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STDs in L.A. County are skyrocketing. Officials think racism and stigma may be to blame
Officials are trying to get high schoolers more comfortable talking about sex. The hope is that an open dialogue will make them more likely to seek out condoms and STD testing, and eventually reduce the spread of disease.
www.latimes.com
Of course, any modern Western article will always drag race & gender into it somehow, with men always being at fault.
This was part ragefuel for me, since it showcases just how casual sex is normalized amongst teens by the general populace in our “society”The recent all-day event, called Spring Into Love, was intended to get high schoolers more comfortable talking about sex. The hope is that an open dialogue will make them more likely to seek out condoms and STD testing, and eventually reduce the spread of disease.
The focus on stigma is just one of many ways Los Angeles County health officials are trying to think outside the box as they struggle to curb rising STD rates. It’s clear that the traditional ways of preventing disease — patients seeing a doctor regularly to get screened and treated — have not been working, said Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, L.A. County’s interim health officer.
However, it also shows the ignorance: If they really wanted to prevent this, they would tell people to simply abstain since that equates to a zero-percent chance of catching an STD.
Again, if they actually wanted to curb this, why are they giving the most counter-intuitive advice possible?“All I heard was ‘Don’t get pregnant’”
The modern state of “religion”The church auditorium was decked out in streamers and balloons. Kids chatted around tables with piles of Mardi Gras beads and condoms at the center.
Not only are they celebrating more degenerate behaviors, such as “Mardi Graz” but are also putting condoms in front of kids, which will encourage them to fuck. The mental loopholes these people jump through is insane.
They really think underaged sex is “stigmatized?” Jfl, they clearly don’t have a clue what they’re talking about, as with most “officials”“This is such a natural human interaction, and yet it’s so stigmatized,” said Valerie Coachman-Moore, who oversees WeCanStopSTDsLA, the coalition of advocates that put on the event. “People are having sex? Yeah.”
>”silence around sex”Many say the silence around sex plays a big role in young people’s high rates of STDs. Many feel uncomfortable walking into an STD clinic or talking to their partners about safe practices.
In L.A. County, half of chlamydia cases and a third of gonorrhea cases diagnosed each year are among people between the ages of 15 and 24.
>society & “culture” promotes promiscuity
>most STD rates are amongst young people, who this culture is aimed at
Ah, but we’re the ones who need to accept blame & responsibility?“The one thing I never do, and I hope others don’t as well, is blame these young people for not taking care of themselves,”