If You Have Heard
If you have heard "Have the TALK" as part of the Safe is Sexy campaign... What you didn't hear was...
June, 2006 SEVENTEEN Magazine reports:
"52% of guys who have an STD don't tell their partners."
When it comes to casual sex, people aren't interested in the truth - people are interested in using each other. This is not love! Talking doesn't mean you are safe - lying is not sexy.
Is this new behavior since the new century?
| In 1990, The New England Journal of Medicine's article "Sex, Lies, and HIV" reported the following: |
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| Dishonesty in Sexual Behavior | Men | Women |
| Has told a lie to have sex. | 34% | 10% |
| Has been lied to for sex. | 47% | 60% |
| Would lie about having a positive HIV-antibody test. | 20% | 4% |
| Would understate the number of previous partners. | 47% | 42% |
Would disclose the existence of other partner to new partners: |
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| Never | 22% | 10% |
| After a while, when safe to | 34% | 28% |
| Only if asked | 31% | 33% |
| Yes | 13% | 29% |
