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flem
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response 75 of 129:
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Jun 10 16:47 UTC 2002 |
What, you expect that to be controversial? :)
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orinoco
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response 76 of 129:
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Jun 12 03:03 UTC 2002 |
What the hell, I'll bite. I think the expectation that people have lots of
sex is just as ridiculous as the expectation that they don't have much.
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jaklumen
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response 77 of 129:
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Jun 12 07:08 UTC 2002 |
Well, apparently, there are a great deal of people who *do* have sex
moderately. But there is a small minority of people who have sex
quite frequently, with many different partners up to 300+. It's those
kinds of numbers-- those in the scores, or few hundreds, that worry
those concerned with transmission of STDs.
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mynxcat
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response 78 of 129:
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Jun 12 13:42 UTC 2002 |
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jaklumen
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response 79 of 129:
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Jun 12 13:47 UTC 2002 |
I'm not sure. Celebrities like rock stars and athletes number among
them. Portions of the gay/bisexual male community.
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orinoco
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response 80 of 129:
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Jun 12 15:53 UTC 2002 |
(Uh, lumen? Numbers that high are kind of startling no matter which gender
you're into. Saying "oh, they're gay men" doesn't count as an explanation.)
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mynxcat
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response 81 of 129:
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Jun 12 16:00 UTC 2002 |
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jaklumen
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response 82 of 129:
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Jun 13 03:26 UTC 2002 |
resp:80 yep, I figured I'd get that. If you'd rather I be specific,
it has been noted that it is more particular among numbers of young
black and Hispanic gay males because of cultural taboos, machismo
among them. For example, "tops" are not seen as necessarily gay,
while "bottoms" most certainly are.
In general, it has been found that infection is once again on the rise
in the gay/bi youth population, and it is surmised that it is because
the fear of AIDS is not as prominent as it once was; these young men
do not have friends who have died yet.
Why it's not equally a concern among the lesbian/female bi population,
I'm not sure, but I think risk factors are not considered as high.
They also don't seem to be interested so much in cruising for sex.
(Not all gay/bi men are, but if you think the cruise culture doesn't
exist, you're kidding yourself.)
It has been reported in the news media: I remember hearing about it on
NPR and in a Seattle newspaper.
Clearly, numbers this high among either gender would indicate a degree
of sexual addiction, which is a concern. However, it is folly not to
examine that gays and bisexuals may be part of the picture. Men with
both male and female partners are a concern: there is a larger
potential pool of infection.
I congratulate you if you haven't been there, Dan, but trust me, I
have. Pretending that everyone *is* equally sexually promiscuous to
this kind of degree isn't quite fair.
Besides, I didn't say the rock stars and athletes were necessarily
gay/bisexual. Freddy Mercury fits the bill, but Magic Johnson, Wilt
Chamberlain, Gene Simmons, and others who have boasted or spoke of
their numerous conquests clearly do not (yes mynx, they did get away
with that and then they told everyone).
Also, the numbers of Catholic priests who are now being found to be
pedophilic or otherwise sexually predatory-- I don't think
homosexuality is really a root cause here. There are indeed
homosexual priests-- this has been confirmed-- but I doubt they
necessarily comprise a significant portion.
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void
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response 83 of 129:
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Jun 13 17:02 UTC 2002 |
No one really knows about woman-to-woman HIV transmission. There
was one study in 1991, and all the women in the study were IV drug
users, bisexual, or both.
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jazz
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response 84 of 129:
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Jun 13 17:39 UTC 2002 |
Studies are scarce, but available scientific evidence points to a much
lower rate of transmission for cunnilingus than for fellatio, fisting, or anal
sex.
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response 85 of 129:
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Jun 14 00:39 UTC 2002 |
Possible, but no one knows. 'Sides, who says lesbians don't fist
or share anal toys?
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orinoco
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response 86 of 129:
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Jun 14 03:08 UTC 2002 |
(ding!)
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jaklumen
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response 87 of 129:
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Jun 14 16:10 UTC 2002 |
Just out of curiousity, again, how does one sanitize toys? I had a
gay friend who said he knew how to do it, with bleach-- I think it was
similar to the way you sterilize needles, the way they teach nurses.
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phenix
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response 88 of 129:
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Jun 14 16:39 UTC 2002 |
you can a) boil 'em
b) use bleech
c) only use them on one person.
basically if it's a porous surface your stuck with c
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jazz
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response 89 of 129:
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Jun 14 16:53 UTC 2002 |
Re #85:
I certainly didn't. I was just listing different types of sex.
Obviously a gay male that is only into mutual masturbation is safer than a
gay female who's into bloodsports.
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phenix
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response 90 of 129:
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Jun 14 17:02 UTC 2002 |
or any of the "vampyr" varity of pud monkey
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orinoco
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response 91 of 129:
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Jun 14 19:04 UTC 2002 |
Re #87: AFAIK, there is no "way you sterilize needles" at a hospital. Unless
I'm very much mistaken, hospitals don't re-use needles.
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mynxcat
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response 92 of 129:
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Jun 14 20:44 UTC 2002 |
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i
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response 93 of 129:
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Jun 15 02:36 UTC 2002 |
Medical-quality sterile is easy to do with the right gadget. It looks like
a very-high-end all-stainless toaster oven. Stuff goes into it on thin
metal trays, and gets cooked in 250-300 degree steam for 10+ minutes.
Re: #78
Going home from the meat-market singles bar with a different sex partner
every night is (very sad to say, disease-wise) how some people live. Do
that for a few years, and 1000+ sex partners is fairly easy to reach. No
need to be a model or famous - fairly young & 90th percentile attractive
is more than good enough for most meat-market bars.
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jazz
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response 94 of 129:
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Jun 17 16:56 UTC 2002 |
I've known a few people who've lived that way, but for most it's just
a short phase.
You don't even have to be young and ninetieth-percentile attractive.
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oval
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response 95 of 129:
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Jun 17 20:28 UTC 2002 |
..people can get by on just the mere fact that they are intersting.
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mynxcat
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response 96 of 129:
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Jun 18 14:51 UTC 2002 |
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jazz
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response 97 of 129:
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Jun 18 17:26 UTC 2002 |
Yup.
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oval
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response 98 of 129:
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Jun 19 02:39 UTC 2002 |
or human.
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lelande
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response 99 of 129:
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Jun 20 22:02 UTC 2002 |
or there.
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