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untuk melaku seks secara selamat. Tapi mereka terpaksa menerima kesanyang mereka malu besarlah…………Oleh kerana you ni orang jahat, youni jadi banyak benda yang akan dituduh kepada penyakit.”(“First they will be shameful. Very shameful because everybody knowsthat HIV/AIDS is a result of sex, that is number one, because it is thehighest, drugd is perhaps the number two cause, three due to others.Therefore when it is confirm that he has HIV the society knows. This iswhat makes them shameful. For me it is a normal affair, it could bebecause they did not know how to have safe sex. But they must receivethe consequences - very shameful……..Because you are a bad personyou will be infected”)(Rural, Malay, Male)On the other hand affected families are already depressed over the matter and should beshown some sympathy. Furthermore the community does not really know how the personwas infected in the first instance. In conclusion it could be noted that that some memberswere sympathetic but others do judge the family but whatever their feeling these families“memang diabaikan” (“definitely avoid them”) (Rural Malay Male) and participantswere also aware that even after the death of the individual families continue to isolatethemselves.Marriage for PLHIVMost of the participants felt that they should not marry if one of them tested positivebefore marriage but if both were positive it was different. Still others say that it is up tothe couple themselves. They can marry but must receive counselling to understand theconsequences as well as to protect themselves.“Tak boleh lah..tak mau..kalau kalau perempuan kena HIV..laki-laki tentudia tak mau.”(“Cannot lah…don’t want ..if the woman tested positive the men willdefinitely not want”)(Rural, Malay, Male)“Jangkit satu orang lagi.Dia jadi dua kan. Nanti keadaan dia jaditiga….kalau kita tahu tak payah lah.”(“One infected, it becomes two. Then it becomes three. If we know noneed lah”)(Rural, Malay, Male)“Boleh….boleh kahwin, no problem. Tapi you must knowlah you tak bolehdapat anak because of you. I you. So macam mana nak dapat anak.Kalau…kalau dia dah macam memanglah nowadays dah cinta sangat, diatak kira apa. Makbapak cakap jangan, dia kahwin juga. Tapi we need togive counseling dan berpanjanganlah. That one kesan …bahagiankaunselor dan NGO kena ambil..ambil tu lah.. dalam hal ini”)93