AIDS in America
by Susan Hunter
Book Summary Information
Author: Susan HunterEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-21
ISBN: 1403971994
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Book Review: This book lacks scholarship
Summary: 1 Stars
While earning rave reviews from Donald Trump (forward) and Alicia Keys (front cover), this book fails to get my vote. Don't get me wrong, I am not a christian fundamentalist responding to Ms. Hunter's assertion that Republicans and the Cristian right are spreading HIV/AIDS in America. Rather I am a public health professional responding to the lack of scholarship in this work.
Ms. Hunter repeats results from many studies to back up the claims she makes, but fails to adequately cite these studies. When she does cite a study often does not go into enough detail to allow one to interpret the results. For example, she talks about a study that says 80% of prostitutes have contemplated suicide, but does not say what percent of people in general contemplate suicide.
Sometimes she just doesn't understand the scientific information she reports. She says " Sexual arousal in the vaginal wall decrease the pain threshold 50 percent, while orgasm reduces it 100 per cent". Of course, if this were true stimulation would make women more susceptible to pain, and orgasm would mean pure agony. I do think that Ms. Hunter meant "increases", if not, I advise her to find a new sex partner.
My only consolation is that I checked this book out from the library and I did not waste my money on it, only my time.
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