Interview with Louise, 20, White British, working class, Fundamental Christian. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Anonymised version (Ref: USD06)

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>Anonymised transcript of an interview with Louise, 20, who works full time. She would have liked to continue with her education after leaving school, but her parents could not afford it. Her mum does not hold too many strict traditional values, but would like Louise to have a 'white wedding', but wait until she is financially secure before having children. Louise's dad has some Catholic values, Louise attends a Baptist church but is not too strict in upholding certain religious ideas around marriage and sexuality. She had some basic sex education at school, but found it quite nerve-wracking and prefers to read it in books at her own pace instead. She had her first at age 16, with her male partner as they were breaking up - she felt her virginity was something 'special' that she could give him. This was considered late to have her first sex within her peer group, but she did not feel any pressure to lose her virginity. She did not use any contraception as her first sex was unplanned, but she is now on the pill. Her best friend became pregnant at 15 due to condom failure, which resulted in a late term abortion. Louise doesn't consider herself a risk taker, but has some contradictory ideas around risk, sex and protection - she carries her own condoms, but does not always feel comfortable using them. She feels there is some stigma around visiting special clinics for STD testing and would like it to be more easily accessed. There is a general attitude among her peer group that it is easier to talk about protection against pregnancy rather than against AIDS, as asking a sexual partner about AIDS assumes a level of promiscuity in their sexual history. Louise thinks AIDS campaigning on TV and in the news had too much of a fear mongering element to it, and would like to see campaigns that give women confidence and support to navigate their sexuality in a healthy way. She has fairly liberal attitudes towards casual sex and female sexual pleasure, and largely derives her own sexual pleasure from male enjoyment in (hetero)sexual relationships and through oral sex. However, she believes sex needs to be penetrative for it be fully enjoyed, especially for males.

本访谈隶属于《妇女、风险与艾滋病项目（Women, Risk and Aids Project，1989-1990）》档案库，该档案库是《复苏数据项目（Reanimating Data Project，2018-2020）》的组成部分。
本记录为受访者路易丝的匿名访谈转录稿，她现年20岁，从事全职工作。她原本希望中学毕业后继续深造，但父母无力承担相关费用。她的母亲虽未秉持过多严苛的传统价值观，但希望路易丝能举办一场“白色婚礼”，并期望她在经济稳定后再生育子女。路易丝的父亲持有部分天主教价值观，而她本人虽在浸信会教堂参与宗教活动，但并未严格恪守与婚姻、性行为相关的部分宗教教条。
她在校期间接受过基础的性教育课程，但当时感到十分局促不安，因此更倾向于通过书籍自主学习，按照自身节奏了解相关知识。她的首次性行为发生于16岁，对象是当时即将分手的男性伴侣，她彼时认为贞洁是可以赠予对方的“珍贵之物”。在同龄群体中，她的首次性行为年龄偏晚，但并未感受到任何必须失去贞洁的压力。由于首次性行为属于计划外行为，她当时未采取任何避孕措施，但如今已开始服用口服避孕药。
她的好友在15岁时因安全套失效意外怀孕，最终接受了晚期人工流产。路易丝并不认为自己是冒险者，但在风险、性行为与防护方面存在一些矛盾的认知：她会随身携带安全套，却并非总能自在地使用它们。她认为前往专门的性传播疾病（Sexually Transmitted Disease，STD）诊疗门诊就诊存在污名化问题，希望这类医疗服务能更易于获取。她的同龄群体普遍认为，谈论避孕措施比谈论艾滋病防护更容易——因为向性伴侣询问艾滋病相关情况，会被视为暗示对方性史混乱。
路易丝认为，电视与新闻中的艾滋病宣传活动带有过多的恐慌煽动色彩，她希望能看到更多能够帮助女性建立自信、以健康方式掌控自身性行为的宣传内容。她对随性性行为与女性性愉悦持有相当开放的态度，在异性亲密关系中，她的性愉悦主要来源于伴侣的愉悦感受以及口交行为。但她认为，性行为需包含插入式行为才能称得上完整的愉悦体验，尤其是对男性而言。