April 9, 2005
WAGES OF LIBERATION:
Study: Risky Sex Can Lead to Early Death: Government report on health impact of risky behavior should raise eyebrows. (Stuart Shepard, 4/07/05, CitizenLink)
The public health impact of risky sexual behavior in the United States is three times higher than in other developed nations, according to research by the federal government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The CDC says risky sex habits resulted in nearly 30,000 deaths and about 20 million adverse health consequences in a single year. The majority of deaths involved men with HIV, while the majority of adverse health consequences were among women.
Dr. Hal Wallis, an OB-GYN and executive board member of the Physicians Consortium, said a common—and false—impression is that diseases other than HIV are somewhat minor and have no impact.
"Women are much more susceptible to these diseases," Wallis said, "and they suffer a great deal of the consequences—more serious consequences than men do; particularly the consequences of gonorrhea and Chlamydia, which can produce severe infections and, in some instances, death."
And people wonder why the straight white male monolith tolerated women's liberation and gay liberation? Posted by Orrin Judd at April 9, 2005 6:26 AM
Risky sex. Go figure, risky actually involves a risk.
Posted by: pchuck at April 9, 2005 11:33 AMNon-marital sex without the appropriate protection is just idiocy. Would you go to a restaurant and eat off a plate just used by someone else without it being washed first?
Posted by: bart at April 9, 2005 1:59 PMPatriarchs are predators. But, as my wife is fond of saying, the rest of the players should've armed themselves. Meant to be sheared and all that.
Posted by: ghostcat at April 9, 2005 2:02 PMOne wonders how much was spent on this study. Are we a nation of morons?
Posted by: Genecis at April 9, 2005 7:05 PM'"The reality is," Rector said, "that condoms and contraceptives don't really protect against HPV—and the safe sex industry and safe sex curricula hide this fact."'
Perhaps we should just call them "Big Rubber".
I got an abnormal pap smear after my first child was born and FREAKED OUT. A little bit of googling educated me about it and I realized I didn't have anything to be afraid of. To be sure, I asked my doctor and he said nonchalantly that cervical cancer was virtually 100% caused by an std. I was so angry that something so common as cervical cancer was not widely understood, I was contemplating my death for no reason; people ignorantly talk about having it without knowing that they're advertising that they have an std.