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To: presidio9
Taking Viagra may increase the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).....

I thought it was STDs.

11 posted on 01/14/2005 9:31:41 AM PST by kipita (Rebel – the proletariat response to Aristocracy and Exploitation.)
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To: kipita

Sometime recently all the "official" literature changed from STD to STI. I think it's because the word "disease" implies that there's something wrong with a person. Wouldn't want to hurt the self-esteem of all the people engaging in promiscous sex with people they barely know, now would you?


13 posted on 01/14/2005 9:35:25 AM PST by AQGeiger (RKBA Royal Enumerator of the Leguminous Stockpile, Wielder of the Enchanted Endoscope of Justice.)
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To: kipita
The word disease has a negative connotation, so using infection makes it sound as though there was no personal behavior involved.
19 posted on 01/14/2005 9:39:50 AM PST by Fog Nozzle (Was -29.7 F; -34.3 C, now marked up to -14.4 F; -25.8 C)
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