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All Adventurous Women Do…Have a Sexually Transmitted Disease

A SYTYCB entry

One of the ultimate insults of a woman deemed too sexually promiscuous is, “Ew, I bet she is full of STDs.” This implies that she is so dirty, so raunchy and so sexually active, that with every seemingly sexual act, whether she has intercourse or even flirts with someone at a party, she is being pumped full of infected semen on a daily basis. You get a picture in your head of what the genitals of a person with a sexually transmitted disease look like. Are they warty? Do they look “normal?” Is it like the vagina from Teeth?

Even if a non-infected person has had several more sex partners than an infected one, they are still considered “cleaner.” This idea of cleanliness or dirtiness within sexually active people is the giant misnomer here. Person A has had condom-less sex but didn’t end up with an infected sex partner. Person B has had condom-less sex and did end up with an infected sex partner. Person B is disgusting, Person A is fine.

When I found out I had HPV, I had a pretty standard freak out. After I calmed down and determined that I would experience no symptoms and it would go away on its own, my thoughts went to, “How did this happen to me?” I was all for ridding our culture of the taboo of sex and STDs and would never judge another person for having one. When it came to ...

Male Birth Control: The Answer to Gender Equality

A SYTYCB post.

Scientific development is inching ever-closer to male birth control options. The method at the forefront right now is the compound JQ1 that shuts off sperm development in the testicles and is completely reversible. Many others are in line as well so it looks like male birth control will be not only an option, but will also come in varieties.

Besides the increase in contraceptive options for all, male birth control may cause a cultural shift in the ways we view sex, pregnancy and reproductive rights.

The pill is for sluts

Amazingly, pockets of society still have a problem with contraception, specifically birth control pills or Plan B. Men’s primary source of contraception is condoms, which imply a sense of impermanence, like ...

A SYTYCB post.

Scientific development is inching ever-closer to male birth control options. The method at the forefront right now is the compound JQ1 that shuts off sperm development in the testicles and is completely reversible. Many others ...