Rob Slane: We need a wholesale cultural shift in the way we think about sex
by Rob Slane, TCW:
A few weeks ago, the BBC reported on a rise in a new strain of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), which are proving to be resistant to treatment. Here is an extract from their report:
“Doctors have expressed ‘huge concern’ that super-gonorrhoea has spread widely across England and to gay men. The new superbug prompted a national alert last year when it emerged in Leeds, as one of the main treatments had become useless against it. Public Health England acknowledges measures to contain the outbreak have been of “limited success” and an official said:
‘It is clear that the huge growth in sexually transmitted infections has come about as a result of promiscuous lifestyles. Previous advice has been about encouraging people to practise safe-sex to minimise the risk of STIs. But I’m afraid this hasn’t worked in the past and it’s not working now. It’s time we faced reality: the only truly safe-sex approach that will stop the spread of STIs is rediscovering the idea of pre-marital chastity and a lifelong commitment to marriage.’”
Okay, so she didn’t really say that. You can relax again and take a deep breath, fully reassured that our culture hasn’t actually discovered a dose of sanity. That would be really disorientating, wouldn’t it?
What the head of the STI unit at Public Health England, Dr Gwenda Hughes, actually said, according to the real BBC report, is that we should be “encouraging people to practise safe-sex to minimise the risk of STIs.” (As an aside, it’s kind of weird that back in the day people used to have sex, but these days they only practise it. And after all those years of sex-ed too.)
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