[BigBubbleButt]

Is that not an objective statement? I'm aware of the controversy, but that doesn't mean we should ignore facts.

[robonerd]

I think you read more than he said. I'm not sure what Animats meant, but I don't think he said whatever you're responding to.

[chrismckleroy]

Could it be in reference to the AIDS epidemic, with quotes such as this classifying the early days of that?

[mmmpop]

I don't think he said anything that merits more than a "what do you mean?" in response.

So I ask this person too, "what do you mean?"

[jliptzin]

The problem with that messaging is it’s hard to take back. Even in 2022, I have straight friends who regularly have unprotected sex with random women and don’t think HIV applies to them because they’re not gay.

[hn_throwaway_99]

I'm a gay man, and I'm on PrEP because I know I'm at higher risk of HIV. If I were straight and (1) neither I nor my partners used IV drugs, (2) neither I nor my partners had any visible STDs and I got checked for STDs regularly and (3) I were circumcized, to be honest I'd be fine having unprotected sex with random women because my chance of acquiring HIV would be exceedingly, exceedingly low. My chance of acquiring other STDs, especially Chlamydia, would be much higher, but if I were getting checked regularly it seems like a reasonable risk for a treatable disease.

[Akronymus]

> ...and (3) I were circumcized,...

Does circumcision actually have a non-neglible impact on the risk? From what I remember, it is insignificant, at best.

[hn_throwaway_99]

Circumcision provides a very large protective effect. Circumcized males are 2 to 8 times less likely to contract HIV: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127372/

You can Google for other studies - the protective effect of circumcision is significant and large.

[jliptzin]

I am on prep too but still there’s a difference between consciously accepting a certain level of risk vs just assuming the risk is nonexistent because of poorly communicated information

[croes]

It's a coincidence not a causality. Some could have happened on a "straight" rave.