No Your Status

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We need to drill into the minds of young children to use a condom at all times and test for status when it comes to STDs. Young children grown into young adults who will at a point and time will have sex. Be it heterosexual, gay, lesbian or both the point is they need to learn to protect themselves against STDs. Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 the online scientific journal PLos One published data that shows the largest increase of HIV infection was among bisexual men and men who have sex with men. They are saying that it is an “alarming increase”. That statement alone should push for better education on sex and testing to help lift the stigma of being a young African American male who has sex with other males.

"We cannot allow the health of a new generation of gay men to be lost to a preventable disease. It's time to renew the focus on HIV among gay men and confront the homophobia and stigma that all too often accompany this disease."1(Mermin, J) The key to helping reduce the amount of new cases with in the community is to prevent young people from contracting the disease. I feel that the way to prevent is to better educate young people. Know matter how we feel in regards to sex or sexuality. Yes I believe in abstinence until a young person is mental ready and understand the consequences of having sex. Young people have sex no matter if you a parent attempts to act as if it doesn’t exist. It’s better to educate them on not only pregnancy but on STDs and how to prevent both with the use of condoms.

It’s a scare fact when you see that in 2006-2009 48% increase on HIV in males ages 13-29 who are having sex with other males. Prevention by letting them now that using condoms at all times will help protect them from contract HIV. If these young people are denying that they are have sex with other males, not using protection then I doubt that they are testing themselves to check there STD status. Which just keeps them in a bad cycle which may end up with them dead very early. I will continue to educate my daughters on there body’s, sex, STD’s, prevention and yes that there are men and women who sleep with both sex’s. Education and knowing your status in my opinion is key to help prevent STD’s and passing them on to sexual partners.


Reference

Young, S. (2011, August 3). HIV infection rates mostly stable, increasing among young, gay black men. Retrieved from http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/03/hiv-infection-rates-stable-but-increasing-among-young-gay-black-men/