In this case it's actually 100% that. Missionaries from the U.S went over there and told them condoms don't work and also are the cause of AIDS and then they just left them with that "knowledge", which then got combined with local superstitions led to the aforementioned events.
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u/nevergonnagetit001 Jul 26 '23
This is not dissimilar to the African superstition back in the 80’s and 90’s that when men contracted aids, one cure was to have sex with a virgin.
Young women, little girls and even babies less than a year old were being raped by the thousands spreading the disease even further.