Well, as the td.w title implies it may have had nothing to do with AIDs, but...
Lets say he discovers that they do so weird sex act he has never even thought of before, like cutting your dick before you have sex or something, that would greatly increase transmission rate.
Even knowing whether anal or oral is more common might have helped then, as we didn't really know yet that anal sex had a much higher transmission rate than oral, just that it was more common in gay neighborhoods in gay men.
help me understand this, how is watching gay men interact with each other or even perform sexual acts gonna help him understand aids better?
Well, as the td.w title implies it may have had nothing to do with AIDs, but...
Lets say he discovers that they do so weird sex act he has never even thought of before, like cutting your dick before you have sex or something, that would greatly increase transmission rate.
Even knowing whether anal or oral is more common might have helped then, as we didn't really know yet that anal sex had a much higher transmission rate than oral, just that it was more common in gay neighborhoods in gay men.