Safer Sex Promotion?

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Why do we allow such a great abundance of propaganda against sexual hygiene to pass on LPSG with virtually no pushback (I'm referring, for example, to the fact of how common it is to glorify "bareback" sex, usually with no qualifiers)? Don't we want to encourage people making choices that will increase the odds of their maintaining a higher standard of health?
 
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Yes but a lot of people today are on PREP, and or didn't live through the Aids scare of the late 80's and 90's. Some just simply are not concerned with the prospect of contracting STDs.

With all the advancements made in the fight against Aids many have decided to take their chances and play Russia roulette with their lives imho. I suppose they don't realise that there is still no cure for Aids.
 

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Yes but a lot of people today are on PREP, and or didn't live through the Aids scare of the late 80's and 90's. Some just simply are not concerned with the prospect of contracting STDs.

With all the advancements made in the fight against Aids many have decided to take their chances and play Russia roulette with their lives imho. I suppose they don't realise that there is still no cure for Aids.

If someone has researched the risks, done their calculations, and determined they don't want to bother with optimizing their risk reduction with sex, that's one thing. Actually promoting unprotected sex to others is different. I have seen numerous threads over the years with a naive original poster seeking advice, and much more of the feedback involved promoting the wonders of bareback sex, more than people have cautioned the unaware of the dangers. In some cases there was no one, not one member, interjecting to help the poor soul out with this information. And, imo, that's a major problem for a site that is aiming to be sex positive. Part of taking a responsible and impartial view towards sex is being aware of these serious risks and helping others to be aware as well.
 
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Even if PrEP were 100% effective, which it isn't, it still only covers one base. Yes, most STIs are treatable, but that doesn't mean that I want them, thank you very much. However, I assume that most people are going to do their own due diligence and decide what they are going to do for themselves and for their partner(s), seeing as we're all adults here.

I personally think that bareback sex with multiple partners is not responsible behavior for sexual health. I've had bareback sex with three people in my life, all of whom were in long-term relationships with me at the time and all of whom were tested for HIV and other STIs before we did anything without condoms. I'm not on PrEP because I decided that it wouldn't impact my sexual behavior one way or another. But that's my own decision to make with my body, and I could see myself changing my mind if other factors changed.
 
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I'm not talking about making anyone's decisions for them. I'm talking about what information and messages we present to people seeking advice here. As things stand, often that advice is "have a good time, find someone you can 'trust' to have bareback sex with" without any counter-points. And in some cases we are doing this with persons who are barely within the age of majority. Do you really think eighteen year olds are actually typically developed to the point where they will do diligent research on what will keep them safe all on their own? Or are they not still typically in need of quasi-parental counsel in this matter?