At 09:18 22-11-2002 -0500, Kat Feete wrote:
So, if Sonja and I had not gotten married but had stuck to mutually faithful co-habitation, there would have been a greater risk to either of us to get some STD infection? Could someone please explain how a piece of paper protects either of us from such infections?"The only 100 percent effective way to avoid nonmarital pregnancy and STD infection is to avoid sexual activity outside a mutually faithful, lifelong relationship - marriage," says the Texas-based Medical Institute for Sexual Health. The group's founder, Dr. Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr., now sits on the presidential AIDS panel.
Really, the only 100 percent effective way to avoid nonmarital pregnancy and STD infection is <shudder> abstinence. <shudder some more>
Personally, I think that the mere existence of people like McIlhaney is more than enough reason to use condoms... <GRIN>
Jeroen "Three times a day keeps the doctor away" van Baardwijk
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