Does it really make it ok? Dream’s song Make-up Bag to me just shows a sign of disrespect to women and men. It's saying that whether you cheated, abused, disrespected, put down, degraded, etc. your partner, just buy your partner a gift and it will be ok.
While in a sexual relationship it is always good to use condoms. Many people are ready to just “knock the boots”, and it's crazy that a lot of people have excuses not to were protection [It’s too tight, it makes me lose feeling, I’ m allergic, It’s against my religion], even some not to get tested for HIV or other STDs [I’ve only been with you, I went already, I haven’t had any symptoms, I’m not gay.]
National AIDS awareness month always give us teens the chance to talk about how we feel about AIDS, what we see, and the changes that we need to make. HIV/AIDS is a growing epidimic that is not only impacting African-Americans, but our nation.