Blog # 7

Many people equate STDs with immorality, promiscuous behavior and low social status. What are you thoughts on this statement?

Transmission of STDs are definitely a result of many careless sexual behaviors that people practice. However, sometimes it can be transmitted to an innocent people by their partners who suffer from this disease. I wouldn't say STDs are carried out by some kind of specific population but i think STDs easily affect those people who practice sex with more than one person without taking proper precautions. However, defination of a sexual practice with more than one partner could be labeled as immorality and promiscuous behavior by the society in one part of the world and same opinions could be labeled as a modern civilization in another part of the world. So, the question is whose socio-standards are relevant regarding to the transmission of STDs? For, example, i grew up in a society in Nepal where people usually hide these diseases because of a social denial. A person who practice sex with more than one person is labeled as a characterless and of lower moral standards. However, in United States people are involved in multiple sexual relationships and it's still valid.Some organizations have revelaed that widow and teenagers are among those people who are affected the most. But i would say that these STDs diseases have no barriers and could affect anyone whether they are old, young or teenagers but in my opinion STDs are really a problem of those people who practice unsafe sex with more than one person but i don't want to label them as low moral personalities. However, we can't deny the fact that some people tend to have developed those promiscuous behaviors and they are the most susceptible to these kind of diseases. So, it's people and their careless sexual behaviors who transmit and develop the STDs but i don't think it's an appropriate approach to label their behaviors as promiscuous and immoral acts.