Sexual abuse
Jun 24 2009, veena

There is a myth which is doing rounds since the time HIV appeared in the modern world scenario. It must have been the outcome of some depraved thinking, if one has HIV+ and if that infected person has sex with a virgin he will be cured. It is utter...

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