In recent years, the number of people reporting AIDS in my country has increased at an average annual rate of 30% to 40%, and AIDS is spreading rapidly from high-risk groups to the general population. The latest data released by our province shows that migrant workers and floating population have become the second largest group of HIV-infected people in our province, accounting for 25.3% of infected people, 80% of which are due to high-risk sexual behavior and exposure to AIDS. Prevention of infection due to lack of knowledge. Migrant workers are on the edge of urban life. Frequent sexual crimes against migrant workers have made people generally prejudice against them. However, few people understand what kind of suffering these young and middle-aged men who are far away from their families endure while working hard for urban construction. Loneliness and helplessness. Are they more repressed or confused about sexual issues? After becoming a high-risk group for HIV infection, what is their health future? The reporter conducted an interview and investigation on this matter.

Irregular sexual behavior and lack of prevention knowledge are the main culprits of migrant workers contracting AIDS

On November 28, the young couple Chen Yongjun (pseudonym) and Tian Li (pseudonym) once again appeared in the AIDS Research Laboratory of the Second Xiangya Hospital. They came from the countryside and were as hard-working as all migrant workers in the city, but since the two After they were all diagnosed with HIV, their lives were cast into darkness.

At the end of April this year, Chen Yongjun and his wife's child caught a cold and was not cured for a long time. The doctor recommended that the couple go to the Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention for an HIV test. On May 10, Chen Yongjun received the test results. He and his wife were both diagnosed as HIV-infected. Heavier blows followed. "The child often got sick, and the doctor said he would not be diagnosed with AIDS until he was 1 and a half years old. But at the end of August this year, the child who was less than 1 year old passed away..."

Looking back on all these misfortunes, Chen Yongjun speculated that they were caused by several dirty sexual behaviors he had while working in Guangzhou. "Before I was infected, I didn't know much about AIDS. When I was working outside, my wife was not around, so I could only meet my physical needs by finding girls." , I didn’t expect to harm myself and my family.”

Chen Yongjun's encounter with HIV infection may have been accidental, but his experience reflects the huge risk of HIV infection faced by migrant workers. On November 29, a symposium on AIDS prevention and control was held at the construction site of Changsha Dongjing Construction Company. “I’ve heard about AIDS from TV and newspapers, but I don’t know much about it and don’t pay much attention to it.” When it comes to AIDS, most migrant workers who participated in the symposium seemed more reserved. They said that irregular sexual behavior is common among workers, although They are very afraid of getting AIDS, but they don’t know the effective measures to prevent AIDS. When experts distributed condoms, several migrant workers even refused to receive them because they "rarely use them."

Jian Xuewu, director of the Disease Control and Prevention Division of the Provincial Department of Health, said that migrant workers are mostly young and middle-aged men who are far away from their families and have strong sexual needs. However, on the one hand, it is difficult for them to regulate their sexual behavior. On the other hand, they have low educational level and are not interested in The awareness rate of AIDS is not high and the awareness of self-protection is not strong, so they quickly become a high-risk group for HIV infection. A survey report on the reproductive health status of migrant workers in Guangzhou shows that among migrant workers, 10% of unmarried men have multiple sexual partners, 1/4 do not use condoms, and unmarried people with multiple sexual partners are at risk of sexually transmitted diseases. and important risk factors for HIV transmission.

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Sexual repression has become a major pain in the emotional life of migrant workers

"A cold bed, a cold kang, a cold quilt, they eat, live and wash the pots, and they say: a bachelor." This is the image of a construction foreman named Xu when he described the life of migrant workers to reporters. Lao Xu, who is in his early 50s this year, has come to Changsha from rural Yueyang to work hard for seven years. Every time he takes on a construction project, he will bring a group of fellow villagers to Changsha. He has a real experience of the life of migrant workers: "If we talk about migrant workers, Their material lives are generally in embarrassment, so they are even more impoverished mentally. In addition to playing poker and wrestling, they just drink, sleep, or tell dirty jokes to masturbate. Most of the migrant workers are between the ages of 18 and 35. Men in this age group are in a stage of strong sexual needs, but for them, their instinctive needs are difficult to satisfy. Zeng Hongping is 30 years old this year. In the five years since his marriage, he has spent more than half of his time working in the city. He arrived in Changsha after the Spring Festival this year, and he has not returned home yet. “There are so many people working now, what should I do if they overwhelm me?” He said, the round trip fare to go home costs a hundred yuan, and it really hurts me to have to go back all the time. "My wife came to see me once this summer, but we were not allowed to stay at the construction site, so my wife and I slept in the grass in the park." Talking about this embarrassing experience, he smiled, "I can't help it, I am a human being too! For us For migrant workers, tiredness from labor is one kind of tiredness, difficulty in getting paid is another kind of tiredness, and missing a wife is the biggest tiredness. ”

The four walls are made of bamboo boards and broken bricks, the floor is made of straw, and the quilt is rolled into the corner. When sleeping, you only need to push it with your hands... This is an ordinary work shed near Changsha South Bus Station, dark and damp. , there is no TV, and a swimsuit poster of a foreign model on the wall is a bit special. Its owner is Liu Xin, who comes from rural areas in western Hunan. Liu Xin is an electrician apprentice on the construction site. His daily income is about 50 yuan, which is much higher than the income of ordinary small workers. And since he has not married, he is always relatively generous among his coworkers--when he is bored, he will I would go to Internet cafes to surf the Internet, and when I was depressed, I would visit the hair salon near the construction site to find girls. Liu Xin told reporters very bluntly that the price of 60 yuan per session for a hair salon lady has deterred many workers. Many people can only wait for some older non-local women who take the initiative to find work at the construction site, and the price is only 20-30 yuan. As for safety measures, Liu Xin said that unless the ladies bring their own condoms, they generally will not take the initiative to use condoms.

After all, looking for a young lady cannot be a long-term behavior. More people are still in sexual repression and anguish most of the time. Therefore, as soon as work is finished at each construction site, you can always see groups of migrant workers squatting on the roadside to watch the scenery. They cast their eyes without scruples on the women passing by, with a mixture of hunger and helplessness in their eyes. "It's impossible not to think about that!" said a migrant worker. After working for a day and having dinner, they had few ways to entertain themselves. Most of them just walked around the construction site. "It's just for the sake of watching, to relieve the boredom!" However, there are also people who go all out to relieve the boredom. A migrant worker climbed up the scaffolding at the construction site to watch a merchant's "underwear show" and fell. There are also some farmers who fell. Workers committed crimes such as rape and molestation.

The sexual health crisis of migrant workers needs to be solved urgently

It can be seen that the sexual health of migrant workers is currently facing two great threats: one is sexual hunger, sexual repression and the resulting physical and mental abnormalities and sexual crimes; the other is high-risk sexual behavior and lack of sexual knowledge. disease threats posed by. For this group that is already economically and socially disadvantaged, how can society help them get out of the sexual health crisis?

Associate Professor Liang Yuan of the School of Journalism and Communication of Hunan University organized a social survey of 300 migrant workers this year. The results showed that migrant workers have only a superficial understanding of the prevention and treatment of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, and even feel unfamiliar with it. Therefore, Liang Yuan believes that the top priority is to strengthen education. Society needs to provide sexual knowledge guidance to migrant workers, help them get rid of sexual anxiety, and let them receive sexual health education. Since migrant workers are most exposed to radio, Liang Yuan suggested that radio stations set up a sex knowledge column for migrant workers to guide them in dealing with "sexual issues" correctly. In addition, measures such as paid leave and the establishment of "couple houses" can also be implemented, and even more migrant workers can bring their spouses to live with them.

The sexual health issues of migrant workers have also received increasing attention from all parties, including government departments. Jian Xuewu, director of the Disease Control and Prevention Division of the Provincial Department of Health, said that our province is conducting a special study on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among migrant workers, and a series of publicity and intervention measures for migrant workers are gradually being launched, including regular free HIV distribution among migrant workers. brochures and condoms to promote knowledge on AIDS prevention and treatment; 372 AIDS primary screening laboratories have been built in the province. The health department will mobilize migrant workers who return home during the Spring Festival to provide free AIDS consultation and testing nearby to build a healthy environment for migrant workers. barrier.

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