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Originally Posted by Pastiche
What makes anal sex between gay men biologically more risky for the transmission of STIs? As I understand, rates of infection between vaginal and anal sex is similar. Why is a male recipient more likely to be infected than a female recipient?
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Actually this part is true, anal sex is more risky, just because the tissue is so much easier to damage. However this is not just the domain of gay men. Plus, it's a fallacy that all gay men engage in anal sex.
Something most doctors won't tell you (because it encourages bad practices) is that it's actually somewhat difficult (or at least the lowest of all methods) to get HIV through vaginal intercourse. HIV spreads most easily through blood. That's why needle sharing is so dangerous. That's why anal sex is riskier, because those tissues are more easily stressed.
I'm not saying don't wrap it up. You can still get HIV through normal vaginal sex for sure. I'm just saying, the way it was explained to me by one doctor, is that it's unlikely.
Plus you'll want to wrap it up to stop the spread of other STI's anyway.
I do want to say again, that this is a pretty weak argument against gay marriage though. There's danger in many things people do. Straight or gay, sexual or non-sexual. Doesn't make it wrong or bad.