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Chlamydia helps young men feel more 'manly':

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Ripclawe

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Generation Y people!


http://www.thelocal.se/21622/20090822/

Young men who contract sexually transmitted diseases often view their afflictions as an affirmation of their manhood, a new Swedish study shows.

Upon learning they’ve been infected with a sexually transmitted disease, some young people simply see themselves as unlucky, while others undergo a maturation process which leads them to be more careful in their sexual habits, according to midwife and University of Skövde researcher Kina Hammarlund.

But members of a third group – consisting entirely of young men – succeed in transforming their diseases into a sign of their manhood.

With other male friends slapping on the shoulders and offering encouraging comments about “success with the ladies”, young men who contract diseases such as chlamydia or genital warts can come to view their infection as a badge of honour, rather than a serious health problem.

“There are no girls that do this. Girls are still supposed to acquire sexual experiences in the dark,” Hammarlund told the TT news agency.

Hammarlund’s findings are based on a series of interviews with young men and women between the ages of 16- and 30-years-old carried out as a part of her recently published doctoral dissertation.

During the course of the study, entitled Riskfyllda möten (‘Risky Encounters’), Hammarlund noted significant differences between the ways that young men and women felt about discussing their sexual habits.

“It was hard to get guys involved in the study. They were simply not interested in sitting alone with a nearly 50-year-old lady and talking about what they considered failure when it comes to sex,” she said in a statement.

But girls were more used to discussing sexual experiences with other women behind the closed doors.

“They didn’t feel comfortable when it became a larger group. The guys, on the other hand, seemed to not have any problems with the group situation,” she explained.

The study revealed that young men and women remain wrapped up in a game about being chosen by someone else which can result in misunderstandings when it comes to using condoms that could prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

The responses gathered by Hammarlund show that a girl fears she will upset a guy if she asks him to use a condom. Meanwhile, the guy doesn’t want to take out a condom first out of fear the action will show that he assumed he would be having sex even before the encounter began.

“Whatever happened to making out? Whatever happened to heavy petting? Sex is no longer a big deal for young people. It’s something girls use to get boyfriends, while guys want to gain experience,” she told TT.

Hammarlund said she is disappointed in the results of the study, claiming they indicate a lack of progress when it comes to overcoming gender stereotypes.

“Despite all the talk about gender equality, it seems like today’s young people are wrestling with the same prejudices and stereotypical gender roles that existed when I was young in the 1970s,” she said.
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Fimbulvetr

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"Aww yeah, see my claps. HUAAUGH!!!"*flexes STDs*


"Psh that's nothing, look how big my herpes sores are."

Back in my day we had to compare muscle size.

Then someone decided it was a good idea to claim you had a huge penis without any real proof.

Now STDs? Really?

Moar liek generation "y r u doin' dis?". amirite?
 
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Fenderputty

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MWS Natural said:
:lol They used to call me "Raw Dawg" back in highschool...definitely was proud and lucky as all hell I graduated without contracting something.
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Better than "Red Wing Master" :lol

I don't have my wings lol
 
i_am_ben

i_am_ben

running_here_and_there
Fenderputty said:
Is this only for curable diseases?

How would someone spin Herpes into a positive?
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you should look up HIV 'bug chasers' and 'gifting'.

i weep for humanity.
 
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Veidt

Blasphemer who refuses to accept bagged milk as his personal savior
Sweden doesn't count.

I feel very manly by not getting an STD, thank you very much.
 
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joshcryer

it's ok, you're all right now
This is not new at all, and it exists everywhere. It starts as a basic "look on the bright side" type of thing.

Break an arm and people will say "at least you're tough" (broke both my wrists when I was 16, being told I was tough did not really help).

Get in a bad car accident "hey everyone gets in at least one car accident! You just earned your driving badge!" (Not really said that way, but I've heard something similar.)

Now the Swedes may be crazy and different and seek out trashy girls, but that's another story (it's possible that they're hooking up with those legal prostitutes).
 
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Lelielle

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I honestly think having sex to prove your "manhood" on it own is pretty dumb and encourages predatory dating behavior, plus the whole double standard BS. I think with the STD thing might be from all the boasting of sexual conquest (they may or may not have had) young dudes might have been asking for some kind of proof now, and what could be more proof of having sex for dumb reasons than big infected warts on your wang.
 
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siddx

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I want to name my daughter Chlamydia, such a pretty name.
 
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fortified_concept

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But members of a third group – consisting entirely of young men – succeed in transforming their diseases into a sign of their manhood.
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It's also a sign of moronic behaviour but humanity has always had a special way of forgiving stupidity and awarding idiocy and hypocrisy.

Congrats disease spreading fucktard you're a man! You fucked a girl without a condom! Bravo!
 
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yuna55

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ajim

ajim

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Bug chasing is fucking evil and disgusting, whats even worse are the people who willingly give it to them with or without consent.

FUUUUUU.
 
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pseudocaesar

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She's right though when she said girls use sex to get boyfriends. My mate had sex with this girl once and she kept on throwing herself at him, had sex a few more times and bam they are together now. Just kinda stumbled into the relationship.
 
i_am_ben

i_am_ben

running_here_and_there
Scuba Steve said:
I should host a bug party....

Anyone down?
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you should organise it with the guys who wanted to a host a GAF Mixed Martial Arts tournament and the NY GAF meet up


3 birds 1 stone.
 
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shintoki

sparkle this bitch
"At some, there is one member of the "orgy" that is HIV positive. Only this individual and the host know his positive status. The remaining participants know that there is an infected person in the room, but do not know his identity. The participants then partake in a night usually filled with alcohol, drugs and of course unsafe sex"

Holy shit, It's like Russian Roulette combined with Gay Sex. :lol
 
ajim

ajim

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shintoki said:
"At some, there is one member of the "orgy" that is HIV positive. Only this individual and the host know his positive status. The remaining participants know that there is an infected person in the room, but do not know his identity. The participants then partake in a night usually filled with alcohol, drugs and of course unsafe sex"

Holy shit, It's like Russian Roulette combined with Gay Sex. :lol
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Theres other orgys where there is one guy (usually young and naive) and a group of HIV positive men taking turns having sex with him seeing if they can infect him.

Shit is insane. There are communities out there dedicated to this stuff, and a heap of articles :S
 
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HylianTom

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ajim said:
Theres other orgys where there is one guy (usually young and naive) and a group of HIV positive men taking turns having sex with him seeing if they can infect him.

Shit is insane. There are communities out there dedicated to this stuff, and a heap of articles :S
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Bug chasers, I think they're called.
 
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jorma

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fortified_concept said:
It's also a sign of moronic behaviour but humanity has always had a special way of forgiving stupidity and awarding idiocy and hypocrisy.

Congrats disease spreading fucktard you're a man! You fucked a girl without a condom! Bravo!
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Gee, dont overreact. Dude tries to spin something negative into something positive; it's not a big deal.

Also, the study was on 8 males with genital warts. Not teh AIDS, not chlamydia (the article got the translation wrong) and not herpes.
The study did not give any numbers apart from that there were 8 persons in the study, but those who didnt seem to react by spinning it into a positve apparantly reacted with self loathing. I'm not sure that's so much better.

Now these bug chasing parties on the other hand.. wtf?
 
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SCULLIBUNDO

Banned
Look, I don't know what you boys do on the Gaming side of GAF - frankly I don't want to know. But here, in the OFF-TOPIC DISCUSSION, we do not post fucking VG Cats.
 
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Binabik15

Member
If it´s (photoshopped?) about a certain GAF member and his run in with STDs then yes, we do.

And be afraid of diseases blue alien chicks might have, hmkay?

<3 :lol
 
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