fear of getting STDs

[0roo0roo]

put it this way, any girl that will sleep with "you" is easy

 

[HardcoreRobot]

not an irrational fear

 

[Deeko]

Wear a condom. Don't screw up either. Oh, and a BJ? Get real dude.

 

[eno818]

sex is not worth the risk, save it till you meet your wife. ever hear of the word HIV->AIDS? the virus is not detectable till after 3 months of the last sexual/oral encounter.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: eno818

sex is not worth the risk, save it till you meet your wife. ever hear of the word HIV->AIDS? the virus is not detectable till after 3 months of the last sexual/oral encounter.

Actually it can be as long as 6 months.

HIV is a threat of course, but its not as prevailant as the scare tactics would like to make you think. The ratio nationwide is something like 1 in 200 people....but understand that low-income city areas and the homosexual male community have hella more than the rest of the country.

It is also stopped by a condom.

 

[eno818]

6 months was 20 yrs ago. the tests now can actually pick up the virus much less than 3 months. 3 months is the standard here in US by the CDC.

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: eno818

sex is not worth the risk, save it till you meet your wife. ever hear of the word HIV->AIDS? the virus is not detectable till after 3 months of the last sexual/oral encounter.

Actually it can be as long as 6 months.

HIV is a threat of course, but its not as prevailant as the scare tactics would like to make you think. The ratio nationwide is something like 1 in 200 people....but understand that low-income city areas and the homosexual male community have hella more than the rest of the country.

It is also stopped by a condom.

 

[bleeb]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
easy girls = std factory

 

[Feldenak]

I think you're being a little paranoid, but my input isn't really required. If that's the way you feel, then fine, more power to you.

 

[Deeko]

eno818, they still recommend that you get tested as late as 6 months after possible exposure. The tests also don't pick up the virus, but rather the antibodies produced by your body to try to fight the virus.

 

[Descartes]

I don't think there is anything wrong with that. Even if STDs weren't a concern, there are still some guys out there who prefer a better woman rather than some whore. There's nothing wrong with having higher standards.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I don't think you can be too careful when death or a life-altering disease/pregnancy could be involved.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: Nebor
You're being paranoid. Use a condom and live your life.

well, if you go oral, then you have somethign to worry about. yes, you could use protection there too.. but then it's rather pointless.

 

[maziwanka]

don't think you're overly cautious at all.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: lnguyen

Originally posted by: Nebor
You're being paranoid. Use a condom and live your life.

well, if you go oral, then you have somethign to worry about. yes, you could use protection there too.. but then it's rather pointless.

Oral is very low risk. Yes, there is a risk, but it is low. Basically, the person performing the act has to have an open wound in their mouth, which needs to come in contact with the sexual juices of the other. It is not spread through saliva.

 

[AdamSnow]

Most people on Anandtech will never have to worry about getting an STD...


But yeah, I wouldnt do anything with a dirty either... My girlfriend and I were actually both V's when we started dating, so we have nothing to worry about at all...

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Most people on Anandtech will never have to worry about getting an STD...


But yeah, I wouldnt do anything with a dirty either... My girlfriend and I were actually both V's when we started dating, so we have nothing to worry about at all...

That's really the only way you can be safe....my longtime HS girlfriend was a hardcore slut before me(heh and with me too....just with me though), but she was clean, whereas a (female) friend of mine had slept with one guy, and has HPV.

 

[kami333]

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Most people on Anandtech will never have to worry about getting an STD...


But yeah, I wouldnt do anything with a dirty either... My girlfriend and I were actually both V's when we started dating, so we have nothing to worry about at all...

That's really the only way you can be safe....my longtime HS girlfriend was a hardcore slut before me(heh and with me too....just with me though), but she was clean, whereas a (female) friend of mine had slept with one guy, and has HPV.

Personally I've found that the "sluts" are more cautious about that than the "prudes". Always carrying condoms, no qualms about asking if YOU have any diseases, etc. Whereas I've been with "prudish" girls where I've had to insist we use a condom and have to go out to get one since they didn't have one.

 

[eno818]

check out aidsmeds.com, they can give you the latest info.

they have another test(which is more expensive) that checks for the virus unlike the elisa test.

Originally posted by: Deeko
eno818, they still recommend that you get tested as late as 6 months after possible exposure. The tests also don't pick up the virus, but rather the antibodies produced by your body to try to fight the virus.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: eno818


check out aidsmeds.com, they can give you the latest info.

they have another test(which is more expensive) that checks for the virus unlike the elisa test.

Originally posted by: Deeko
eno818, they still recommend that you get tested as late as 6 months after possible exposure. The tests also don't pick up the virus, but rather the antibodies produced by your body to try to fight the virus.

most people opt for the free test...

 

[Koing]

Your a bit paranoid but that is fine. Better to be safe then sorry in situations like that. Hell if my college was like that I'd be careful!

Koing

 

[EMPshockwave82]

it burns when i pee



seriously though i dont think you are over reacting except on the test the girl before doing stuff with her... that might be a little paranoid but not extremely

 

[Tiamat]

Dude you are not overly cautious. STDs is a real problem and once you got em, you got em. I recently read an article where 1/3 of japanese girls have clamedia (sp?) in the junior high/high school age group and most of them dont even know it.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Nebor
You're being paranoid. Use a condom and live your life.

Right and don't kiss her.

 

[BigLouis]

Yup, herpes stays with you forever, like luggage.

It's comforting to me that girls with a degree are more likely to have been sluts and carriers. Funny you would think less educated women would be riskier.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: lnguyen

Originally posted by: Nebor
You're being paranoid. Use a condom and live your life.

well, if you go oral, then you have somethign to worry about. yes, you could use protection there too.. but then it's rather pointless.

Oral is very low risk. Yes, there is a risk, but it is low. Basically, the person performing the act has to have an open wound in their mouth, which needs to come in contact with the sexual juices of the other. It is not spread through saliva.

That's only for HIV. Herpes is highly transmittable through oral sex. But you can generally see herpes. Just treat it like food, if it doesn't look good, don't put it in your mouth.