Blood donation safety issues

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I'm writing here out of interest and want to warn people not to jump the gun on whether this a campaign for gay rights. I am hoping to be informed the answer to a medical question.

On the Irish Blood transfusion website they say never give blood if:
You are a male who has ever had anal or oral sex with another male, even if a condom or other form of protection was used.

What I am curious about is that from this, I am gathering that women who are the receivers of anal sex from a man are of no danger and their blood will always be perfect. Whats the difference between and a man and womans anus with regard to picking up any infection? I had assumed that this part of the body would be no different between the sexes.

In reference to oral sex. Once again I'm curious, is a man's body ingesting sperm somehow different to a woman's?

beeno67

It is simply in response to the levels of HIV & Hepatitis infection in the male gay community.

Piste

Yep there's no physiological or immunological difference between men and women in regards what orifice you have sex in, it's mainly that traditionally men were less likely to use protection when having sex because obviously women had the risk of pregnancy as well as STIs to contend with. Because of that, rates of HIV and Hep B and C are higher among men who have sex with men, although nowadays heterosexuals are the fastest-growing demographic in terms of HIV and Hep B and C (I have no source for this, think it was mentioned in a lecture somewhere)