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by wemdyjreichert 2617 days ago
> Abstinence is absurd, regressive, arcane, etc, and doesn't belong in 2019 nor does it work on 2019.

Why do you call it these things? Your opinion is not a source. I think both of us can agree it is 100% effective with respect to disease prevention. We're running into antibiotic-resistant STDs because people won't stop sleeping around. From the CDC: "Gonorrhea has progressively developed resistance to the antibiotic drugs prescribed to treat it." [0]

> cervical cancer is just 2 of the 14 strains of cancer causing HPV that we know of.

"The main type of cancer linked to HPV infection is cervical cancer. Virtually all cases of cervical cancer are caused by HPV." [1] Yes there are risks of other cancer, but they are very small unless you are gay.

[0] https://www.cdc.gov/std/gonorrhea/arg/default.htm

[1] https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-canc...