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DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300394
title: Interview with Kimberley, 23, Northern European, working class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Original version (Ref: ALS20)

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 Kimberley, 23, who is studying Sociology, Biology and Psychology at college, and would like to continue her studies in Sociology or Religious Studies at a polytechnic university. She had previously trained as a nurse in South East London, but returned to Manchester two years ago, and had been receiving social welfare benefits before this. She moved out of her inner city family home at age sixteen, due to her mother's poor mental health and neglect, and now lives in a shared house with friends. Kimberley is single at the moment, but has had casual relationships in the past. Her first steady relationship (3 months) was with a 30 year old male when she was 16, who had been in and out of prison and provided a 'dangerous' lifestyle, as well as a father figure, that Kimberley had found appealing at the time. She had first sexual intercourse with this man, and found it physically painful and generally underwhelming - not as romantic as she had envisioned. She has had other, casual sexual relationships and one-night stands that she has physically enjoyed. Contraception-wise, Kimberley has used condoms and the withdrawal method. The pill has too many health implications. She would feel too embarrassed to buy her own condoms, but feels confident asking sexual partners to use one. She doesn't want a relationship at the moment, but feels there is societal pressure and stigma around this for women. Her junior school provided Sex Education around puberty (bodily changes), conception and child birth in her fourth year, and her secondary school offered a 'technical' account of periods. Most of the useful information she gained was through friends and women's magazines, like Jackie. She is very knowledgeable about AIDS, again largely through magazines and pamphlets, and judges those to be most at risk by their sexual behaviours. She considers herself as at risk only through her alcohol consumption habits. Her working-class family do not offer much in the way of aspiration or ambition, and her mother's poor mental health as she was growing up led to her leaving home at 16, staying in foster care and in a hostel, but does not feel social services were much help as she was considered an adult. It was around this time that she began to rebel and get in trouble with the police, but Kimberley feels she has developed a much more positive attitude now.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300433.v1
title: Interview with Stephanie, 20, White British, lower middle class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Original version (Ref: HHC06)

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 Stephanie, 20, who has worked her way up within a pension's department, but aspires to travel and forge a career as an air hostess. She enjoyed college, before dropping out, but prefers the financial independence that comes with a full-time job. Stephanie's mother kicked her out of their family home last year, and her parents are currently going through divorce proceedings. She feels this has made her become more realistic and cynical towards marriage as a romantic concept and it has challenged her earlier expectations of it that she learnt through television, films and books. She expresses feminist thinking around women's traditional trajectory of child-bearing and domestic work in the home. Her and her mother are close, 'like sisters', and both are open to discussions on sex and relationships. There was some pressure at school to have had sexual intercourse, but Stephanie resisted this, largely due to the strong and open relationship she has with her mum. She does not agree with one-night stands. She has been in her current relationship for a year and a half, he is 5 years older than her and they are living together, but had some relationships when she was younger that were not as serious and were not sexual. This partner is the only one that she has had sex with, though he has had previous sexual partners. She is not too worried about his sexual history in relation to her own and feels he has been emotionally supportive in this sense, and they have discussed any potential risk of AIDS transmission via his earlier sexual partners. She considers those to be at risk of AIDS as needle-users, homosexuals and those who are promiscuous and have several sexual partners.She holds some negative views around those who 'go round sleeping with everybody', especially women, but recognises the gendered double standards that are at play here. Her view of safe sex in relation to AIDS is to use condoms and not engage in casual sex. Stephanie has used condoms in the past, but now uses the pill as her main form of contraception as it also helps to regulate her periods. She is aware of some of the side effects and potential health risks of using the pill, but would rather these risks than the potential pain of having a coil or cap inserted. She feels there is some stigma around visiting a Family Planning Clinic.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300379
title: Follow up interview with Amanda, 18 - 19, White British, middle class, Roman Catholic. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1990. Anonymised version (Ref: MAG192)

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 a follow up interview with Amanda, who left college prematurely due to poor attendance and relationship troubles at the time. She has had some administrative-type jobs and is planning on spending the summer working in Ibiza. Amanda feels her attitude to risk, especially in terms of safe sex, has changed since her original interview. She is now more aware of the dangers of AIDS and they feel more realistic to her, since discussing it with other people and discovering more about her previous partner's sexual history and needle use. She is still taking the pill as her main form of contraception, but thinks she would use condoms in future sexual relationships, even though she doesn't enjoy using them. In terms of her own sexual pleasure, she has become more aware of it through experimenting and engaging in oral sexual practices with partners, and feels more confident taking on a more dominant role.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300382
title: Interview with Danielle, 18 - 19, Southern European, lower middle class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Original version (Ref: ALS18)

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 Danielle, who moved to Manchester from London two years ago and is at college. She moved to create distance between her and her family. Danielle's mother is Greek, and her father died when she was six, and she has grown up with a stepdad and half siblings - she considers her familial relationships to be important to her. There is some conflict between the Greek social norms inherited from her mother and those she has learnt from her upbringing in the UK - her mother left school at age thirteen so had little formal education and was expected to look after the home, but she would like Danielle to gain an education so as to not have to rely on anyone financially. Danielle would like a career in journalism, perhaps in women's magazines like Cosmo. Danielle went to an all girls' comprehensive school that was mixed in the fifth form. She remembers the Sex Education she received at school being largely biological, with a nervous teacher. Her mother did not provide any parental Sex Education. AIDS education was learnt through television programmes. Her friend discovered she was HIV positive after having intercourse with a bisexual man, which, at the time, furthered stigma around AIDS and homosexual men. Danielle's first experience of sexual intercourse was when she was fifteen, which she thought was consensual but that she didn't enjoy - she wasn't informed enough on the physical and emotional aspects of sex. In terms of contraception, she was using the pill, but not consistently enough to provide adequate protection, and decided to stop taking it due to the health risks involved. She would use a condom to protect herself against AIDS and would feel comfortable asking a male partner to use one. There was pressure from other girls at school not to be a virgin, but not to be a 'slag' either. She decided to abstain from sex for a while after her first experience, but felt confident to turn down sexual advances from male partners after this until she was ready to engage in sexual activity again.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300394.v1
title: Interview with Kimberley, 23, Northern European, working class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Original version (Ref: ALS20)

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 Kimberley, 23, who is studying Sociology, Biology and Psychology at college, and would like to continue her studies in Sociology or Religious Studies at a polytechnic university. She had previously trained as a nurse in South East London, but returned to Manchester two years ago, and had been receiving social welfare benefits before this. She moved out of her inner city family home at age sixteen, due to her mother's poor mental health and neglect, and now lives in a shared house with friends. Kimberley is single at the moment, but has had casual relationships in the past. Her first steady relationship (3 months) was with a 30 year old male when she was 16, who had been in and out of prison and provided a 'dangerous' lifestyle, as well as a father figure, that Kimberley had found appealing at the time. She had first sexual intercourse with this man, and found it physically painful and generally underwhelming - not as romantic as she had envisioned. She has had other, casual sexual relationships and one-night stands that she has physically enjoyed. Contraception-wise, Kimberley has used condoms and the withdrawal method. The pill has too many health implications. She would feel too embarrassed to buy her own condoms, but feels confident asking sexual partners to use one. She doesn't want a relationship at the moment, but feels there is societal pressure and stigma around this for women. Her junior school provided Sex Education around puberty (bodily changes), conception and child birth in her fourth year, and her secondary school offered a 'technical' account of periods. Most of the useful information she gained was through friends and women's magazines, like Jackie. She is very knowledgeable about AIDS, again largely through magazines and pamphlets, and judges those to be most at risk by their sexual behaviours. She considers herself as at risk only through her alcohol consumption habits. Her working-class family do not offer much in the way of aspiration or ambition, and her mother's poor mental health as she was growing up led to her leaving home at 16, staying in foster care and in a hostel, but does not feel social services were much help as she was considered an adult. It was around this time that she began to rebel and get in trouble with the police, but Kimberley feels she has developed a much more positive attitude now.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300415.v1
title: Interview with Kimberley, 23, Northern European, working class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Anonymised version (Ref: ALS20)

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 Kimberley, 23, who is studying Sociology, Biology and Psychology at college, and would like to continue her studies in Sociology or Religious Studies at a polytechnic university. She had previously trained as a nurse in South East London, but returned to Manchester two years ago, and had been receiving social welfare benefits before this. She moved out of her inner city family home at age sixteen, due to her mother's poor mental health and neglect, and now lives in a shared house with friends. Kimberley is single at the moment, but has had casual relationships in the past. Her first steady relationship (3 months) was with a 30 year old male when she was 16, who had been in and out of prison and provided a 'dangerous' lifestyle, as well as a father figure, that Kimberley had found appealing at the time. She had first sexual intercourse with this man, and found it physically painful and generally underwhelming - not as romantic as she had envisioned. She has had other, casual sexual relationships and one-night stands that she has physically enjoyed. Contraception-wise, Kimberley has used condoms and the withdrawal method. The pill has to many health implications. She would feel too embarrassed to buy her own condoms, but feels confident asking sexual partners to use one. She doesn't want a relationship at the moment, but feels there is societal pressure and stigma around this for women. Her junior school provided Sex Education around puberty (bodily changes), conception and child birth in her fourth year, and her secondary school offered a 'technical' account of periods. Most of the useful information she gained was through friends and women's magazines, like Jackie. She is very knowledgeable about AIDS, again largely through magazines and pamphlets, and judges those to be most at risk by their sexual behaviours. She considers herself as at risk only through her alcohol consumption habits. Her working-class family do not offer much in the way of aspiration or ambition, and her mother's poor mental health as she was growing up led to her leaving home at 16, staying in foster care and in a hostel, but does not feel social services were much help as she was considered an adult. It was around this time that she began to rebel and get in trouble with the police, but Kimberley feels she has developed a much more positive attitude now.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300388.v1
title: Interview with Danielle, 18 - 19, Southern European, lower middle class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Anonymised version (Ref: ALS18)

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 Danielle, who moved to Manchester from London two years ago and is at college. She moved to create distance between her and her family. Danielle's mother is Greek, and her father died when she was six, and she has grown up with a stepdad and half siblings - she considers her familial relationships to be important to her. There is some conflict between the Greek social norms inherited from her mother and those she has learnt from her upbringing in the UK - her mother left school at age thirteen so had little formal education and was expected to look after the home, but she would like Danielle to gain an education so as to not have to rely on anyone financially. Danielle would like a career in journalism, perhaps in women's magazines like Cosmo. Danielle went to an all girls' comprehensive school that was mixed in the fifth form. She remembers the Sex Education she received at school being largely biological, with a nervous teacher. Her mother did not provide any parental Sex Education. AIDS education was learnt through television programmes. Her friend discovered she was HIV positive after having intercourse with a bisexual man, which, at the time, furthered stigma around AIDS and homosexual men. Danielle's first experience of sexual intercourse was when she was fifteen, which she thought was consensual but that she didn't enjoy - she wasn't informed enough on the physical and emotional aspects of sex. In terms of contraception, she was using the pill, but not consistently enough to provide adequate protection, and decided to stop taking it due to the health risks involved. She would use a condom to protect herself against AIDS and would feel comfortable asking a male partner to use one. There was pressure from other girls at school not to be a virgin, but not to be a 'slag' either. She decided to abstain from sex for a while after her first experience, but felt confident to turn down sexual advances from male partners after this until she was ready to engage in sexual activity again.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300379.v1
title: Follow up interview with Amanda, 18 - 19, White British, middle class, Roman Catholic. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1990. Anonymised version (Ref: MAG192)

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 a follow up interview with Amanda, who left college prematurely due to poor attendance and relationship troubles at the time. She has had some administrative-type jobs and is planning on spending the summer working in Ibiza. Amanda feels her attitude to risk, especially in terms of safe sex, has changed since her original interview. She is now more aware of the dangers of AIDS and they feel more realistic to her, since discussing it with other people and discovering more about her previous partner's sexual history and needle use. She is still taking the pill as her main form of contraception, but thinks she would use condoms in future sexual relationships, even though she doesn't enjoy using them. In terms of her own sexual pleasure, she has become more aware of it through experimenting and engaging in oral sexual practices with partners, and feels more confident taking on a more dominant role.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300382.v1
title: Interview with Danielle, 18 - 19, Southern European, lower middle class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Original version (Ref: ALS18)

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 Danielle, who moved to Manchester from London two years ago and is at college. She moved to create distance between her and her family. Danielle's mother is Greek, and her father died when she was six, and she has grown up with a stepdad and half siblings - she considers her familial relationships to be important to her. There is some conflict between the Greek social norms inherited from her mother and those she has learnt from her upbringing in the UK - her mother left school at age thirteen so had little formal education and was expected to look after the home, but she would like Danielle to gain an education so as to not have to rely on anyone financially. Danielle would like a career in journalism, perhaps in women's magazines like Cosmo. Danielle went to an all girls' comprehensive school that was mixed in the fifth form. She remembers the Sex Education she received at school being largely biological, with a nervous teacher. Her mother did not provide any parental Sex Education. AIDS education was learnt through television programmes. Her friend discovered she was HIV positive after having intercourse with a bisexual man, which, at the time, furthered stigma around AIDS and homosexual men. Danielle's first experience of sexual intercourse was when she was fifteen, which she thought was consensual but that she didn't enjoy - she wasn't informed enough on the physical and emotional aspects of sex. In terms of contraception, she was using the pill, but not consistently enough to provide adequate protection, and decided to stop taking it due to the health risks involved. She would use a condom to protect herself against AIDS and would feel comfortable asking a male partner to use one. There was pressure from other girls at school not to be a virgin, but not to be a 'slag' either. She decided to abstain from sex for a while after her first experience, but felt confident to turn down sexual advances from male partners after this until she was ready to engage in sexual activity again.
DOI: 10.25377/sussex.10300154
title: Interview with Amanda, 18, White British, middle class, Roman Catholic. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Original version including fieldnotes (Ref: MAG19)

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 Amanda, eighteen, who is at college and works in a bar. She enjoys horse riding and looking after animals, and having a good social life with her friends (which she feels has negatively impacted her academic work). She now has a car, which has had a positive impact on her sense of independence. Amanda comes from a middle-class background, but has lots of friends from working-class backgrounds in poorer areas of Manchester as well as more 'pretentious' ones from college. Her boyfriend of four weeks lives in Hulme with his flatmate, and regularly engages in alcohol and drug use. She has had quite a lot of sexual partners, more than her girlfriends, but doesn't agree with one-night stands and these sexual experiences have typically involved those that she has been friends with for a while first. Amanda expresses her own feminist thinking around equality and sexual reputation and pleasure, though there is sometimes conflict between her way of thinking and expressing her sexual identity and wider social norms and gendered expectations among her peers that leads her to question this, as well as her need for validation. She first had sex when she was fifteen and a half, and drunk. It was a while after this before she had had sex while sober, and she feels her views on sex have changed since her first time. She has found it difficult to say 'no' within heterosexual sexual experiences, and does not want to be known as a 'prick tease'. Amanda doesn't remember much of her Sex Education at school, but learnt about AIDS through programmes on TV and pamphlets that came through the door. She was using condoms, but now relies on the pill as her main method of birth control and protection and would continue to use condoms with a new sexual partner. Her friend was using the rhythm method to track her 'safe days', but this failed and resulted in pregnancy and a miscarriage, so Amanda is much more conscious and careful now. Amanda had learnt about contraception at school, namely the cap and the coil. However, she feels using the cap would ruin the 'heat of the moment' within sexual encounters. In terms of AIDS protection, she has considered using condoms or the withdrawal method. She would feel ok to ask a sexual partner to use a condom to avoid pregnancy, but would not feel as comfortable to ask them in the contect of AIDS protection, as there is stigma around AIDS and promiscuity. She thought that those at highest risk of AIDS would be homosexuals and needle-users, but now recognises that this risk is not confined to specific groups within society.