Nicole, you said:
"In some places a woman is culturally or religiously not even permitted to say no -- and you can start by looking at the Christian Church. One of the reasons AIDS has spread so rapidly in Africa is because women are simply not in any position to dictate anything about sex."

Please tell me of which Christian Church you speak. I have attended a Christian Church since birth and have never heard anyone say that a woman is required by bonds of her faith to have sex with anyone. I've read the Bible cover to cover and there has not been one passage where God commands women to have sex with anyone at all. I'm awfully curious as to where you get the basis in fact to make this statement.