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The problem with that messaging is it’s hard to take back. Even in 2022, I have straight friends who regularly have unprotected sex with random women and don’t
by jliptzin 4y ago
The problem with that messaging is it’s hard to take back. Even in 2022, I have straight friends who regularly have unprotected sex with random women and don’t think HIV applies to them because they’re not gay.
- jimmydeans 4y ago
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoI'm a gay man, and I'm on PrEP because I know I'm at higher risk of HIV. If I were straight and (1) neither I nor my partners used IV drugs, (2) neither I nor my partners had any visible STDs and I got checked for STDs regularly and (3) I were circumcized, to be honest I'd be fine having unprotected sex with random women because my chance of acquiring HIV would be exceedingly, exceedingly low. My chance of acquiring other STDs, especially Chlamydia, would be much higher, but if I were getting checked regularly it seems like a reasonable risk for a treatable disease.
- Akronymus 4y ago> ...and (3) I were circumcized,... Does circumcision actually have a non-neglible impact on the risk? From what I remember, it is insignificant, at best.
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoCircumcision provides a very large protective effect. Circumcized males are 2 to 8 times less likely to contract HIV: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127372/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127372/ You can Google for other studies - the protective effect of circumcision is significant and large.
- jliptzin 4y agoI am on prep too but still there’s a difference between consciously accepting a certain level of risk vs just assuming the risk is nonexistent because of poorly communicated information