How To Get An Std Without Having 'Sex'

Last night, I hung out with a few girlfriends and I was SHOCKED to find out how poorly they handled their sexual life.

AKA NOT USING A CONDOM!

Like seriously, it was SO easy for them to sleep with someone that they barely know without a condom. Even when they are not on the pill.
So they potentially could get an STD and/or get pregnant!

Now, I am not judging their behaviour whatsoever.

But what I am worried about is their own (sexual) health.

Because they REALLY don't realize the potentially life-threatening nasty ass diseases they can get from being so lackadaisical in their condom usage.

Like they really don't know the ins and outs of STD's, and I realized that most of the human population is pretty much unaware of the stuff you can get from being sexually active.

So this spurred me on to start writing more about this topic.
Because really there needs to be more education.

So here's the first post.

Let me make this LOUD and CLEAR for you!

Yes, You Can Get An Std Without Having 'Sex

I put the word sex in apostrophes because A LOT of people don't consider fellatio or cunnilingus or a whole range of sexual acts as sex. When in reality, this actually is sex!

So how can you get an STD without having 'sex'?

⚫ KISSING ⚫
Yup, that's right. From having a bit of a cheeky snog with someone, you can actually get an STD. And it's all down to swapping spit. From saliva, you can get the so-called 'kissing disease', Mononucleosis, but also Herpes. And although people assume that if you get a cold sore on your lip, you cannot get it on your genitals, but this is NOT true. If you have the herpes virus, it can manifest itself ANYWHERE in your body. Including your beloved private parts!

⚫ BLOOD TRANSFUSION ⚫
Now, I am going to say right off the bat that this is HIGHLY UNLIKELY in our extremely clean hospitals nowadays because apparently every unit of blood is tested for HIV antibodies. But there's a VERY high chance of getting HIV if you get a blood transfusion with HIV-contaminated blood.

⚫ SHAVING ⚫
If you happen to use someone's else razor who tests positive for HIV and/or has hepatitis A,B,C or D, you run the risk of catching these disease. By breaking the skin and mixing blood, you could potentially get one of the diseases! This is why you should NEVER use someone else's razor!

⚫ ORAL SEX ⚫
Now let's settle this once and for all.
FROM ORAL SEX YOU CAN GET PRETTY MUCH ANY STD.
From chlamydia to gonorrhea to genital herpes to syphillis to HIV to hepatitis to quite a few more!
So wrap that shit up with a condom or use a dental dam if you want to enjoy yourself without risking any of these 'lovely' diseases to be your temporary or possibly permanent friend.

⚫ CONTAMINATED FOOD ⚫
Yup, it's true.
If someone with hepatitis A didn't wash their hands after visiting the loo, and then prepared your wonderful meal that you enjoyed so much, there's a chance that you got hepatitis A.
GREAT.

⚫ SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT ⚫
Just by skin-to-skin contact, you can catch HPV or Herpes. Now this may seem way extreme and the chances are pretty slim, but it all depends on the condition of the skin and how progressive the infection is!

⚫ INDIRECT CONTACT ⚫
You can get Trichomaniasis from hand-to-genital contact or even from using an unwashed sex toy!

⚫ SHARING STUFF ⚫
From sharing towels, clothes or even bed sheets, you can get a few diseases. The Trichomaniasis parasite loves to hang out in damp places (like towels) just waiting to infect you. Not forgetting our wonderful little creepies, pubic lice. They'd love to jump on your genitals while you are using your friend's towel that they had just so kindly let you use.

⚫ GETTING YOUR TAN ON ⚫
From skin-to-tanbed-to-skin contact, you could get Molluscum contagiosum or it's nickname water warts! You can also get this from sharing stuff and indirect contact!

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Right, so there we have it.
A few ways how to get an STD without having 'sex'.

Did you know about any of these ways?

The source I used as evidence can be found HERE
The cover photo was made by me in Canva and the other two photos come from the amazing site unsplash.com!
BIG love,

Ashley

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