: If there were cures to all sexually transmitted diseases, what would : your comment be? : Of course, there is always risk in anything one does. Are you implying : that sexual activities partaken by lovers are safer than those between : sex workers and their clients? : How many people you know actually ask their partners to be checked for : STDs BEFORE becoming sexually involved with them? "Love" by itself : doesn't really protect anyone against these diseases. On the other : hand, most professional sex workers are aware that safety is of : paramount importance and thus always use protection and regularly : visit the doctor to ensure they are in good health because they want : to stay in business. : As the saying goes, the only way of having sex without any risk of : getting the diseases is abstinence (no sex at all) or masturbation : (if the hands are clean :). I have been reading the posts under this thread, and I have to say that it raises a most controversial issue. So controversial, that at one point I was starting to feel a little uneasy about it, wondering if I should regulate discussions of this kind. At the end, I decided not to set rules against this kind of discussions. Because although controversial, it is no doubt and interesting issue that I believe people will have different opinions on, and for you all to express your personal opinions is part of what makes this board so interesting. And that it is really not my job as a board maintainer to prevent such a discussion. Although perhaps just as a friendly reminder for all, when you raise a controversial issue like this, do try to be sensitive, and not to offend people in general. Anyway, back to the topic. I will raise two points on this. Firstly, purely with regard to STDs, because the post above seems to suggest that there is no greater risk in contracting a sexually transmitted disease whether you have sex with a professional sex worker or your partner. Two assumptions were made on this point, and, with respect, I would say that the assumptions are not well-founded. The first assumption is expressly stated, as that sex workers would visit the doctors regularly to ensure that they do not have diseases that they will pass to their clients. Whether that is true in itself is doubtful, but I am not in a position to comment, (as I personally have absolutely no knowledge in this area whatsoever) However, I think I can fairly say that the more sexual partners you have, the more you are exposed to the possibilities of STDs. And also that, for a lot of these diesases, there can be no symptoms for quite a long time. So on that basis, I would argue that when you have a sexual relation with a professional sex worker, the risks of catching a STD (or multimple STDs) is quite significant. The second assumption is not expressly stated, but rather implied. That is, the writer suggests that because one would not inquire as to whether their sexual partner has STDs, the risks of catching STDs from your own partner is more or less the same as the risk of catching it from a sex worker. Again I respectfully disagree with that, based on my own assumption (which you are all free to diagree with) that your partner is unlikely to have had as many sexual partners as a sex worker, who, presumably, has a different sexual partner every time. Therefore, your risks are much lower with your own partner. And I'm not saying that there is no risk, and certainly the risk increases if your partner (or yourself for that matter) have had many different sex partners in the past. But you mentioned love, and how it doesn't protect against diseases. But I would say that if you love someone, and are in a committed relationship with them, your risk of STDs is reduced with only one partner for a considerable period of time. So to conclude this section, I would say that, yes it's true that there's a risk in everything that you do, including the risk of catching diseases when you have sex with anyone. However, that is no reason to advocate for professional sex workers. Because the risks of catching STDs is significantly higher that if you have sex with a committed long-term partner. I wish to raise another point on the issue of morality. However, because this post is quite long already, I will post it separately. --

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