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DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300127.v1
title: Interview with Gemma, 18 - 19, White British, working class, Roman Catholic. Women, Risk and Aids Project, Manchester, 1989. Anonymised version (Ref: NMC01).

description: 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 Gemma, who is completing a certificate in social care and working part-time in a clinical office in a health centre. She lives at home with her parents, her father who is retired and her mother who has always been a housewife. She received poor Sex Education in her Catholic high school, one cartoon video showing conception and childbirth, which was shared with a mixed-sex group of young people in assembly. There was no opportunity to ask questions and teachers had a nervous and embarrassed attitude towards discussing Sex Education. There was no mention of contraception, but Gemma's mother had taking her to a family planning clinic so that she could go on the pill (she was not engaging in sexual activity at this point, but it was a precautionary measure as she had considered it). She talks about how the pill carried some stigma around casual sex and promiscuity. She started her periods at age eleven, and felt a lot of (religiously connotated) shame or guilt around this. Her first sex was with an abusive older boyfriend when she was 15. This partner refused to use contraception and pressured her into unwanted sex, subsequently resulting in pregnancy and miscarriage. This sex felt very one-sided, in that the aim was her partner's sexual pleasure, rather than her own. In her current relationship with Adam, she feels this is much more balanced. Gemma does not feel at risk of AIDS, as she has had a limited number of sexual partners. She considers those who are promiscuous and engage in casual sex as at risk, and feels foreplay is less risky than intercourse. She is on the pills but makes sure to use barrier protection, condoms, if needed. She feels much more assertive in her current relationship of 18 months, but feels that Sex Education should cover healthy/unhealthy relationships and sexual violence.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300130.v1
title: Interview with Shannon, 16 - 17, White British, working class, Roman Catholic. Women, Risk and Aids Project, Manchester, 1989. Original version including fieldnotes (Ref: NMC08)

description: 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 Shannon, who is completing a Pre-health course for nursing, an ambition she has had since the age of six. She has largely enjoyed her geriatrics placement. She has a positive relationship with her mother, an Equal Opportunities admin worker, who she feels able to discuss questions she has around Sex Education with. The Sex Education she received through school was typically biological, covering STI's, conception and contraceptive methods, rather than any emotional aspects of sex or relationships. Teachers read information from books, and one supply teacher in particular was deemed particularly useless at answering any questions students may have had. Shannon is quite knowledgeable about AIDS risk and protection, both through programmes and pamphlets about it and conversations with her mother. She feels there is less stigma about AIDS and gay men nowadays. Safe-sex is considered sex with condoms, and not engaging in casual sex or one-night stands. Shannon has had romantic relationships, but no sexual experiences as yet, but does feel she could be assertive and informed with regard to using contraception and STI protection. She feels women are typically expected to bear the brunt of responsibility when it comes to using contraception. She doesn't think she would be at risk of AIDS when she does become sexually active, and believes those who are 'promiscuous' are most at risk. She does not feel any pressure from her girlfriends to lose her virginity, but does mention ideas around gender and sexual reputation. Shannon thinks people her age are too young to have babies and would miss out on social aspects of being a teenager, and has no qualms with women having abortions (whether due to contraception failure or in cases of rape).
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300112
title: Interview with Alice, 19, White British, middle class, Protestant. Women, Risk and Aids Project, Manchester, 1989. Anonymised version (Ref: AMC15)

description: 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 a young woman (Alice), age 19, who moved from Barnsley to Manchester and is currently training as a beauty therapist. She lives with her mother, father and older sister, age 21, who she is close with. The sex education she received in a comprehensive school was typically biological and 'all very basic' - there was little mention of relationships or contraception. She talks about the sex education that she gained from friends and magazines, but her mother is happy to discuss 'taking precautions' in sexual relationships and told her about periods. Her parents have given her quite a lot of freedom growing up and have both been quite open about sex education. Alice had some (sexual) relationships in her mid-teens, but her current relationship, with a 23 year old male who lives in Leeds, is the first one she considers to be 'serious' and had her first sexual intercourse with this partner. She felt some pressure from her friends around having sex, but enjoyed experimenting with and exploring her sexuality in previous relationships. She has learnt about AIDS largely through public health campaigns advertised on television. In her current relationship they had been using condoms, but after a malfunction which resulted in pregnancy and subsequent abortion she is now using the pill as her main form of birth control, but is aware of the risks of HIV/AIDS transmission without barrier contraceptive methods. She does not consider herself as 'at risk', but is wary that her partner has had other sexual partners and that this may put in a riskier position. She doesn't feel there is enough consistent coverage of AIDS transmission and worried that earlier coverage did not have a big enough impact on the somewhat risky sexual behaviour of some of her peers who are engaging in casual sex without condoms
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300115.v1
title: Interview with Julie. Women, Risk and Aids Project, Manchester. Original version (Ref: SS310)

description: 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 Julie who is studying theatre studies, dance and English Language at college, but isn't enjoying it too much. She would like to form a band with her current boyfriend. This her first serious relationship and they have been together for three years. She describes him as nice and sensitive. Her girlfriends are dating casually a lot, but she is happy settling down in her long term relationship. Some distance has grown between her and her friends, in part due to her romantic relationship and also because of political and cultural conflict regarding their Irish heritage and identity. In terms of sex education, Julie's mother has attempted to be open about discussing sexuality and contraception, but Julie has found this to be embarrassing and considers herself to be a private person. Instead, she has gained sex education from friends and Jackie Collins novels. With regard to formal sex education, her Catholic school provided a very limited amount in a PSE lesson that was taught by religious teachers. Julie identified this as a factor that limited her sex education, especially surrounding aspects of sexuality such as sex before marriage and access to contraception. AIDS education was through public health campaigns on TV and in newspapers, but Julie did not consider the risks of AIDS to be relevant to her and does not position herself as a risk as she has only had one sexual partner. This is with her current partner, which she says is not a very sexual relationship, due to their lack of privacy while both living at home. She has considered contraceptive methods, but isn't fully informed of the different options available to her and would go to the family planning clinic to discuss this. Her boyfriend is moving to Scotland for a year, but she is not too worried about this and thinks they will be able to work through it.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300100
title: Interview with April, 16, White British, upper working class. Women, Risk and Aids Project, Manchester, 1989. Original version (Ref: AMD2255)

description: 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 (April), age 16, with a current male partner of three years who is 21 years old. She highlights some generational conflict within her family when it comes to discussing sex and contraception, where her mother (aged 55) is reluctant to address it, while her father is much more open. She also has two older brothers, age 30 and 25. This is her first sexual relationship and she waited 'a few months' before engaging in sexual intercourse with her partner. She feels that she trusts him, and he treats her as an adult, and has considered a future together but would like to establish her own career before getting married. They were originally using condoms and the morning-after pill, but April is now on the pill. She learnt about contraceptive methods through her older brothers, her aunt and from reading magazines. Her sex education at school was largely scientific and covered STI's and contraceptive methods, either through the science department or a visiting teacher from the local Family Planning Clinic; AIDS education was touched upon in biology lessons, but most of what she knows about AIDS has been picked up from television and other public health campaigns. As she has only had one sexual partner, she does not consider herself as 'at risk' (in comparison to some of her more promiscuous peers). Safe-sex, to her, means using condoms/barrier methods of contraception. She doesn't feel too much embarrassment about buying condoms from public places, like chemists, but would like them to be more freely available in more private spaces, like women's toilets and thinks she would be able to discuss risk and sexual history with a new partner in the future.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300109
title: Interview with Alice, 19, White British, middle class, Protestant. Women, Risk and Aids Project, Manchester, 1989. Original version (Ref: AMC15)

description: 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 (Alice), age 19, who moved from Barnsley to Manchester and is currently training as a beauty therapist. She lives with her mother, father and older sister, age 21, who she is close with. The sex education she received in a comprehensive school was typically biological and 'all very basic' - there was little mention of relationships or contraception. She talks about the sex education that she gained from friends and magazines, but her mother is happy to discuss 'taking precautions' in sexual relationships and told her about periods. Her parents have given her quite a lot of freedom growing up and have been quite open about sex education. Alice had some (sexual) relationships in her mid-teens, but her current relationship, with a 23 year old male who lives in Leeds, is the first one she considers to be 'serious' and had her first sexual intercourse with this partner. She felt some pressure from her friends around having sex, but enjoyed experimenting with and exploring her sexuality in previous relationships. She has learnt about AIDS largely through public health campaigns advertised on television. In her current relationship they had been using condoms, but after a malfunction which resulted in pregnancy and subsequent abortion she is now using the pill as her main form of birth control, but is aware of the risks of HIV/AIDS transmission without barrier contraceptive methods. She does not consider herself as 'at risk', but is wary that her partner has had other sexual partners and that this may put in a riskier position. She doesn't feel there is enough consistent coverage of AIDS transmission and worried that earlier coverage did not have a big enough impact on the somewhat risky sexual behaviour of some of her peers who are engaging in casual sex without condoms.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300103
title: Interview with April, 16, White British, upper working class. Women, Risk and Aids Project, Manchester, 1989. Anonymised version (Ref: AMD2255)

description: 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 a young woman (April), age 16, with a current male partner of three years who is 21 years old. She highlights some generational conflict within her family when it comes to discussing sex and contraception, where her mother (aged 55) is reluctant to address it, while her father is much more open. She also has two older brothers, age 30 and 25. This is her first sexual relationship and she waited 'a few months' before engaging in sexual intercourse with her partner. She feels that she trusts him, and he treats her as an adult, and has considered a future together but would like to establish her own career before getting married. They were originally using condoms and the morning-after pill, but April is now on the pill. She learnt about contraceptive methods through her older brothers, her aunt and from reading magazines. Her sex education at school was largely scientific and covered STI's and contraceptive methods, either through the science department or a visiting teacher from the local Family Planning Clinic; AIDS education was touched upon in biology lessons, but most of what she knows about AIDS has been picked up from television and other public health campaigns. As she has only had one sexual partner, she does not consider herself as 'at risk' (in comparison to some of her more promiscuous peers). Safe-sex, to her, means using condoms/barrier methods of contraception. She doesn't feel too much embarrassment about buying condoms from public places, like chemists, but would like them to be more freely available in more private spaces, like women's toilets and thinks she would be able to discuss risk and sexual history with a new partner in the future.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300109.v1
title: Interview with Alice, 19, White British, middle class, Protestant. Women, Risk and Aids Project, Manchester, 1989. Original version (Ref: AMC15)

description: 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 (Alice), age 19, who moved from Barnsley to Manchester and is currently training as a beauty therapist. She lives with her mother, father and older sister, age 21, who she is close with. The sex education she received in a comprehensive school was typically biological and 'all very basic' - there was little mention of relationships or contraception. She talks about the sex education that she gained from friends and magazines, but her mother is happy to discuss 'taking precautions' in sexual relationships and told her about periods. Her parents have given her quite a lot of freedom growing up and have been quite open about sex education. Alice had some (sexual) relationships in her mid-teens, but her current relationship, with a 23 year old male who lives in Leeds, is the first one she considers to be 'serious' and had her first sexual intercourse with this partner. She felt some pressure from her friends around having sex, but enjoyed experimenting with and exploring her sexuality in previous relationships. She has learnt about AIDS largely through public health campaigns advertised on television. In her current relationship they had been using condoms, but after a malfunction which resulted in pregnancy and subsequent abortion she is now using the pill as her main form of birth control, but is aware of the risks of HIV/AIDS transmission without barrier contraceptive methods. She does not consider herself as 'at risk', but is wary that her partner has had other sexual partners and that this may put in a riskier position. She doesn't feel there is enough consistent coverage of AIDS transmission and worried that earlier coverage did not have a big enough impact on the somewhat risky sexual behaviour of some of her peers who are engaging in casual sex without condoms.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300112.v1
title: Interview with Alice, 19, White British, middle class, Protestant. Women, Risk and Aids Project, Manchester, 1989. Anonymised version (Ref: AMC15)

description: 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 a young woman (Alice), age 19, who moved from Barnsley to Manchester and is currently training as a beauty therapist. She lives with her mother, father and older sister, age 21, who she is close with. The sex education she received in a comprehensive school was typically biological and 'all very basic' - there was little mention of relationships or contraception. She talks about the sex education that she gained from friends and magazines, but her mother is happy to discuss 'taking precautions' in sexual relationships and told her about periods. Her parents have given her quite a lot of freedom growing up and have both been quite open about sex education. Alice had some (sexual) relationships in her mid-teens, but her current relationship, with a 23 year old male who lives in Leeds, is the first one she considers to be 'serious' and had her first sexual intercourse with this partner. She felt some pressure from her friends around having sex, but enjoyed experimenting with and exploring her sexuality in previous relationships. She has learnt about AIDS largely through public health campaigns advertised on television. In her current relationship they had been using condoms, but after a malfunction which resulted in pregnancy and subsequent abortion she is now using the pill as her main form of birth control, but is aware of the risks of HIV/AIDS transmission without barrier contraceptive methods. She does not consider herself as 'at risk', but is wary that her partner has had other sexual partners and that this may put in a riskier position. She doesn't feel there is enough consistent coverage of AIDS transmission and worried that earlier coverage did not have a big enough impact on the somewhat risky sexual behaviour of some of her peers who are engaging in casual sex without condoms
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300097
title: Interview with Donna, 18-19, White British, lower middle class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Anonymised version including fieldnotes (Ref: NMC06).

description: 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 Donna, who is doing 'A' levels and 'O' levels at college. She recognises that her allocation into the 'top class' at school is partly due to her higher class background and the opportunities that this has afforded. She had a very positive experience of sex education at school with PSE lessons for two hours each week in mixed-sex groups. This was very informative, holistic and realistic, covering topics such as relationships, marriage, contraception, female sexual pleasure, masturbation, abortion, homosexuality and the potential impact of having children on relationships. She also learnt through television and conversations with her mother and older sister following her sisters' abortion at age 16. However, AIDS was not covered in detail in the sex education received at school, and this was largely learnt through magazines, leaflets and TV. She did not think that public health campaigns surrounding AIDS were useful as it did not address the possibility of contracting AIDS within a heterosexual relationship, instead focussing on needle users and gay men. Donna considers safe sex to be using condoms and not promiscuously engaging in casual sex. She does not agree with one-night stands. She is aware of and practices her entitlement to sexual pleasure within a heterosexual relationship. Donna had previously been in a relationship, but was subject to domestic violence from her male partner. The first time she had sexual intercourse was nonconsensual, but did not consider her virginity to be something that was important or sacred. In her current relationship she uses both condoms and the pill to protect herself against pregnancy, rather than to protect against transmitting STIs or AIDS. She would like to establish a career before thinking about marriage or children.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300091
title: Interview with Sophie, 18-19, White British, lower middle class. Women, Risk and Aids Project, Manchester, 1989. Anonymised version including fieldnotes (Ref: AMD08)

description: 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 a young woman (Sophie) living in a village near Doncaster, who has moved around (largely in northern England) due to her father's work as a managing director. She went to a private school, but started her A levels a year early thanks to her high grades achieved at O level. The school was 'very academically minded', compared to another local girl's school that focused on female domesticity. She aspires to be a beauty therapist, against the wishes of her father. Her sex education at school was largely biological, with brief coverage of AIDS, STDs, birth control in sixth form. As an all girls school, and being split into small groups, she found it easier to discuss these topics. She has had two sexual relationships with males, the first of which left her feeling used and disappointed (a short relationship where he 'only wanted one thing'). There was a lot of pressure from female peers to lose her virginity. She hasn't used any barrier methods of contraception, but has been relying on the pill which she was using for her bad period pains - she would be to embarrassed to proffer a condom, but had bought some from a chemist for a girl's holiday abroad as a precautionary measure. Pregnancy is deemed a higher-risk than AIDS or other diseases, perhaps in part because AIDS, unsafe (unprotected) sex and promiscuity was associated with gay or bisexual men. Would like a sex education approach that is less factual and more dynamic to address 'more about what you actually do'.