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All of Armenia's prostitutes carry condoms - physician
news.am
October 20, 2012 | 14:14
YEREVAN. - Sexual diseases are diagnosed every year among sixty
percent of Armenia's prostitutes, Polyclinic Head Gurgen Porsughyan of
the Medical Center for Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
stated during a press conference on Saturday.
He noted that, as a result of the checkups conducted at the Center,
2-3 HIV/AIDS cases are reported among prostitutes on a yearly basis.
`Today we register cases of chronic disease,' he said noting, however,
that sexually transmitted disease-related deaths among prostitutes are
not recorded in Armenia to this day.
Incidentally, now the prostitutes will have to pay for their medical
checkup and treatment at the aforesaid center. `Prostitution is a
business, a source of income for a person who sells her [or his] body.
Why should she [or he] not use some of that money for her [or his]
health? The state is not obligated to examine her [or him]. So, the
new decisions are somewhat correct,' Porsughyan stated.
Also, the physician is of the opinion that prostitution should not be
legalized in Armenia. `It is inappropriate for our nation; it is an
antisocial phenomenon, albeit the prostitutes are working very
successfully in Armenia,' he noted.
Gurgen Porsughyan is convinced that if brothels were to be established
in Armenia, no prostitute would go there to work because all of them
either conceal or wish to conceal what they are doing. So,
`legalization will not help.'
As per the physician, it should be made sure that this profession
would not cause health risks. `The primary prevention [from sexually
transmitted diseases] is the use of condoms. Each and every prostitute
[in Armenia] carries condoms, [but] it's altogether another issue when
the client demands sexual intercourse without a condom,' Gurgen
Porsughyan added.
news.am
October 20, 2012 | 14:14
YEREVAN. - Sexual diseases are diagnosed every year among sixty
percent of Armenia's prostitutes, Polyclinic Head Gurgen Porsughyan of
the Medical Center for Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
stated during a press conference on Saturday.
He noted that, as a result of the checkups conducted at the Center,
2-3 HIV/AIDS cases are reported among prostitutes on a yearly basis.
`Today we register cases of chronic disease,' he said noting, however,
that sexually transmitted disease-related deaths among prostitutes are
not recorded in Armenia to this day.
Incidentally, now the prostitutes will have to pay for their medical
checkup and treatment at the aforesaid center. `Prostitution is a
business, a source of income for a person who sells her [or his] body.
Why should she [or he] not use some of that money for her [or his]
health? The state is not obligated to examine her [or him]. So, the
new decisions are somewhat correct,' Porsughyan stated.
Also, the physician is of the opinion that prostitution should not be
legalized in Armenia. `It is inappropriate for our nation; it is an
antisocial phenomenon, albeit the prostitutes are working very
successfully in Armenia,' he noted.
Gurgen Porsughyan is convinced that if brothels were to be established
in Armenia, no prostitute would go there to work because all of them
either conceal or wish to conceal what they are doing. So,
`legalization will not help.'
As per the physician, it should be made sure that this profession
would not cause health risks. `The primary prevention [from sexually
transmitted diseases] is the use of condoms. Each and every prostitute
[in Armenia] carries condoms, [but] it's altogether another issue when
the client demands sexual intercourse without a condom,' Gurgen
Porsughyan added.