Why are there still so many people who believe that sexually transmitted diseases are only something gay......

Why are there still so many people who believe that sexually transmitted diseases are only something gay......people get?

AIDS/HIV
Statistics show that the majority of infected cases worldwide are men, women, and children with the highest infection rates in African nations due to lack of financial and social backing to stop the spread.Heterosexuals are the highest in infected cases worldwide.

Herpes
All are subjected to this and statistics show that 1 in 5 people, regardless of sexuality, have one kind of herpes or another.

Gonorrhea
All are subjected to getting this but the statistics show that this disease is more often passed through heterosexual sex

Hepatitis
Can infect anyone regardless of sexuality

Syphilis
Can infect anyone who has contact with someone who has a syphilis sore during ANY sexual activity of any sexuality

The list goes on...

STD's do not have a sexuality and there is no sexuality that is more "likely" to get a STD.Those who are more likely are people who believe themselves immune, while drunk or high, or just being irresponsible.
So, with this knowledge, why are people so insistent on making such claims as that being gay is "dangerous" and that gays are more "likely" to get an STD?In this day and age, are people still really that arrogant and ignorant to reality?

Angie
The younger generation I believe are more accepting of gays and lesbis, we were brought up with it and understand it more, while our parents and elders and still afraid of it and can't accept. Who knows, but when that generation is gone, I think that it will be an easier world for G/L.

Your Gay Lord
Ignorance. Plain and simple.

Strangesuzy
It's called ignorance and religious intolerance. They use religion to defend thir homophobia and hide their ignorance. The problem is that many people now see right through it.

Atheism. you know it makes sense.

I Wish I Knew
Because a lot of people dropped out of high school.

Riverc
I have to echo Your Gay Lord's answer, they are just ignorance.

However, I should bring up a sobering thought that gay males are having much higher risk to have STD than any other social group.

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