I'm still furious about the lack of thought most people have on this issue.
While I don't disagree that the woman was foolish for not using protection, I also see that what the man did was with malice. He knowingly exposed her to an illness. Thats criminal.
It seems like most people really only care about branding the woman with any label - that of "slut" - for having sex after four dates. This without knowing what happened during those four dates and having no concept of what its like to be around the age of 50.
I see a lot of hateful and ignorant internet trolls out there who care more about attacking a woman than saying one thing about a man who would lie about an illness and infect someone with it.
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The Public Rejects Compensation for 'Surprise STDs' [INFOGRAPHIC]
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2012/06/19 18:13:05
A couple of weeks ago, a woman reportedly won $900,000 in court from a guy who gave her genital herpes. According to the report, the man failed to inform her of his disease and refused to use protection. But we wanted to know if the public feels that victims of "suprise STDs" should receive compensation, or if they should still be held personally accountable for neglecting to use protection. Check out this week's infographic for details on how people responded. Let's dive!
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Superman 2012/06/19 18:56:49
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No you would never make any comments like that. Ohh wait let me quote you.. "I think his nuts should be cut off"
Wimpy? please internet tough guy.
So you conveniently ignore yourself who started it with... "I think his nuts should be cut off" Condemn me for saying something similar to what you said. Real class act, dude.
My wife would have plead justifiable homicide.
While I don't disagree that the woman was foolish for not using protection, I also see that what the man did was with malice. He knowingly exposed her to an illness. Thats criminal.
It seems like most people really only care about branding the woman with any label - that of "slut" - for having sex after four dates. This without knowing what happened during those four dates and having no concept of what its like to be around the age of 50.
I see a lot of hateful and ignorant internet trolls out there who care more about attacking a woman than saying one thing about a man who would lie about an illness and infect someone with it.
So, as I said to someone else, she gets punished for her mistakes with and STD and he gets punished for his with a lighter wallet.
That fairly distributes punishment to both individuals who made bad judgement calls. Next time she'll wrap it up and so will he.
"After you have primary herpes (first occurrence of herpes symptoms), symptoms go away but the virus stays in your body. The virus can "flare-up" at anytime and cause an outbreak of new symptoms. During an outbreak, new sores break out in the same places. Symptoms are less severe and last for less time (a few days to a week) than those that occurred during the first occurrence of symptoms. Symptoms that occur during outbreaks can include: blisters, sores, itching and pain.
You may have some early warning signs that an outbreak is going to occur. These include tingling, burning, and itching where you had sores before. These signs could start a few hours or days before the outbreak."
So let me ask... are you a virgin? Or do you not respect yourself? Because that's what you're implying and honestly I think it's stupid.
if a person lies then they lie... who knows your BF, Husband or whatever could be lying to you about something... and you might not no...
Her poor judgement means she'll carry her STD for life.
His poor judgement means his wallet will be lighter.
That fairly puts the onus on both for their mistakes.
Also, bare in mind she may have won a judgment. A third of it probably belongs to her lawyer. The worst part is, the judgement may be returned nolo bono. She will always have herpes.
I am neither hateful or a troll. I disagree completely with you.