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0 pointsETH_start1y ago0 comments

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.

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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

ETH_startOP1y ago

I agree that the focus shouldn't be solely on LGBT material, but there’s a strong public health case for giving disproportionate attention (not censorship) to MSM activity. The data consistently shows higher rates of STIs like HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, etc in MSM populations. Targeting resources toward high-risk groups increases public health policy efficacy.

But as you point out, STIs aren’t confined to any one group, so focusing exclusively on MSM activity would be a mistake.

With respect to HIV, its prevalence among MSM is 20 to 30 times higher than in the general population.

defrost1y ago

Data here shows that

    In 2022, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continued to experience significantly higher rates of STIs that non-Indigenous Australians.

    “Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are diagnosed with chlamydia two times more frequently than non-Indigenous people. For gonorrhoea and syphilis, the rate is more than five times as high.

Then gay men, higher than others but not so extremely high as ATSIC people.

This all points to the need for better community outreach programs to better inform specific communities, etc.

ETH_startOP1y ago

So I think we are in agreement that outreach programs to high risk communities are a good idea and that these outreach programs shouldn't be limited to one community.

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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

ETH_startOP1y ago

But as you point out, STIs aren’t confined to any one group, so focusing exclusively on MSM activity would be a mistake.

With respect to HIV, its prevalence among MSM is 20 to 30 times higher than in the general population.

defrost1y ago

Data here shows that

    In 2022, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continued to experience significantly higher rates of STIs that non-Indigenous Australians.

    “Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are diagnosed with chlamydia two times more frequently than non-Indigenous people. For gonorrhoea and syphilis, the rate is more than five times as high.

Then gay men, higher than others but not so extremely high as ATSIC people.

This all points to the need for better community outreach programs to better inform specific communities, etc.

ETH_startOP1y ago

So I think we are in agreement that outreach programs to high risk communities are a good idea and that these outreach programs shouldn't be limited to one community.

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