GYT09 - The First Time I Got Tested

People share their stories about the first time they were tested for STDs.

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[sophiegromit]

Men need to get tested too, but there seems to be a stigma when guys go to 'Planned Parenthood'. PP needs to market their services to men too!

[frooms21]

I really appreciate you putting someone in there who had a positive test. I think it's very important to show both sides of the coin. This is a great idea!

[ndrthrdr1]

Have you been tested recently?

[dimefeet]

STD's are often passed by someone who has no idea that they have caught something. Get Yourself Tested!

[mentaluproar]

I see what you did there.

[grannylala]

Nope. The person I married is a man of great integrity. And because of that, I am not in a mental uproar, as you appear to be.

[mentaluproar]

no, the person you married just lied to you about it to shut you up.

[debmcg7]

This attitude is EXACTLY the reason why people don't get tested. AND it is the reason why 25% of the population, that's right, 1 in 4 people have genital herpes. You know what is really scary? 90% of those people don't know it (or want to know it). Do you know why they don't want to know it? Because it is through sexual contact. So enough people put a STIGMA on it, and people are afraid to be tested for it. This is so stupid, because with treatment, passing it on can be less than 1.9%.

[CDRSpike]

"To put a judgement on a disease because you can obtain it through sexual contact is puts a stigma on it that is exactly why many people won't get tested."

Well, sexual contact is by far the most common way to transmit the disease. It is unwise and dangerous to ignore that fact in order to be PC and avoid a 'stigma'

[CDRSpike]

"Sexual freedom is freedom because you can make your choices & be happy while others can have multiple partners & be happy too. Thats freedom."

Perhaps, but that is also a choice with certain likely consequences. You can choose a slutty lifestyle, but then you don't really have a genuine cause to complain when bad things happen as a result.

BTW, there is a difference between freedom and anarchy. Your conception of 'freedom' just seems to better fit the meaning of 'anarchy'

[grannylala]

False.

This is a myth. You cannot contract HPV by sitting on a toilet seat after an infected person.

Sexually transmitted viruses such as HPV simply cannot survive outside of the body long enough to be transmitted this way.

HPV can be transmitted through vaginal, anal intercourse, oral sex touching your infected partner's genitals and then your own, genital-to-genital contact

Source: Centers for Disease and Prevention. "Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines 2006." Sep 2006.

[rockonskater]

you can get hpv from toilet seats