What strikes me about the sex statistics you cite, Kate, is that they really upturn the stereotype that promiscuity is primarily responsible for the spread of HIV/AIDS in the developing world. Indeed, in Zimbabwe, for example, women’s access to prenatal care is a stronger determinant of a population group’s HIV infection rate than the prevalence of prostitution. Educating women and giving them comprehensive reproductive health care is one of the very best ways to fight AIDS.

–Dana Goldstein

Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project.