※ 引述《obiter (加油！)》之銘言： : 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. That is a good point. Perhaps my tone was somewhat biased, but it wasn't my intention to suggest what you wrote above, but rather I tried to make readers realise that there is also definite risk in having sex even with a non-professional partner which they should not ignore and that STDs alone are not sufficient reasons to look down upon prostitution. Whether or not the two risks are comparable was not my original intent. Sorry for the confusion. : 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. Indeed, it was an assumption I made. Thank you for making it clear. I don't really know if sex workers really do get checked up on a regular basis, except to take their word for it or to ask for their doctor's check-up report. Nonetheless, when adequate protection is used properly, the risk of contracting many STDs is significantly reduced. This fact is supported by a number of studies. Because protection is never 100 % effective, however, I cannot argue with that engaging sexual relations with an individual who has been sexually active with many different partners does have a statistically higher probability of catching STDs than with one who has a "safer" sexual history. (In any case, if one would like to be absolutely sure, probability doesn't boost one's confidence very much. The only to be sure is to have one's partner thoroughly checked by qualified health professionals and to not have sex until the incubation periods of bacteria and viruses have passed. :) : 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. Again, due to my mistake, I cannot respond with anything other than saying I agree with what you have pointed out. But, my original statement that 'love doesn't protect one against diseases' still stands and does not contradict with your idea. : 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. Overall, I don't disagree with your conclusion. As an aside, how might people who do not have a committed sexual partner deal with their sexual drives? Is masturbation the only way? --

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