Concurrent Partners: What Is The Cause?

This has become a common refrain in Botswana. The truth of the matter is that that extra sexual relationship that you think has no strings attached can tie you infinitely. It is sufficient to create a dense network of sexual relations that can link you to the whole village. Imagine having had indirect sexual acts with the whole village?

Worst still, the web can connect you to immediate family members. Impossible? Think of it this way: You are having sex with this boy, who happens to be having sex with this other girl, who is in turn having sex with an elderly married man. He obviously has sex with his wife who has an extra-marital affair with another man who happens to be your mothers' husband!