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0 pointsETH_start1y ago0 comments

But after re-reading my comment, I see now that it could be read as me suggesting that censorship of STI prevention information could lead to less male-to-male sexual contact and thereby reduce STI infection rates and with it deaths. That wasn't what I intended to convey. I was referring to censorship of LGBT material in general potentially having that effect.

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defrost1y ago

Re-reading comments in the light of feedback is always interesting, we often project and appear to say what we don't actually intend - I'm prone to that more and more now that I'm getting older.

I'm still not sold on the notion that limiting public infomation reduces the incidence of gay sex in a society; the Victorians famously did that and ended up with Polari, rent boys, Green Carnations, and generally no end of coded communication.

It made the puritans feel better but did little good otherwise.

ETH_startOP1y ago

I'm not sold on the idea either. But it's plausible enough to consider as a possibility in my opinion. Even with all sorts of work-arounds and coded language, the overall volume of male-to-male sexual contact and STI infection might decline with such censorship.

Regardless, censorship is not the path to a healthy society and should be rejected on principle.

defrost1y ago

Looking at the data for my country, Australia, the greatest volume of STI infection by far is from Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, and Syphilis which are in no way confined to male-to-male transmission.

If a society is looking to decrease STI infection rates I don't see why they'd limit focus to LGBT material and expect any kind of useful result.

When AIDs first appeared Australia made public health announcements addressing all forms of sex as AIDs wasn't limit to male-to-male sexual transmission either, that was merely the demographic pool that STI first appeared in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSmaWEK_rD4

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defrost1y ago

Re-reading comments in the light of feedback is always interesting, we often project and appear to say what we don't actually intend - I'm prone to that more and more now that I'm getting older.

It made the puritans feel better but did little good otherwise.

ETH_startOP1y ago

Regardless, censorship is not the path to a healthy society and should be rejected on principle.

defrost1y ago

Looking at the data for my country, Australia, the greatest volume of STI infection by far is from Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, and Syphilis which are in no way confined to male-to-male transmission.

If a society is looking to decrease STI infection rates I don't see why they'd limit focus to LGBT material and expect any kind of useful result.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSmaWEK_rD4

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