"More Sex is Safer Sex" Paradox (Python)

Re:"More Sex is Safer Sex" Paradox (Python) by barrkel on Friday October 01, 2010 @06:38PM (#1749045)

The key bit that this author is missing is prostitutes as the "high-activity players". If it's easier for people to get with "low-activity players", it naturally reduces the activity of the "high-activity players".

Also, the "high-activity players" modeled as 1 per 10 days seems pretty low, to me. In an extremely conservative society using prostitutes as a sexual outlet for unmarried young men, I would expect rates in excess of 10 per day, not 1 per 10 days.

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Re:"More Sex is Safer Sex" Paradox (Python) by xenophanes on Friday October 01, 2010 @06:41PM (#1749052)

Is STD risk with prostitutes very high? They have more sex but they also have more STD tests, more sheet-washings, more knowledge about safe sex.

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Re:"More Sex is Safer Sex" Paradox (Python) by barrkel on Friday October 01, 2010 @06:55PM (#1749111)

That's very dependent on the country, situation, wealth, etc. What are the rates among prostitutes in Saudi Arabia, for example? A quick internet scan indicates in that they are from Indonesia, Nigeria etc., and 20 or younger. With prostitution being illegal, how easily can they get STD tests? If they are being trafficked / lured in at a young age, what's their likely education level and autonomy for insisting on safe sex?

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