Interview with Melanie, 21, White British, upper working class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, 1989, Manchester. Original version, ref BT08)

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>Original transcript of an interview with a young woman (Melanie) working for a large company in Manchester. Discusses the different ‘divvy jobs’ she has done since leaving school and her plans to move to London the next month to live with her boyfriend. Interview also covers her experiences of sex education at school, which just covered the biological aspects, and at home where she has an ‘open’ relationship with her parents although her dad is a Christian who does not believe in sex outside of marriage. Talks about learning about AIDS from the media as a ‘gay disease’ and her perception of who is and is not at risk from AIDS. Discussion about what ‘sleeping around means’ and responds to questions about her knowledge of HIV, AIDS and safer sex. In a discussion about contraception she states she has never used a condom and has a ‘narrow minded’ view of them. Uses the pill now after 8 months of unprotected sex. Describes ‘harrowing’ experiences of going to a sexual health clinic to get the pill and better experience going to see her GP. Also discusses her early sexual experiences as ‘devastating’ and unenjoyable and her current more enjoyable sexual experiences; her sexual expectations and how she learnt about sex and pleasure from her sister, friends and cosmo magazine. Talks about her own attitude to abortion as the only viable option if she had got pregnant and her friends anti-abortion attitudes.

本访谈隶属于《女性、风险与艾滋病项目（1989-1990）》（Women, Risk and Aids Project）档案库，该档案库系《活化数据项目（2018-2020）》（Reanimating Data Project）的组成部分。
本次为对一名就职于曼彻斯特大型企业的年轻女性梅兰妮（Melanie）的原始访谈转录稿。她谈及毕业后曾从事的各类零散杂活岗位，以及下月搬往伦敦与男友同住的计划。
访谈亦涵盖其在校性教育经历——仅涉及生物学层面知识，以及家庭性教育环境：她与父母关系开放，但父亲为基督徒，反对婚外性行为。
她谈到自己从媒体获悉艾滋病曾被视作“同性恋疾病”，以及自身对艾滋病感染风险人群的认知。
访谈讨论了“滥交”的含义，并回应了关于其对人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）、艾滋病及安全性行为认知的相关问题。
在避孕方式的讨论环节，她表示自己从未使用过安全套（condom），并对安全套持有“狭隘”看法。在经历8个月无保护性行为后，她目前采用口服避孕药避孕。
她描述了前往性健康诊所申领口服避孕药时“令人痛苦”的经历，以及在全科医生（General Practitioner）处就诊时更为顺畅的体验。
她还谈及自身早期的性经历“令人心碎”且毫无愉悦感，而当前的性体验则更为美好；她谈到了自己对性的期待，以及如何从姐姐、朋友与《时尚COSMO》（Cosmopolitan）杂志中了解性与愉悦。
她还谈到了自身对堕胎的态度：若意外怀孕，堕胎是唯一可行的选择，而她的朋友们则持反堕胎立场。