母的教导。她认为自己并未处于感染风险之中，因为始终坚持使用安全套，但曾有一次未使用安全套的经历——当时她误以为对方‘注重健康’就意味着不会携带性传播疾病（STDs）或其他感染源。她在安全性行为的态度与实际行为之间存在明显矛盾。