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Old 05-09-2006, 05:11 AM   #1
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Does this ever make you cringe?

Everytime I watch a movie/TV show that has people having casual sex the first thing I think is YIKES!! . . . that person could have an STD. Last night I was watching What About Brian and a married couple were each cheating on each other. No STD testing. Just jump into bed. Just once, I would love for the writers to show the possible consequences of having sex with an unknown partner and have the character learn a hard lesson. I may be feeling this way because in my case, the consequences were a lifelong lesson. Perhaps if I had instead caught a curable STD, this would not affect me the way it does. If movies didn't glorify casual sex and instead had some STD's written into the script, it might just cause some viewers to pause and give some thought before having casual sex. In my casual sex days, I never even thought about it. And STD testing .. . ?? I didn't even know it existed. Perhaps if I had seen all of this unfold in a TV show, I might have thought twice before having casual sex.

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Re: Does this ever make you cringe?

I was watching Oprah yesterday, her show was about prostitutes! One woman was talking about how most of her clients were married and many were rich men like CEOs of companys...others were pro athletes! She was/is an intravenous drug user!!!!!! Then they were showing prostitutes at truck stops...they'd be with many many customers in one day and you know most of those men are married. What the heck are they thinking about!? Their poor wives and GFs that they are putting at risk!!!!! Jeez! I mean if I got herpes being with 2 men in 20 years...what must those hookers have? But my point is those stupid men being with those prostitutes...how crazy!? Don't they have a clue? I'm thinking about how those women go from one truck to the next so not only is the man exposing himself to her diseasese, he's exposing himself to another man's semen...how disgusting! Those women said nothing about using condoms!
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Re: Does this ever make you cringe?

I know. I think about that a lot too!! When one assumes they are in a monogamous relationship, they don't worry about catching an STD. But if your spouse is cheating on you, and you have no knowledge of this, you have a false sense of security. I'm sure there are many men and women who have brought home an STD to an unsuspecting spouse. At least with casual sex, you know you are taking a chance. But I guess it would be a dead giveaway if you came home and said "honey, I think we should start using condoms when we have sex!!"

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I totally agree. When HIV first came out, the info was everywhere. Many, many more people have herpes than HIV. My doctor said it is RAMPANT among teen agers & college students now. I would love also to see a tv show about contracting herpes. And oh, for that reason, I will NOT watch What about Brian, I saw it once & it made me sick to my stomach. This is very irresonsible programming.

 
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My doctor said it is RAMPANT among teen agers & college students now. I would love also to see a tv show about contracting herpes.
I totally agree...it's actually refreshing to hear you say that your doctor is aware of herpes in teens and college students. I know that parents would love to believe their kids when they say they aren't having sex but the fact is that they are having sex, they aren't thinking about condom usage, they are having oral sex. I'd say that the overwhelming majority of teens have had sex by age 16 and many have at a younger age than that! There's so little talk of herpes or any other stds that they don't even think of it anymore. IT's like noone is talking about AIDs anymore They need to start talking about herpes and other STDs on TV shows like Oprah etc! I watched an on line video from a couple doctors that are experts on herpes and they believe that as many as 50% of college aged adults have genital herpes and that they are not really worrying about whether or not it's type 1 or 2...either way it's genital herpes if it effects the genital area.
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