“...in Romania in the late 1920s, syphilis-envy figured in his adolescent expectations of literary glory: he would discover that he had contracted syphilis, be rewarded with several hyper productive years of genius, then collapse into madness...But with AIDS...”
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Not inconceivable that paedophilia would have been decriminalised in the West if AIDS hadn’t happened. I guesstimate it delayed same-sex marriage by about 10-15 years. You can watch TV discussion shows from 1970s where same-sex marriage was already under debate.
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