[Quin]

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Originally posted by Alura:
We're not opposed to condoms, NittnanyLion. We don't trust them enough to rely on them to keep us safe from std's. We think there is no such thing as "safe sex." Condoms may make sex safer, but not safe enough to make us play with anyone who might have stds.

The reason for the high rate of heterosexual spread of AIDs in Africa and Asia, I understand, is the "piggy back" transfer. There is a much higher rate of other STD's than here. A person infected with the AIDs virus may also be infected with gonorrhea. The gonnococci (sp?) will carry the AIDs virus with it into the bloodstream. The sufferer will know he has the clap and may treat it with penicillin, but the AIDs virus lives.

We don't "fear" gay or bi men.

How does Penn State look in football this year?

Alura

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You are scary. What does one who has or may have had in their past, an STD look like? Do they have a neon flashing light on their forehead that says, "I do not now nor have I in the past had an STD" or maybe they're carrying little cards in their wallets that list any STD they may have had/currently have in their life or a physicians note stating that their last test(s) for STD's came back negative. Do they look like bums on the street? Hookers on a street corner? Do they live on the street, in trail parks, in the NoTell Hotel? No, it could be a CEO, a school teacher, a college student, even you, living in any community...there is no stereotypical *look* to someone with any STD or HIV.
To indulge in sex with ANYONE is taking the risk...as you stated in your previous post, people lie about sex, not just single males/females but MOST people will and probably do. You increase the risk of contracting any STD 10 fold at minimum when you indulge in sexual activity with someone and NOT use a condom. While not completely 100% *safe*...the only foolproof way to be 100% safe is abstinence, it sure beats unprotected sex anyday.
HIV can be transmitted by itself alone. It can also be transmitted with gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, trichomonias, and herpes, but make no mistake if someone has HIV but yet no other STD, the HIV will be transferred thru unprotected sex if they indulge in such activity.
The theory of using a condom is not only to protect you...it's to also protect the other person from YOU! Certainly you can't possibly believe that you're immune from getting any STD because you indulge with someone who *might* not have or had an STD (please refer to your first paragraph, last sentence). The person you least suspect of being HIV positive or having an STD, may be the very person to pass it on to you.
Sorry if I seem a bit tough, but I find it archaic that a person would have the belief that they can have unprotected sexual contact with ANYONE , other than being in a equally monogamous relationship with a spouse, and not put themselves and their partners at an extremely high risk.

Quin