Sexually Transmitted Infections.

This chapter is full of facts about various Sexually Transmitted Infections. For most, there is a description of the
symptoms, treatment, and then some other interesting discussion about research or crtitical discussion. The
authors make two interesting statements along the way:

1. "Technically, these practices are called 'safer sex', there being no true safe sex except no sex"
2. "A lot of illustrations in this chapter show the symptoms of various STIs, and some of the photos may make
   you say 'Nasty!.. These illustrations are not meant to scare you but rather to help you recognize the symptoms
   of STIs."
   Both of these align with the current sex-positive movement; a movement set to promoting an open, tolerant, or
   progressive attitude towards sex and sexuality. As part of this, an emphasis is placed on the words we use,
   thus the first statement about safer vs safe sex, where both is already further away than some of the earlier
   language about unsafe, risky, or unprotected. See this short article by Marcus and Snowden urging the change
   of language use for researcher as well.
   Not only is it important to think of the language we use, but what the textbook does not explicitly discuss is
   strategies/ campaigns aimed at prevention/ decreasing STI numbers. Often these use fear and scare tactics,
   thus the second statement. Although a much longer article ( that you don't have to read), consider this
   paragraph from Fairchild, Bayer, & Colgrave (2015):
   "While there is no one definition of what constitutes a fear-based appeal, creating an emotional reaction to the
   “threat” of disease, disfigurement, or death is key. Humor is often employed to make more palatable an
   otherwise harsh confrontation with risk. Fear-based appeals also call on other emotions, such as disgust and
   shame. 10 Sometimes by design, sometimes an unintended consequence of the images and messages
   employed, fear-based campaigns may imply the loss of social standing. As a consequence, they are commonly
   critiqued as producing and reinforcing social stigma, imposing hardships on already vulnerable populations.
   11–13 Campaigns freighted by concerns about stigma become especially politically charged, motivating
   impassioned ethical debate. 14 As a consequence, relying on fear is risky business. The decision about
   whether to use a fear-based campaign and how far to go is not simply a technical, evidence-based
   determination. Decisions are almost always political, reflecting a calculation of how to balance issues of
   effectiveness, uncertainty, stigma, marginalization, emotional burdens, justice, community participation, and
   scientific credibility."
   And lastly, read the article by Alyssa Lederer from Tulane University on WHY THE USE OF SCARE TACTICS
   TO PROMOTE SEXUAL HEALTH FOR YOUTH MAY BACKFIRE.
   Compose a main post responding to the following questions (about 2 paragraphs)…
   A. What according to you is the most important con of using fear-base strategies discussed in the Lederer
   article? How do you make sense of the ways these strategies can backfire when used specifically with
   teenagers?
   B. Consider the larger, more societal impact that the Fairchild, Bayer, & Colgrave paragraph seems to hint at.
   What according to you is the most important con they seem to highlight?
   C. Yet, both articles suggest that fear-based strategies might also have some pros. Overall, what is your take
   on using fear-based strategies to bring about safer sex? How do you make sense of that 'calculation of how to
   balance" as Fairchild, Bayer, & Colgrave call it?
   D. Lastly, using the internet search for some STI campaigns and advertisements. Using search terms like STI
   (either general OR even a specific one) and campaign, prevention, awareness, etc. look specifically for
   posters/ billboards/ images that was circulated as part of an official strategy. Choose one to ATTACH here, and
   tell us what you think is good/bad (i.e. the pro/con) about the strategy that seems to be used.
   WEBSITES BELLOW
   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6953392/
   https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1236
   https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1236#B10
   https://www  .healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1236#B