The reason for the difference, Forrester said, is that "men partake of more behaviors like visiting adult Web sites that they might not want the world to know about".
Researchers differ on exactly how to define culture, but most agree that it involves a collective adoption and transmission of one or more behaviors among a group.
Twenty-five states criminalize one or more behaviors that pose a low or negligible risk for HIV transmission.
On average, more behaviors were taken by the thermal image group (M = 1.07), than the control group (M = 0.73), independent, t 85) = 1.70, p =.046, one-tailed.
Twenty-seven of 33 states specifically criminalize one or more behaviors that pose a high risk of HIV transmission, including anal and vaginal sex; prostitution; and donation of blood, tissues, and other bodily fluids.
For example, using the multiple-baseline design can be quite time consuming and, notably, it may be inappropriate to keep one or more behaviors on hold for a long period of time.
