Oh... dear statistic of the day
Jun. 6th, 2005 05:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trixtahFrom the Guardian Weekend section:
Safe sex is safe sex, at any age. It's great to be sexually active, but if any group thinks they're exempt from the nasties, some individuals are going to have a sharp wake-up call.
I wonder how much of it is a hangover from people not talking about such stuff (sexual history). I just would have assumed that people in their 30s during the 1970s wouldn't be too clueless (I suppose it was pre-HIV, but they still had the clap and syphilis then).
Older people do not, alas, always restrict themselves to such healthy, innocent pursuits [overseas travel]. The Health Protection Agency reports that more of us are catching sexually transmitted diseases. In the age group 45-64, syphilis increased by 275% between 1995 and 2003, chlamydia by 175%, and gonorrhoea by 254%. Studies have found that more than 80% of people over 50 are sexually active.
Safe sex is safe sex, at any age. It's great to be sexually active, but if any group thinks they're exempt from the nasties, some individuals are going to have a sharp wake-up call.
I wonder how much of it is a hangover from people not talking about such stuff (sexual history). I just would have assumed that people in their 30s during the 1970s wouldn't be too clueless (I suppose it was pre-HIV, but they still had the clap and syphilis then).