I have recently had some very good sex with my new Fav, OTC and ITC. And like most I tried to practice safe sex at all times but we did slip up. Of course I got the "I never done that before". And I said me too. And then we both quietly wondered who was lying the most.
Anyway it got me thinking. I trust her to a certain extent but I should get checked anyway. So I started doing some checking. I tried using my local county health department but that was a bureaucratic and lowlife nightmare. So I moved on a major lab in this area that advertises online. A lot more expensive but really a good service.
You can literally go online and order a test go to the lab immediately. Give the samples and have the results emailed to you within three days. The same day if you want to pay extra. By the way I did a full 8 panel screening and it costs around $230 for this very valuable service.
But when I was doing the research I got to thinking. I have never heard of anyone on this site report getting an STD. Even though I would consider this hobby a little on the high risk side. I have never heard of anyone ever getting an STD but one person. She is a really hot friend of mine and she got genital herpes. She had access to as much sex as she wanted and got it from a guy from Brazil.
Other than that I have never even known anyone who knows someone who has gotten an STD, I do know of someone who got AIDS but they were gay and definitely a high risk group.
I checked online and I saw some very interesting stuff. And a ton of misinformation. And most of the misinformation is on the scare people to death side. I came across a very interesting article that tried to put this into perspective. Here is the link postmasculine.com .
I found it to be extremely useful and amazed that this information had to come from someone who is some sort of Pick Up Artist and not from the health authorities who are ostensibly here to help us. But it is really good.
So I ask my fellow members have any of you ever had an STD? If so was it through this hobby? Remember we are all anonymous here.
One final thing. If you think this article is off base and to flippant about the whole subject. Just ask yourself how many manufactured scares have we had over the last few decades that turn out to be nothing. We kind of forget about them and move on to the next scare or crisis. If you don't believe this is true. Look at this list:
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Heterosexual aids epidemic; Never happened. In fact heterosexual aids outside of a high risk group is almost nonexistent.
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Childhood kidnapping epidemic; Remember the milk cartons? Over 90% of those were custody disputes. Others runaways.
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Childcare/Satanic cult worship epidemic; This was particularly egregious since not one actual case could ever be found. Not one. FBI traveled the world looking for one. Never found one.
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Global Warming. I know this one is political, but it just get cooler every year.
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Multiple energy crisis. Farmerart can back me up on this one. The world is awash in oil.
I could go on but you get the picture. So I still wrap up when having sex. But I at least go in with my eyes open.
"Remember we are all anonymous here."
It think it's more like "pseudonimity" here since their is an alias attached to each posts and you can link one post to others from the same real life person that way. I think the psuedonimity is not that conducive to make people more honest. I think it actually most want to be less honest. Most want to project an image of themselves that is an "improved" version of themselves in some way. How much it is different from their real persona seems to be a function of how big a lie they think they can get away with, which depends how good they think they are at lying and how good they think their audience is at catching on. Then there are some cases who actually seem to believe their own lies at some level because they have close to zero introspective ability.
Anyway, bit of a tangent there, but that should tell you why you are not going to get honest answers to those questions. I know one girl (a stripper) who had cervical cancer which is caused by HPV - an STD.
I've heard second hand from pharmacists about how many Valtrex prescriptions they fill, and co-worker told me about another who got the syph. Don't know anyone with HIV.
The latter part of your post about extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds is interesting.