The cornerstone of the system is the halfway house, a small, privately run residential community, usually located in an urban area, in which ex-patients are helped to make the transition from the hospital to normal life. Congress is preparing to pass legislation that would reduce some of the disparities in insurance coverage for mental as opposed to physical illness. The legislation will require that if an employer s health insurance plan offers mental health coverage, it may not impose more restrictive limits on spending for mental illness than on spending for physical illnesses like cancer and heart disease. Lesbians come out at a later age, find it easier to conceal their sexual preference, and view their relationships in terms of emotional attachment. Because of AIDS, homosexuals have been put under pressure by society to limit their sexual activity and to stay with one partner.
Prostitution is sexual relations with no emotional attachment.
Although prostitution has been practically banned in the United States, the types of prostitution include everything from expensive call girls to streetwalkers. Early sexual abuse, broken homes, feeling unwanted or misunderstood as children, have all been found to relate to later prostitution. This subculture includes the pimp who lives off the earnings of one or more prostitutes, serves as manager, protector, and lover. Prostitution is one reasons AIDS has spread among the heterosexual population. Like homosexuals, prostitutes are pressured to practice safe sex, but sometimes the customers refuse.