HPV infection: Can men get it too - MayoClinic.com Genital HPV spreads through sexual contact. Both men and women can pass it to their partners. Certain types of HPV cause genital warts, but the virus usually causes no signs or symptoms
If there are no signs or symptoms, how do we tell which men have it?
If the woman has warts, but the male, her steady partner/husband does not, maybe she does not think it's very likely she will pass it on. After all, he can keep playing cuz he has no signs, right?