ABSTINENCE
IS SEX WORTH AN STD?
TOO HOT NOT TO TOUCH.......
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At my house we have a wood burning stove. On the coldest nights it will wrap its’ amazing warmth around you proving its love by protecting you from the bitter cold outside. It’ s a great looking piece of furniture, and a great conversation piece. It’ s also really hot and will burn you if you touch it in the wrong place. In a lot of ways that stove is like a boyfriend I had in high school. He was great looking, definitely a conversation piece between me and my friends, and I know this sounds stupid, but just being near him made me feel warm all over. One big difference though was that when we“ touched” I didn’ t get burned right away … it took a few weeks, but then I kept getting burned by him over and over again over the next few years. Yes, I’ m talking about sex, but don’ t stop reading … this isn’ t just my story, it’ s the story of thousands of students who made decisions about their lives and relationships without getting all the information they needed to make the choices that were right for them. But first, we need to settle the definition of sex. When it comes to Sexually Transmitted Diseases( STD’ s), any genital contact counts as sex. Guys, let me put this a different way; when your junk touches or gets touched, that’ s technically sex. Mouth, hands, other junk; if it touches, STD’ s become an issue. The only sure way to avoid STD’ s and all the drama that comes with them is … don’ t touch the stove. If you are not having sex you are not going to get a STD.
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The first time I got burned was about
for a couple of years.
6 weeks after I touched the stove. I found out later that you are 3 times more likely to get an STD than to get pregnant, but that first burn wasn’ t a baby or an STD. The first burn was when we broke up. I didn’ t know it at the time, but the average high school couple will breakup 21 days after having sex. After having my heart broken I decided to take things a little slower the next time around. The next time actually wasn’ t
In all that time nobody ever told me that STD’ s are the most common diseases in America next to the flu and common cold. It turns out there are more than 27 different STD’ s and 11 of them are incurable. At least 1 out of 2 sexually active people get a genital HPV infection at some point in their lives. That’ s nasty! HPV is warts, nasty incurable warts on( and for girls, in) your parts( definitely do not do a HPV image search). Untreated gonorrhea or chlamydia can cause chronic pelvic pain, infertility, cancer and in extreme cases, death). 1 in 4 teenage girls already have at least one STD. And yes, girls run a higher risk than guys. Girls are easier to infect and damage because their bodies are constantly developing and changing. About 50 % of all STD’ s occur in people under the age of 25.
Of course I’ d heard about condoms and“ safer sex” but that wasn’ t something I really fully understood, or even cared about. I figured I could be careful, protect myself, and if I did get any symptoms I’ d
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