A
HIV-positive prostitute has revealed that men still want to have
unprotected s*x with her even after telling them of her status.
Esnath Sikweyala
HIV-positive Esnath Sikweyala who is a prostitute has revealed that
men still demand to have s*x with her without condom even after
disclosing that she is HIV-positive.
The woman who has accepted her status and is living well has now
started to educate other s*x workers on the need to use condoms to avoid
contracting the disease.
According to Weekend Post, Sikweyala’s main challenge is the desire by some of her “clients” to have unprotected s*x with her.
“I look well as you can see, to an extent that some men demand
to have unprotected s*x with me. I end up showing them my pills, but
some do not care about my medication and continue to demand unprotected
s*x. So, sometimes I do not understand the logic behind these men’s
thinking,” Sikweyala said.
She said what keeps her going for now is the fact that she was
taught on how to live positively, adding that it is her right to deny
unprotected s*x.
She talks about the importance of teaching her colleagues the need to use condom during s*x.
“I am a peer educator and I also distribute condoms to some of my colleagues.
“My policy is no condom, no s*x, and I do not risk by
sacrificing myself having unprotected s*x for money, otherwise I will
die early and leave my children suffering,” she said.
Speaking further, Sikweyala revealed that as part of the s*x
education initiative, they had printed T-shirts to push the no condom,
no s*x agenda. She said in most cases she refuses having unprotected
s*x.
"When I refuse unprotected s*x, I am trying to protect
my client’s life and mine because I do not want to be re-infected. We
were taught that if you continue having unprotected s*x, you end up
getting re-infected,” she said.
Revealing how she got involved in prostitution, the woman revealed
that she entered the trade after the death of her husband in the year
2000 as it was the only way she could take care of her family. The
42-year-old mother of three is not ashamed of her trade and opened up on
how this has shaped her life, from ensuring her children attend school
to earning a “descent” life.
Her first child is now married and lives in Cape Town, South Africa, while the second born is doing “O” Level.
She gave birth to her third child, who is now 13 years old, when
she was already HIV-positive. The child is HIV-negative. Speaking to
journalists who were part of a recently-conducted National Aids Council
tour, Sikweyala, said her children have been very supportive in that
they urge her to take her tablets.
“But it’s not all rosy,” she said.
The woman who narrated the difficulty she passes in the hands of
clients, revealed that some men deliberately break the condoms, in order
to have unprotected s* with her, while some demand their money back
after s* or assault her for refusing unprotected s*x.
“We are at the risk of contracting sexually-transmitted infections,” she said.
Her dream is to find an income-generating project in order for her to retire from the trade.
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