[Shadizar]

Genital warts have been around for centuries, the link between them and HPV or any other std wasn't made until recently.

[AnaK]

	Originally Posted by Shadizar To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Genital warts have been around for centuries, the link between them and HPV or any other std wasn't made until recently.

The link wasn't discovered, but it may have been (almost certainly was) always there.

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Originally Posted by JustMel To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

I don't make ad hominem snarks. Nor do I give a flying fuck if you judge me or not. I don't hide how many partners I've had nor am I ashamed of them. They're irrelevant. Just as your lack of is irrelevant. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Our point is that you're throwing out arguments that until your last post had no validation. I had HPV before I ever had sex. It lead to cervical cancer which lead to a hysterectomy at the age of 25. I probably know more about it than all the statistics you're likely to dig up. As the population goes up so do STDs. As the population increases so do unplanned pregnancies. As the population goes up so do the number of children living in one parent homes. Blah blah.

How did you get HPV before you were sexually active, just out of curiosity? I seem to remember you posting on a thread that you lost your virginity at a very young age, like 13 or something.

I don't know a lot about it, but...

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How do people get HPV? HPV is passed on through genital contact, most often during vaginal and anal sex. HPV may also be passed on during oral sex and genital-to-genital contact. HPV can be passed on between straight and same-sex partners—even when the infected partner has no signs or symptoms. A person can have HPV even if years have passed since he or she had sexual contact with an infected person. Most infected persons do not realize they are infected or that they are passing the virus on to a sex partner. It is also possible to get more than one type of HPV. Rarely, a pregnant woman with genital HPV can pass HPV to her baby during delivery. Very rarely, the child can develop juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (JORRP).

Anyway....

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	•Women with many sexual partners, or whose partners have had many partners, are more at risk of developing cervical cancer. This is because their behaviour is more likely to expose them to HPV. However, a woman with only one partner could contract HPV if that partner has previously been in contact with the virus.

	•Using a condom offers only very limited protection from transmission of HPV.

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	Originally Posted by catzmeow To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I find it rare to find a human with such black/white beliefs that's over 30 and an N. My parents are both S's, and they're still completely black/white, but they started out that way and have just gotten worse. INFPs can be somewhat rigid, though, since so much of what they know about love is completely theoretical and formulated entirely inside their heads.

Some of us don't have religious parents to rebel against. We think for ourselves and make up our own minds. Sorta like an atheist with a strong moral compass.

[Shoshana]

	Originally Posted by Shadizar To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Genital warts have been around for centuries, the link between them and HPV or any other std wasn't made until recently.

the NIH article, which cited a 1954 JAMA article, seemed to suggest that an outbreak of genital warts from returning soldiers (who subsequently passed them onto their wives) merited attention because it was something new and different. The implication is that HPV made its appearance on the American scene right around then. That's how it sounded to me. perhaps you interpret it differently.

[JustMel]

	Originally Posted by AnaK To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	How did you get HPV before you were sexually active, just out of curiosity? I seem to remember you posting on a thread that you lost your virginity at a very young age, like 13 or something.

The specialist said that my particular strain was probably passed from my mother to me during childbirth. Because cervical and uterine cancer runs in my family it was recommended that all females in the family receive regular check ups when they start having periods. Considering that I started at 9 I had my first pelvic and pap smear at 12. I already had precancerous cells, dysplasia, then.

What does losing my virginity at a young age have to do with HPV? I've probably had more sexual partners than any three people in this thread and have had zero STDs.

[catzmeow]

	Originally Posted by JustMel To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	hat does losing my virginity at a young age have to do with HPV? I've probably had more sexual partners than any three people in this thread and have had zero STDs.

It's possible, but unlikely that you've had more sex than me. I've also never had an STD, and I've been tested multiple times. Though, I had most of my partners between ages 20-24.

[JustMel]

	Originally Posted by catzmeow To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	It's possible, but unlikely that you've had more sex than me. I've also never had an STD, and I've been tested multiple times. Though, I had most of my partners between ages 20-24.

I thought about qualifying my response with "other than Plot and Catzmeow" but thought it would be kinda tacky.

Most of mine were in my early 20s too.

[AnaK]

Originally Posted by JustMel To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

The specialist said that my particular strain was probably passed from my mother to me during childbirth. Because cervical and uterine cancer runs in my family it was recommended that all females in the family receive regular check ups when they start having periods. Considering that I started at 9 I had my first pelvic and pap smear at 12. I already had precancerous cells, dysplasia, then. What does losing my virginity at a young age have to do with HPV? I've probably had more sexual partners than any three people in this thread and have had zero STDs.

Just that for you to know you didn't get HPV from sex, you would have had to have been diagnosed before then, like at age 12, as you say you were. And the link did mention that passing HPV from mother to daughter during childbirth was rare.

[zibber]

	Originally Posted by AnaK To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Just that for you to know you didn't get HPV from sex, you would have had to have been diagnosed before then, like at age 12, as you say you were. And the link did mention that passing HPV from mother to daughter during childbirth was rare.

So.. lies?

[IchibanDasai]

In all honesty, I would not. Ever. But that is my personal taste - there will be women for you who will not care, and you should not worry too much about it. There is someone for everyone.

In all honesty, I actually hope for the opposite - someone sexually inexperienced, like myself. I am in my early twenties. I have absolutely no 'problem' attracting men at all (as people like to think when you're a virgin in your twenties), so it's not like the opportunity doesn't arise ...I'm just very discerning and attraction comes rarely for me.

I don't particularly hold the concept of virginity to any high standard, and I have no religious motivation, but it's simply the idea that it would be pretty cool for the person I've waited for all this time to have waited for me also, so that we can bond over the first experiences together. You know...simply something we have in common.

Also, in all honesty, having had many partners in the past communicates to me someone who is not likely to commit to me, or someone who might be a bit confused as to what they want, etc.

Well, perhaps I'll also feel a bit inadequate for my first time if my partner has had multiple partners before me.

[plotthickens]

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