Emmerdale: Finn's nonchalant attitude to having sex with someone whose HIV Positive
Mark_Washingto1
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Anyone think Emmerdale is doing a disservice by having Finn act like having sex with someone whose HIV positive is no big deal? Of course there is no problem with him dating Darren but I think they should show him being a more cautious, looking into taking Prep or something else along those lines.
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What's Prep?
its a drug that is supposed to help prevent the transmission of HIV
Thanks. I suppose Emmerdale should show something about such a drug especially as there are Val and Eric plus Darren and Finn.
Yup, I saw that and you would think they could have Finn make a reference to it or something.
Having sex does not mean anal, therefore Finn might already be taking the precautions he needs to be taking.
Dont agree with this at all.
Most people still recognise HIV as a "Gay" disease. Giving it to someone like Val who is a middle aged woman and known to have "flings" and not be concerned about safe sex, opens it up to show that anyone can be affected. Doesnt matter age, sex, HIV doenst discrimate.
Not sure exactly what you mean with your comments about Darren/Finn? I am sure that in real life, if family members knew that a sibling was going out with someone with HIV they would be concerned (it a natural reaction).
Soaps are here to entertain us, not educate us. Anyone who can't grasp that concept is probably too stupid to even know what HIV is.
Although the percentage is very low HIV can still be transmitted through oral sex.
Really is having all this sex talk on Emmerdale
Lol I seriously had to fast forward some of it.
I do think Finn would have shown a little more concern about Darren's status. Maybe Finn does understand the necessary precautions, the risks, the odds etc, but most viewers don't, so we do need at least some reference to it. (Maybe we'll get that if he tries to explain it to Val when he finds out about the text she sent to Darren).
Same answer applies.
Its a Soap. A tv show. A make believe world. It is not a documentary, it does not exist to educate or enlighten. It has exactly zero responsibility for anything other than entertaining the masses.
I know some of you have difficulty with humour; this post is very serious.
Yes its a soap and for entertainment but when they decide to tackle social issues like this they have a responsibility to the audience and the topic at hand to treat it in realistic manor and give the audience correct information on the subject. Having Finn act so laid back about Darren being HIV positive sends the message that its no big deal and with new HIV infections on the rise show a character react like that doesn't help the situation.
To those that think soaps are just about entertainment, then you would be wrong. When a soap decides to tell a social issue story, they do so b/c they want to educate their viewers: Zak's mental health issues was all about educating men to seek help; Val's HIV is all about educating older people to practice safe sex.
They shouldn't pick and choose what aspects they want to educate their viewers on. It's fine for older people to learn about the importance of safe sex, but it's probably a good idea to also tell them how to have safe sex if you're HIV+ like Val. Both sides of the same coin.
There are still precautions to take even if you're not having penetrative sex. Maybe Finn and Darren should be addressing that.
Its just story telling. Full stop.
great post! I agree with everything you said
I'm sorry but you couldn't be more wrong. Please look up Agnes Nixon, creator of US soaps All My Children and One Life to Live. She said soaps were meant to entertain first and educated second. Both shows were founded on that principal and dealt with many social issues in AMC's early days they dealt with the Vietnam war and the shows main character Erica Kane had tv's first legal abortion, and the tradtion continued for years dealing with drug addiction, Aids, and homosexuality.
Those are American soaps, these are British ones - a totally different animal. What goes go for American soaps doesn't necessarily go for British ones. I'm one of the group who thinks soaps are purely for entertainment. If I want to be "educated" I watch a documentary.