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katty (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-11-08 04:47 PM
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1 in 4 Teen Girls Has Sexual Disease
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more: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8VBB9D00&show_...
1 in 4 Teen Girls Has Sexual Disease
Mar 11 12:32 PM US/Eastern
By LINDSEY TANNER
AP Medical
Risky Sex Returns Syphilis to Europe
CHICAGO (AP) - At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.
A virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted infection in teen girls aged 14 to 19, while the highest overall prevalence is among black girls—nearly half the blacks studied had at least one STD. That rate compared with 20 percent among both whites and Mexican-American teens, the study from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.
About half of the girls acknowledged ever having sex; among them, the rate was 40 percent. While some teens define sex as only intercourse, other types of intimate behavior including oral sex can spread some infections.
Wonder if they will accept any responsibility for the problem given they are the ones who promoted the "sexual revolution"?
Uhhh....nope.
sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-11-08 04:55 PM
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2. Let me guess, this is from focus on the family.
reformedrethug (51 posts) Tue Mar-11-08 04:57 PM
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3. wrong
from the link in the OP:
" Dr. John Douglas, director of the CDC's division of STD prevention, said the results are the first to examine the combined national prevalence of common sexually transmitted diseases among adolescent girls. He said the data, from 2003-04, likely reflect current rates of infection."
This just reinforces the idea that if nothing else kids need to learn how to prevent the spread of STD's either by the use of condoms or by not having sex.
Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-11-08 05:02 PM
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8. This is more BS from the GOP & Big Pharma greedy bastids.
XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-11-08 05:23 PM
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10. How's that "Abstinance Only" thing going?
I file this one under the same heading as the 1 in 5 believe the sun revolves around the earth. Let's keep putting religion before science and soon we'll be the dumbest country on earth.
Last I checked that would indeed be the only 100 % way to prevent a STD.
Who did you say was dumb?
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I take issue with the fact that the article only focuses on girls. Yes, I realize males may not show symptoms of an STD and they are harder to track and treat but dammit!!! These girls didn't get STD's all on their own.
I also blame libtards and BJ Bill for mucking up morality and the definition of the word "is". Grrrrrr......
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I take issue with the fact that the article only focuses on girls. Yes, I realize males may not show symptoms of an STD and they are harder to track and treat but dammit!!! These girls didn't get STD's all on their own.
I also blame libtards and BJ Bill for mucking up morality and the definition of the word "is". Grrrrrr......
I do think it is fair to guess that one guy with an STD is likely to pass that along to a larger number of girls then the other way around.
I`m sure that isn`t the case in every instance but think it is a reasonable assesment.
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I take issue with the fact that the article only focuses on girls. Yes, I realize males may not show symptoms of an STD and they are harder to track and treat but dammit!!! These girls didn't get STD's all on their own.
I also blame libtards and BJ Bill for mucking up morality and the definition of the word "is". Grrrrrr......
Women get STDs that men don't get and thus get more of them. Its biology.
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I take issue with the fact that the article only focuses on girls. Yes, I realize males may not show symptoms of an STD and they are harder to track and treat but dammit!!! These girls didn't get STD's all on their own.
I also blame libtards and BJ Bill for mucking up morality and the definition of the word "is". Grrrrrr......
Women get STDs that men don't get and thus get more of them. Its biology.
Zero mention of the role males play is disturbing to me. I guess I take issue with the overall decline in society. Feminism's overcorrection has caused us to neglect our sons. We have changed the way society functions (education, affirmative action, etc..) to make amends for inequality amongst the sexes. Unintended consquences come into play....
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I take issue with the fact that the article only focuses on girls. Yes, I realize males may not show symptoms of an STD and they are harder to track and treat but dammit!!! These girls didn't get STD's all on their own.
I also blame libtards and BJ Bill for mucking up morality and the definition of the word "is". Grrrrrr......
Women get STDs that men don't get and thus get more of them. Its biology.
Zero mention of the role males play is disturbing to me. I guess I take issue with the overall decline in society. Feminism's overcorrection has caused us to neglect our sons. We have changed the way society functions (education, affirmative action, etc..) to make amends for inequality amongst the sexes. Unintended consquences come into play....
Anyone who doesn't understand the man's role in this doesn't really understand STDs, now do they?
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I take issue with the fact that the article only focuses on girls. Yes, I realize males may not show symptoms of an STD and they are harder to track and treat but dammit!!! These girls didn't get STD's all on their own.
I also blame libtards and BJ Bill for mucking up morality and the definition of the word "is". Grrrrrr......
Women get STDs that men don't get and thus get more of them. Its biology.
You weren't serious there were you?
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You weren't serious there were you?
Its a mechanics thing, because of how our sexual organs are designed, men (having the external poking device) are less likely to catch STD's than women, (with the poking device receptacles) The proof of this can be seen in GAY men who get all kinds of STD's from using their parts as poking receptacles...
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You weren't serious there were you?
Its a mechanics thing, because of how our sexual organs are designed, men (having the external poking device) are less likely to catch STD's than women, (with the poking device receptacles) The proof of this can be seen in GAY men who get all kinds of STD's from using their parts as poking receptacles...
Women are also more likely to be asymptomatic, and so may continue to have intercourse without treatment, not knowing they're infected.
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The fact remains that there is not a single STD that decides to live in one gender. The closest thing you could have is pelvic inflamitory disease but that is a consequence of chlamydia and gonorrhea not a disease by itself.
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I take issue with the fact that the article only focuses on girls. Yes, I realize males may not show symptoms of an STD and they are harder to track and treat but dammit!!! These girls didn't get STD's all on their own.
I also blame libtards and BJ Bill for mucking up morality and the definition of the word "is". Grrrrrr......
Women get STDs that men don't get and thus get more of them. Its biology.
You weren't serious there were you?
You don't know female pathology?
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The fact remains that there is not a single STD that decides to live in one gender. The closest thing you could have is pelvic inflamitory disease but that is a consequence of chlamydia and gonorrhea not a disease by itself.
Huh? That is just not so. Yeast infections (a large series)-- female only (not necessarily an STD). Cervical Cancer -- female only (and the most prevalent STD). Vaginal Cancer -- female only.
Women are designed differently and not designed for multiple partners in a short time.
Like I said -- it is biology.
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You weren't serious there were you?
Its a mechanics thing, because of how our sexual organs are designed, men (having the external poking device) are less likely to catch STD's than women, (with the poking device receptacles) The proof of this can be seen in GAY men who get all kinds of STD's from using their parts as poking receptacles...
What a way with words you have. :lmao:
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You weren't serious there were you?
Its a mechanics thing, because of how our sexual organs are designed, men (having the external poking device) are less likely to catch STD's than women, (with the poking device receptacles) The proof of this can be seen in GAY men who get all kinds of STD's from using their parts as poking receptacles...
What a way with words you have. :lmao:
To sum up: Innies vs. outies.
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The fact remains that there is not a single STD that decides to live in one gender. The closest thing you could have is pelvic inflamitory disease but that is a consequence of chlamydia and gonorrhea not a disease by itself.
Huh? That is just not so. Yeast infections (a large series)-- female only (not necessarily an STD). Cervical Cancer -- female only (and the most prevalent STD). Vaginal Cancer -- female only.
Women are designed differently and not designed for multiple partners in a short time.
Like I said -- it is biology.
I will spare myself and everyone else the details of a regular Typhoid Mary story, but regret to say I found out as the result of faithfulness to an unfaithful partner many years ago, that STD yeast infections are neither female only nor genitally transmitted only.
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^true.
HPV (which causes cervical cancer) is the basically the same way.
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Huh? That is just not so. Yeast infections (a large series)-- female only (not necessarily an STD). Cervical Cancer -- female only (and the most prevalent STD). Vaginal Cancer -- female only.
Women are designed differently and not designed for multiple partners in a short time.
Like I said -- it is biology.
Cervical cancer isn't an STD :???:
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Huh? That is just not so. Yeast infections (a large series)-- female only (not necessarily an STD). Cervical Cancer -- female only (and the most prevalent STD). Vaginal Cancer -- female only.
Women are designed differently and not designed for multiple partners in a short time.
Like I said -- it is biology.
Cervical cancer isn't an STD :???:
It is directly linked to sexual activity -- if that isn't an STD, what is? I also contributes to the "1 in 4" stat.
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I was told that cervical cancer is hereditary, in which case it would be not be contracted via sexual activity.
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I was told that cervical cancer is hereditary, in which case it would be not be contracted via sexual activity.
Then how can you be inoculated against it?
One of us has bad info and I only have one hand right now -- I'll google/WebMd it shortly.
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I was told that cervical cancer is hereditary, in which case it would be not be contracted via sexual activity.
Then how can you be inoculated against it?
One of us has bad info and I only have one hand right now -- I'll google/WebMd it shortly.
The innoculation is against HPV, while is the most common cause of cervical displasia and then cancer it not the ONLY cause. So cervical cancer would not be an STD. My mother had displasia as did my best friend, neither are positive for HPV(the actual std that contributes to cervical cancer). And indeed men can have HPV--certain strains cause genital warts which men CAN develop. Mostly it lays dormant(just like it does in many females) and a man passes it on from partner to partner. Just because someone has no symptoms or larger side effect does not mean they don't get those diseases free. Men have to get some of these things in order to pass them on to other partners. From what I understand the same is true of yeast infections. Men have been and sometimes are treated for them along with their partners if it is suspected that they are reinfecting the female who has already been treated. I think the difference here is because of a woman's biology, some of these things can be more insidious. Her stuff is on the inside where things can develop sight unseen and because bacterias that a man may have too can enter her body it can develop into something far more serious giving a healthy environment for things like that to breed, but that's a far cry from saying that men do not carry the bacteria or have the std. They do or they could not pass it on to their partners.
As for getting the std easier. I'm sure woman may have an easier time, but from what I remember with things even like HIV they have less of a contraction rate then gay men because of the purpose of the vagina versus the anus. A vagina and the cervix are not likely to tear during regular intercourse and give entryway to the blood stream like the anus and colon. Of course, nobody wants to depend on their privates warding shit off, but the vagina is not some catch all for things either and does have its own defenses. And I would guess because of biology in straight sex men have the least likely chance of contracting something, however men are more prolific then women in this area and so probably up their chances by sheer volume of oppurtunity via exposure. Just some thoughts. Hope they m ade sense since I'm tired tonight.
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Thank you for all that good information, Jty. I was going to say the same thing, that while HPV can cause cervical cancer, it is not the ONLY way or reason you can get cervical cancer.
You simply cannot catch cancer.
My mother too had cervical cancer, and the doctor told her it was hereditary, which is why *I* am the lookout for it. She was in NO way a sexual prowess :rotf:
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Thank you for all that good information, Jty. I was going to say the same thing, that while HPV can cause cervical cancer, it is not the ONLY way or reason you can get cervical cancer.
You simply cannot catch cancer.
My mother too had cervical cancer, and the doctor told her it was hereditary, which is why *I* am the lookout for it. She was in NO way a sexual prowess :rotf:
Thx...I learned a lot of this when learning about fertility before I had children and of course digging into facts when these topics get debated. The human body can be both frail and also incredibly hearty and resilient.
Pardon my grammatical errors above. I'm tired and didn't bother proofreading until right now. lol
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Thank you for all that good information, Jty. I was going to say the same thing, that while HPV can cause cervical cancer, it is not the ONLY way or reason you can get cervical cancer.
You simply cannot catch cancer.
My mother too had cervical cancer, and the doctor told her it was hereditary, which is why *I* am the lookout for it. She was in NO way a sexual prowess :rotf:
Nor was I suggesting that. Because HPV is a frequently a result of sexual activity it is NOT exclusively a result thereof, and I made no such statement. In an inderect sense you can "catch" cancer, as a result of HPV as well as smoking, working in carcinogenic environments, etc. etc. etc.
God, I let you people run me off track so often -- women are more susceptible to that THEY ARE CLASSIFYING AS STDs than men. Therefore their numbers are higher. It is biology. It doesn't mean women are any worse than men in having extra/pre marital sex. It just means the repercussions may be worse. Note, I say may be.
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And note that men who engage in homosexual sex can catch something that causes death :lmao:
Honestly Freedumb, you did say that cervical cancer was an STD, "the most prevalent one".
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And note that men who engage in homosexual sex can catch something that causes death :lmao:
Honestly Freedumb, you did say that cervical cancer was an STD, "the most prevalent one".
*sigh*
I connected the dots.
And since homosexuals make up less than 3% of the population, their HIGH (probably near 100%) incidence of STDs doesn't skew the numbers.
Isn't anyone concerned about the huge teen sex numbers this study indicate?
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I am concerned about the high number of teenagers with STD's. It is disgusting.
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The fact remains that there is not a single STD that decides to live in one gender. The closest thing you could have is pelvic inflammatory disease but that is a consequence of chlamydia and gonorrhea not a disease by itself.
Huh? That is just not so. Yeast infections (a large series)-- female only (not necessarily an STD). Cervical Cancer -- female only (and the most prevalent STD). Vaginal Cancer -- female only.
Women are designed differently and not designed for multiple partners in a short time.
Like I said -- it is biology.
Yeast infections are NOT STDs. Jock Itch is the exact same strain of infection.
Cervical cancer is in fact a disease but NOT an STD. Some strains of genital warts results in an increased chance of cervical cancer. Genital Warts is in fact a STD that affects both men and women.
Vaginal Cancer is a disease, not an STD. There is no known STD that is a direct cause of vaginal cancer.
That is like saying prostate and testicular cancer is an STD. Just because a disease affects a gender specific part of the body does NOT make it an STD. It is only an STD if the disease is passed through sexual contact thus the sexually part of sexually transmitted disease.