In It’s Worse Than You Imagined, Hugh Russell explains why AIDS is widespread in Africa:
Perhaps it is in this strict adherence to custom that Zambians and other Africans make themselves particularly vulnerable to the virus. Let me tell you about three of those customs. The last will make you wince.
- Ritual cleansing. This is not, sadly, some kind of elaborate bath. [...]
- The secret society. Like the masons only more so, this component of African life is so secret that no one ever talks about it, and many deny that it still operates. [...]
- Dry sex. I warned you that this one would make you wince. [...]
Yeah, I winced.