The Economics of Sex & STD's

[mundens]

You just have to read this NYT article : More Sex Is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics.

Here's some excerpts :It's true: AIDS is nature's awful retribution for our tolerance of immoderate and socially irresponsible sexual behaviour. The epidemic is the price of our permissive attitudes toward monogamy, chastity, and other forms

Comments

[debxena]

That was a very interesting article, but the portion that really hooked my attention was this:

Or, as one of my Slate readers suggested, we could have an online service to record negative HIV test results. You'd type in your prospective partner's name and get a response like "Last negative test result 7/4/2006." Or, to protect privacy, you'd type in not a name but an ID number provided by the partner. Your screen could show both a test result and a photo to avoid fake IDs.

A really good idea, and one worthy of being put into place. Because while I'm not going to stop using condoms with my partners (other that my husband, who I am fluid-bonded with), knowing they're being checked regularly - and having proof of that on top of their saying-on - is definitely a good thing.