I don't think so. Early in the epidemic, the safer sex guidelines were draconian. In sex clubs, guys would stand several feet apart and beat off without touching or kissing. It wasn't shame that caused them to do that. It was abject fear. Part of the reason for the extreme guidelines was that the health care establishment didn't know what they were dealing with. There was also a feeling, though, that another agenda was also driving the guidelines, getting gay men to stop doing all those things that straight folks found so distasteful. Early on, much of AIDS policy was driven by these mixed agendas. Eventually, they realized that saving lives was the priority rather than getting gay men to stop having fun.