They're afraid their partners will reject or abandon them. This creates a problem when women are dependent on their partners for financial support. Even though women know they might need to use a condom, women don't want to upset their partners and lose their homes. If Africans used condoms contacting HIV would not be such a problem. That's why its so important is South Africa to teach the young children its all right to request condom usage.
Women usually avoid the possibility of contacting the disease.
Especially with the dangers of passing the Virus to their unborn children. Many young teenagers don't have enough information about the disease or safe sex to realize the consequences. With many women skeptical about the virus, it's hard to make their children aware of the dangers. Some professionals think that methods of prevention should be taught to students in the classroom. Without this knowledge, young people could continue to make the mistakes their parents made.