If jenny from forrest gump had aids why didnt forrest get it?

Forrest was doing his running binge at the time, so there's no chance he would have caught it from Jennie. Also ... It's been a long time since I saw “Forrest Gump,” but I would suggest that Jenny did not die of AIDS. ... I say that because he could have contracted HIV and the the AIDS may have sprung from that later on. read more

Jenny didn't get AIDS/HIV until after she have birth to Jr. She had a relapse and had a moment of weakness and hit the needle again after Forrest Jr was born. And that is why Forrest and Forrest Jr. are HIV free. I am sure the doctors informed Jenny and Forrest that they shouldn't have sex because it would risk transmission. read more

And in any event, Forrest was a virgin when he slept with jenny, so he couldn't have had open sores on his genitals from untreated STIs. If you've never had sex before, you won't have sexually transmitted infections. read more

However, I never considered that the male characters had HIV, but that doesn't mean anything except that I didn't. Now, I like Forrest Gump a lot as entertainment, but my wife hates it because of the way she feels it trashes the Jenny character. read more