Comments on: Ask the Misanthrope: Cunnilingus HIV Risk

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:56:13 +0000

This was a great response, and I suspect the CDC would concur.

But you can always email and ask them! They were great with our recent little crisis - responded the next day with references to recent literature and a totally non-judgmental attitude. Yay for real, compassionate scientists!

By: Goddess of Java

Goddess of Java — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:28:28 +0000

Rainy, someone needs to start following you around with a camera and a needle full of sodium pentathol.

By: Rainy

Rainy — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:19:00 +0000

Honestly - if people are too embarrassed to go ask for an STD test then they have no business having sex. Period. And no business being poly. There’s no room for dancing around this stuff.

I just go to the porn star clinic in Van Nuys. AIM Healthcare. Full panel, results quickly, no fuss, no muss, no judgement. Just friendly people. It’s hard to be embarrassed in a room full of porn stars.

The worst thing that’s ever happened to me at that clinic is, some gentleman who I’ve seen naked on multiple DVDs asked me if I’d knit him a sock. I was knitting in the waiting room. And I had to bite my tongue not to ask, “Just one? I think what you’re asking for as a ‘cosy’ not a sock.”

By: Melomel

Melomel — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:32:24 +0000

There are ways other than going into sexual health clinics, too. There are companies on the net (I won’t recommend any particular one, but Google will show a bunch) that basically subcontract out to labs - you pay their fee, and then you just go to the local lab.

They’re typically the same labs that do a lot of random drug testing work for employers, so there be no stigma whatsoever attached to going to one.

By: Dramlin

Dramlin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:16:03 +0000

Oh yes — people who are embarrassed to be seen entering a sexual health clinic! I don’t understand what’s embarrassing about admitting you care about your health, especially in an area where your health can affect someone else’s health. Maybe it’s a nurse thing, but keep me away from people who won’t get tested if they’re sexually active.