{"id":19129,"date":"2019-02-12T17:41:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T17:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=19129"},"modified":"2019-02-12T17:41:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T17:41:21","slug":"being-hiv-positive-doesnt-stop-me-from-having-a-satisfying-sex-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/12\/being-hiv-positive-doesnt-stop-me-from-having-a-satisfying-sex-life\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Being HIV positive doesn&#8217;t stop me from having a satisfying sex life&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/cosmo-livingwithhiv-flowergrowing-18-10-30-1540893332.gif?crop=0.889xw:1.00xh;0.0561xw,0&amp;resize=1600:*\" width=\"1350\" height=\"759\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Research shows 31% of women have avoided or delayed accessing healthcare for fear of discrimination. Half said they haven&#8217;t had mental health support since being diagnosed. <strong>Only 33% are satisfied with their sex lives, reporting issues with intimacy, fear of sexual relations, and low libido<\/strong>. Despite this, many women said their lives had improved since being diagnosed. &#8220;Our research found a real shared strength and resilience among women living with HIV,&#8221; says Debbie Laycock, head of policy and involvement at Terrence Higgins Trust. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/uk\/love-sex\/sex\/a19680930\/how-being-hiv-positive-affects-sex-life\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Research shows 31% of women have avoided or delayed accessing healthcare for fear of discrimination. Half said they haven&#8217;t had mental health&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hiv"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}