HIV
A brothel operator helped get Nevada's law changed but not everyone is down with male prostitution.
Our buddies over at Gawker have some interesting news for us: Nevada's de facto ban on man-hos has come to an end. Prostitution has been legal in the Silver State for nigh 40 years, but had not included men on account of a stipulation that all sex workers have regular STD-wary cervical examinations. The male anatomy, ever resplendent, sorely lacks a cervix, and 9 out of 10 members of the gender couldn't even tell you what the cervix does, or where it is located. Read: Brothels Feel The Economic Crunch
Back in the 1970s, men traded sexual services … Read More
HIV positive man miffed at HIV negative wife, decides to inject her with the virus.
Of all the crazy schemes men use to get laid, this one has got to rank at the most vile. That's both saying a lot and putting this catastrophe mildly. Men And Women And Why Their "Counts" Don't Add Up
According to a report at The Huffington Post, a 35-year-old HIV-positive man in New Zealand injected his sleeping HIV-negative wife with the virus so she'd pony up and have sex with him.
After finding out her husband tested positive for the virus while she and her children remained HIV-free, the wife agreed to protected sex with him. While … Read More
HIV is a downside to love that's more dangerous than a broken heart.
In honor of World AIDS Day, we've pulled together some of our content on HIV/AIDS. For more information on World AIDS Day and working towards a cure, check out the World AIDS Day website. Stay informed and stay protected.
When Sex Is A Weapon: Surviving Date Rape
She never thought she'd consider herself lucky, until she learned about her rapist's death.
Using Hitler To Ensure Safe Sex
What's the connection between the Third Reich's leader and AIDS?
Oral Sex The Key To HIV Antibodies?
A study has a new theory for generating antibodies for the AIDS virus.
Her rapist is dead, but new revelations about his life re-open a victim's wounds.
I just found out that my rapist is dead. Not only is he dead, but he ended up killing a lot of women. I always wondered if he would rape again, but I never thought he would graduate to murder.
I was 15 when I met him. It was at a friend's birthday party, and he was from another school, a friend of a friend or a cousin of a friend. We played ping-pong and pool, and he said he liked that I was not one of those girls who sat and watched the boys play, hoping to be noticed.
He was … Read More
Health officials lure people to get tested with a $10 Wal-Mart gift card and it works!
How does a frustrated health worker amidst a scary syphilis outbreak get people to check their bits? Chlamydia Now Being Blamed For Male Infertility As Well
Offer them $10 gift cards to Wal-Mart, of course. Duh!
Syphilis cases in Forsyth, N.C. have more than tripled in the past year, and health officials are delighted that a Wal-Mart gift card seems to be the missing, high-rolling link to get people interested in their HIV and syphilis status.
After a weekend of door-to-door canvassing, health workers got 603 people tested for syphlilis and HIV. When surveyed, half said the … Read More
Would Hitler's face make you use condoms?
The media is a all a bustle about a German safe sex advertisement depicting a woman getting banged by Adolf Hitler. The minute-long advertisement starts with two lustful things ripping each others clothes off and after a few passionate thrusts the man lifts his head and reveals a Hitler face. Safe Sex Ring Tone
The ominous German phrase: Aids Ist Ein Massenmorder (translation: AIDS is a mass murderer) is then splashed across the screen.
The advertisement garnered criticism from organizations representing AIDS victims because there is no mention of using a condom. This is true. Theoretically, a … Read More
It's a vaginal gel for women in AIDS-afflicted countries, but shouldn't it be for everyone?
In what might be the most miraculous thing to happen to sexually active women since the invention of the pill, University of Utah scientists have developed a new kind of "molecular condom" to protect women in Africa and other impoverished areas from AIDS.
The vaginal gel, which is inserted before sex, turns semisolid in the presence of semen, trapping AIDS virus particles in a microscopic mesh so they can't infect vaginal cells. Birth Control: Should He Pay for Half?
If you're like us, you're probably thinking two things upon learning of this invention:
1) That everyone on the Utah … Read More
One man shares his candid thoughts about dating a woman with herpes.
A reader sent me an email and asked me if I would ever date someone with an incurable STD. She had recently been diagnosed with the HSV virus (that’s herpes, y'all), and wanted my answer to be honest and not "PC." So here it is goes, my unvarnished, gut reaction to the question: No, I would not date someone with an incurable STD.
Like all things having to do with love and sex and relationships, so much depends on the timing. If we're talking about a first date, I imagine the scenario would go something like this:
ME: "What are … Read More
A recent study in Uganda proves that ladies like their men minus the foreskin.
On our womanly quest for mind-blowing intercourse, us gals tend to have a laser-like focus on penis girth, length, and all around prettiness (if you will). But you'd be shocked to learn how little of our Cosmopolitan-laden discussions involve circumcision. Circumcision Doesn't Reduce Sexual Sensation
Perhaps this is because (according to some statistics) close to 80% of American men are cut. So in an American woman's dating experience she may run into an errant flappy-skinned (excuse the mental picture) man, but more often than not he'll fall into a novelty pile. In other words, there … Read More
A new study suggests frequent exposure to HIV through saliva produces immunity.
Sometimes a study comes out that makes you go: "Waaaaait a second, science. Where's the catch? I'm on to you!"
Such was the case when we came across this gem of a research project that claims giving head to HIV positive men may inadvertently boost one's own immune system to the virus. Yes, Klara Hasselrot of Stockholm's Karolinska Institutet is hypothesizing that antibodies are formed in the saliva of HIV negative folks with HIV positive partners who let the tainted semen mingle in their mouth, but not in their private parts.
What? But we've been told since … Read More
