Disclosure, sex and moral agency: A response to Groves, Maman and Moodley

摘要

In their recent article, Groves et al. (2012) describe the complexity of six HIV-positive women's relationships with their male partners and the barriers to HIV disclosure to these partners that they face. The authors make the case that these challenging realities and higher rates of HIV testing among women argue against using 'the language of morality' in addressing HIV disclosure among women in South Africa. In presenting their research, we believe that they have inadequately represented our own and others' research on the experiences of other people living with HIV and the role that moral agency plays in reducing HIV transmission risk and increasing HIV disclosure to sex partners.