Calling it a "disease" is discriminatory towards whores and sluts. Especially since STDs are apparently more common in "certain sections" of the population than others.
Pretentious linguistic experts fellating eachothers.
You can get infected without developping the disease but still transmit the infection to people who will develop the disease.
For the average person, who the fuck cares about that nuance. You got infectious bacteria or parasites in and around your junk, that's disgusting, get that treated and stop being a barebacking whore.
The same reason they changed "homeless" to "unhoused" and "sex change" to "gender affirmation", because normal people inherently understand the older description's meaning.
Because some sexually-transmitted illnesses can't accurately be considered "diseases", but they can accurately be considered "infections". Like saying that not all rectangles are squares. I know that the acronym is minimally less catchy, but I don't believe that this particular aspect is an attempt to encourage degeneracy. We were already calling them STIs when I was in high school, nearly 20 years ago.
Why did things change over the last couple years from STDs to STIs? Is "disease" less politically correct than "infection" for some reason?
Calling it a "disease" is discriminatory towards whores and sluts. Especially since STDs are apparently more common in "certain sections" of the population than others.
53% of black women have herpes
Pretentious linguistic experts fellating eachothers.
You can get infected without developping the disease but still transmit the infection to people who will develop the disease.
For the average person, who the fuck cares about that nuance. You got infectious bacteria or parasites in and around your junk, that's disgusting, get that treated and stop being a barebacking whore.
The same reason they changed "homeless" to "unhoused" and "sex change" to "gender affirmation", because normal people inherently understand the older description's meaning.
Because some sexually-transmitted illnesses can't accurately be considered "diseases", but they can accurately be considered "infections". Like saying that not all rectangles are squares. I know that the acronym is minimally less catchy, but I don't believe that this particular aspect is an attempt to encourage degeneracy. We were already calling them STIs when I was in high school, nearly 20 years ago.
Things were pretty pozzed 20 years ago.
This still seems to me like a strange hill to die on, fighting against a more accurate term.
I'd sooner see the weasels who decided it was "more accurate" covered in honey and left in a fire ant colony than accept their premise.