While age has always been associated with the various physical factors of sex, other biological factors may also have an effect on other sexual health traits. For example, men and women who lose their virginity at a later age are statistically more likely to develop psychological conditions related to sex than others who had sex at an age considered to be the average time for gaining the first sexual experience.
The Demonization Of Genital Herpes
Those of us who have so-called genital herpes are caught between a rock and a hard place. On one hand we are ostracized by the minority of the population (about 40%) who dont currently have herpes simplex in their body, which is bad enough, but more cruelly we are often isolated by our fellow members of the herpes community who have so-called cold sores (heroes simplex 1 of the mouth and face). Frankly the lack of support form the majority of population who has cold sores …
The Ethics Of A Life-Long Herpes Infection
From day one my own personal life-long herpes infection has presented me with several ethical challenges. It has challenged me on the question of who to tell and when. It has challenged me on the issue of what to say and how to others with herpes. It has challenged me on the question of “Do I have any responsibilities towards trying to prevent the people in the community who do not herpes from getting it, and if so what are they”?…
Herpes Heroes
The is only a one letter difference between the words herpes and heroes, and the letters p and o are only one letter apart, which means that no two words can be closer than herpes and heroes.
The world needs more herpes heroes both for those of us with the gift and for those lucky 40% of the population who dont have herpes.
A herpes hero is someone who willingly forgoes their privacy to publicly be identified as a person with herpes and speaks out in order to educate…
How To Deal With Herpes Rejection
He or She Just Aint That Into You.
If you have herpes and have the integrity to tell someone about it before you get sexually involved and they reject you because of it, it is one of the most devastating forms of rejection imaginable. Just as bad as being rejected because of your race, or physical disability or anything else not under your control, and just as ignorant and intolerable.
When the people I treat tell me their rejection stories I feel for them. Some are so …
The Promise and Peril of Genetic Manipulation
Genetic manipulation, while a distant possibility given the current limitations of technology and human understanding, is something that is already being opposed. This is partially the fault of science fiction, which can sometimes feature genetically superior humans in large numbers, often with ideals and ethics that put them at odds with normal humans.