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Originally Posted by sweet_tna  There are risks, no doubts about it. The more partners you have, the higher your risks for contracting STDs. Tests, condoms, and being selective about partners may help lower the risks, but they are not eliminated. |
Actually, there are factors that are more important than the number of partners you have. Namely the profile of the population in which you are choosing your sex partners, the profile of the partners in that population you choose-and your overall frequency of partners.
This is a popular
article on the mathematics that go on here. There would possibly be less overall levels of
some STDS if the portion of the population than have have few sex partners were to have more(and those that have the very largest numbers a bit less).
Swingers that swap partners with other stable couples are at worse a moderate risk population--compared to high risk populations like IV drug users, and residents of specific zip codes. There are quite a few swingers that limit their activities to 5-10 times per year, exchange test results, use condoms--and exclusively swap with other stable couples where 90+% of their sex solely with each other. That is a VERY different risk profile than say a gay stud in San Francisco that has sex with hundreds of guys in a year, a successful drug dealer that trades drugs for sex on a regular basis or a pimp with a large harem-or a corporate CEO that has sex with hundreds of employees in a year.
Porn stars are an example of a population with LOTS of sex partners that have a lower incidence of STD's than the general population--and a far from universal tendency to use condoms. In the porn industry, actors are expected to get regularly tested and share results with other actors. Those actors that have chronic STD's are often limited to acting with others that have a similar STD status. The big one where that is the case is HSV(Herpes).
Personally I wish Porn Films would start posting a public service announcement on what really goes on to make the "Porn Star Experience" relatively safe and sane.