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Top 10 Myths About Safe Sex and Sexual Health

slideshows.health.com — You can't trust everything you read on the Internet, so we got the facts behind these top sexual health misconceptions.

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  • krazyjoker, on 06/12/2009, -3/+169MYTH: Users like clicking through 10 pages.
  • bashnu, on 06/12/2009, -0/+81http://img2.pict.com/2c/97/02/365179f370447a9a24ab ...
  • anexanhume, on 06/12/2009, -1/+72For those not click inclined:

    MYTH: You can catch an STD from a toilet seat
    MYTH: You can't get pregnant the first time you have sex
    MYTH: You can't get pregnant during your period
    MYTH: Women need a Pap smear when they turn 18 (the picture is hilarious)
    MYTH: The "morning after" pill causes an abortion
    MYTH: The "morning after" pill causes an abortion
    MYTH: Birth control pills make you gain weight
    MYTH: IUD birth control is not safe for use in adolescents
    MYTH: If you get the HPV shot you're safe from cervical cancer
    MYTH: Douching is a healthy way to clean the vagina
  • JoeMondo, on 06/12/2009, -10/+63Thank you Christian Republicans for a generation of people ignorant about how their own bodies work.
  • BossKey, on 06/12/2009, -0/+45"...some statistics say that 20% of people get pregnant within a month of starting sex," says Dr. Yen.

    Well that's a busted myth, I thought only women got pregnant.
  • moondogg360, on 06/12/2009, -8/+51This is *****, surface to surface contact can easily spread STI's. Just last weekend my girlfriend got gonorrhea from driving a tractor in her bathing suit.
  • FlashBazbo, on 06/12/2009, -0/+37What was the tractor doing in her bathing suit?
  • cnot3, on 06/12/2009, -3/+37Sexual Health for a digger is masturbating without chafing.
  • jaytek13, on 06/12/2009, -0/+31Whoooooooooooooooooooosh
  • bluehouse, on 06/12/2009, -1/+24Top 10 myths for the ignorant and uneducated
  • thelastcivilian, on 06/12/2009, -0/+22...but isn't this on the Internet? ∞
  • asnider, on 06/12/2009, -1/+17Mommy, how does my body work?

    That's a good question, dear, perhaps you should see if anything relevant has been submitted to Digg.
  • anexanhume, on 06/12/2009, -2/+18Uh, this article is about MYTHS.

    Also, LOL at censoring DICK. We can talk about sex, but let's pretend we don't use those words normally, tehehehehehe.
  • psykiv, on 06/12/2009, -3/+18FALCON PUNCH!
  • cosworth99, on 06/12/2009, -1/+14Top ten myths for WOMEN'S health.

    I'm amazed there was no "Won't somebody please think of the children?" in there.
  • jericko, on 06/12/2009, -0/+13The biggest myth is its free.
  • StaticThunder, on 06/12/2009, -0/+10"Sorry virgins. I know you enjoy your little "Enjoy your AIDS" comments that you like to use to make you feel less like a loser for being unable to get laid."

    I think you're protesting too much. Nobody who is getting laid cares what virgins on digg say.

    /you are14, and live with your Mom

  • AndrewMoyer, on 06/12/2009, -0/+9FACT: Using birth control is a free ticket to BURNING IN ETERNAL DAMNATION!

    /s
  • f821, on 06/12/2009, -1/+10Buried for retardation.
  • pathouston22, on 06/12/2009, -0/+9You can't trust everything you read on the Internet, except from us.
  • inactive, on 06/12/2009, -0/+9I haven't actually seen anyone say that sex guarantees STDs. I looked through this whole thread. Not one person made that remark (well, except me, and that was sarcasm). Seriously, what the hell are you talking about?
  • unknownpoltroon, on 06/12/2009, -0/+8But can you get a toilet pregnant?
  • hatdrop, on 06/12/2009, -1/+9a list of things i do not want to see the mythbusters tackle
  • asnider, on 06/12/2009, -0/+7You sound like you know what you're talking about. I'm going to stop buying condoms.
  • Quisquis, on 06/12/2009, -0/+7Men are much less likely to get an std because it's much less likely that tearing will occur on the penis than the vagina. An infected male, on the other hand, is fairly likely to infect his partner because of the small tears created during intercourse.

    The more you know.
  • asgardshill, on 06/12/2009, -1/+8How is slideshow formed?
  • noswar45, on 06/12/2009, -1/+8can anyone else appreciate the irony of this posting?
  • inactive, on 06/12/2009, -1/+8What was Mr. Tractor's first name? I think my ex-wife also rode him.
  • h8red42, on 06/12/2009, -0/+6WHAT ARE YOU,STUPID?
  • mikemx7f, on 06/12/2009, -0/+6That just means, given an equal rate of lesbian and gay sex, that about 40% of women get pregnant within a month of starting sex. Obviously...
  • Fudgefactor7, on 06/12/2009, -3/+9all those apply to women only.

    buried as boring and too many clicks.
  • SystemicThought, on 06/12/2009, -2/+8I don't know, what if Kari is involved in the experiments?
  • inactive, on 06/12/2009, -0/+6Dude, in this economy, can you really afford not to?
  • inactive, on 06/12/2009, -0/+6If you turn it inside out and reuse it.
  • s0nicfreak, on 06/12/2009, -0/+6And unfortunately the majority of Americans are ignorant and uneducated when it comes to sexual health.
  • s0nicfreak, on 06/12/2009, -1/+7If you're having sex with women it's important for you to know these things too.
  • atomheartmother, on 06/12/2009, -0/+6Congratulations subliminalurge, you've managed to take arrogance, misogyny and medical ignorance to great new heights in a few short sentences. One in four Americans will be infected with an STD in their lifetime, according to the Office of Health Education, and "most of those surveyed believed they were not personally at risk." Yeah, that's you.
    http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/ohe/library/Sexhealth/st ...

    And Static is probably right. You live with your mom and coming out of her was the last time you've even gotten close to a vagina. Jerk (used as a verb here).
  • Latigoliath, on 06/12/2009, -2/+8For most digg users sex is a myth itself.
  • anexanhume, on 06/12/2009, -1/+7Well, that depends if Wednesday is female or not.
  • jdames1980, on 06/12/2009, -1/+6Buried for being too focused on the vagina.
  • uberchaoslord, on 06/12/2009, -0/+5tractor is what you call your penis?
  • s0nicfreak, on 06/12/2009, -2/+7If you're having sex with females you should give a *****.
  • burgerkinghorn, on 09/02/2009, -2/+7Reference to Seinfeld?
  • asnider, on 06/12/2009, -0/+5I've never heard of that myth ever. Is that actually a common one?
  • MelissaOfTroy, on 06/12/2009, -1/+5Mulva?
  • DLit, on 06/12/2009, -0/+4that was ***** stupid
  • techobo, on 06/12/2009, -3/+7As a guy I found this list to be next to useless...
  • MelissaOfTroy, on 06/12/2009, -0/+4I noticed when I spent time in England there were a lot of "How to NOT get crabs from a toilet seat" stories in women's magazines. They seemed to assume you can get an STD from a toilet seat.

    Then again, these are the same people from a few stories up who think the heart is located in the throat.
  • linagee, on 06/12/2009, -0/+4I tried having sex with my boyfriend just now, but he didn't get pregnant.
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