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I think raw sex has been too normalized like why do I have condoms on me and you don’t?????I just… it’s really crazy to me that it’s expected we take birth control pills, morning after pills, iuds, etc, but guys struggle with condoms. My boyfriend will wear them all day long if it means being with me, and I love that about him. He recently got these super thin ones online, too, so we can feel more together. I think guys get this ‘horny brain’, and they imagine what their ‘friends would say’. Honestly, if you ask me, before you date a guy, meet his friends.
Not even just that but the culture around it, like I’d ALWAYS ask guys I was seeing if they had gotten tested lately and more often than not it was a long time ago, if ever. Also downplaying STDs like “cold sores”. Idc if you’re not having an active break out I deserve to know everything if you are going to be swapping fluids with me dawg
genuinely i am more scared of stds than i am of getting pregnant. i can’t remember the last time i met a man who had ever been tested, my own bf had NEVER been tested until i said we should go together before we started being intimate. i get tested every 6 months even in monogamous relationships
AND it’s scary to me that people continue to believe HIV is a “gay” or “drug addict” disease. THE GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN UPDATED ON WHO SHOULD GET TESTED AND WHEN!!! STRAIGHT INDIVIDUALS CAN TAKE PREP!! and that even though many stds are curable now, so many people don’t understand the long term health concerns if not caught soon enough!!!
Is prep also for female patients now? Sorry I hate using “female” but it’s medically relevant since trans women can take it, but last time I checked it was only for AMAB people :/ also I think you were getting at this, but I believe new cases are actually more common in cis straight people now, or at least less common in gay men. STDs don’t care who you are!