HIV rates are up. Should we blame our promiscuous culture and stop attacking abstinence?

Question

i find it funny that our secular culture says abstinence doesn't work (when in fact that makes no sense, since it is impossible for people who are really abstaining from sex until marriage to pass SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED diseases if they DO NOT HAVE SEX)

Now, reports are that STD's are up, including HIV. Even with the promotion of condoms. And we have our immoral culture to thank for this.

I will be the first to say that i am no prude, and that i have blood running through my vains like everyone else. But i do know, that if you are going to have sex with someone, it should be with someone you are committed to and who is responsible, not with every person under the sun like our culture promotes.

Answer 1

Yes, you are so right.abstaining from sex will be safer because i condom can break.

Answer 2

Being sexually active isn't wrong if your smart about it.
Not all who abstain from sex are abstaining from all sexual activity. But there are those who will do nothing but hold hands and kiss. So it varies.
STD's are on a rise because people are not smart about sex. They don't have any knowledge of where their partners have been or how to properly use a condom. Also those who are engaging in sexual activity need to understand that condoms do not protect against all STD's. You are able to get warts and herpes even when a condom is used.
Also condoms and all other precautions need to be taken in oral and anal sex. Not just vaginal. Most people I know are more concerned about becoming pregnant rather than being concerned about pregnancy and STD's.
Not all STD's come with symptoms or show any signs until years down the road. So those who think they are completely healthy don't know they even have anything because they won't get tested after partners or in between other partners. So they pass things on without knowing it.
So if abstinence is for you than great, if not, then those people need to get tested regularly and use ALL precautions. They also need to educate themselves. Most people are rather dumbfounded when it comes to STD's and how they are truly transmitted.

Answer 3

STDs are passed when people don't use condoms and are promiscuous. Abstinence isn't a bad decision, but it's a personal choice that people have to make.

Teachers should not teach only abstinence, as it has been proven that doing so does nothing to deter teens and people from having sex. And then when these people do have sex, it's usually without protection because they arent well informed. All the facts should be presented and then people can make informed decisions and choices.

STD's and AIDS are passed to many people. In India in fact many married women, who are incredibly moral and virtuous are given AIDs because their husbands cheat on them with hookers and then pass the diseases on. And they know nothing about it because in their culture you don't talk about sex at all.

To stop the spread of STDs and AIDS you have to educate people. In Africa there is still a common belief that having sex with a virgin will cure you, which is why men are raping infants-because they KNOW these children will be virgins. Education is the only way to stop the spread of these disease, as well as to stop the social stigma of getting tested.

Answer 4

My brother was diagnosed HIV three years ago after sleeping with his first ever boyfriend so i do not think that waiting till your married for sex would drop the rate of infection. You need to think that when you sleep with some one your essentially sleeping wiyh all the people that persons past. I suppose if the 2 people in the relationship both restrain from sexual activty then the rates would dramaticly drop as would all the unplanned pregnancy and cases of other infections. I suppose that your statement could be dbated over all day and no one would win the case

Answer 5

What people mean when they say "abstinence doesn't work" is that teaching "abstinence" as the best way to avoid STD's (which of course it is) WITHOUT also teaching other ways to avoid STD's (how to use condoms properly, teaching the facts about STD's, etc) doesn't work, because teenagers are going to have sex anyway. So instead of having smart, safe sex, they will have unsafe, uneducated sex.

Having sex isn't immoral. Not giving people the information they need to stay safe is.

Answer 6

actually it has little to do with promiscuity, and a great deal more to do with our culture of instant gratification. One can point a finger at every single person in this country and be correct in saying they are guilty, including you. For instance, what happens when you turn your tv on but you get no picture?
What happens when you are cooking and the power goes off? What happens when you are showering and the hot water runs out? The people of this nation are so incredibly spoiled and pampered, they think it's supposed to be this easy and become angry when it is not...small wonder that no one believes they can die from stds when our culture is saturated with evidence of instant gratification.

Answer 7

I am Hiv positive and while having sex with my exgirlfriend we ranned oout of condoms and now i have it so its all about not protecting yourself and not using condoms.

Answer 8

Yes, ABSTAIN!!!!!!!! We need more monasteries over here...