You’ve Got An STD, Bro? That’s So Cool!
Posted by: Jessica Wakeman
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3:10PM, Tuesday August 25th 2009
Possibly ruining my appreciation for the noble Swedes and their fine IKEA meatballs, a recent study has found that Swedish men with STDs think their infection is an affirmation of their manliness.
University of Skovde researcher Kina Hammarlund interviewed an unknown group of 16- to 30-year-old men and women for her dissertation and discovered it was only male participants who put on rose-colored glasses, seeing STDs like genital warts or gonorrhea as a rite of passage to manhood. It’s a telling statement about sexuality that men viewed STDs as something positive about their manhood, while women didn’t think it said anything about their womanhood. STDs could imply, even erroneously, that a guy is kind of a stud. But it’s hard to believe anyone would be proud of an STD. Could this study be bulls**t? [The Local via Feministing]
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xifeng882
wrote on August 25 2009 @ 02:23 pm: [report]
As a self-respecting (half) Swede with really awesome cousins still living there I really hope this is bull. Although now I’m going to have to call them up and ask…
skywalk
wrote on August 25 2009 @ 02:52 pm: [report]
This had got to be BS, xifeng882 definitely give us the low down. This is taking double standards to a whole new level.
I Go To 11
wrote on August 25 2009 @ 03:44 pm: [report]
I read in the book “Napoleon’s Privates” by Tony Perrottet that back in the day (we’re talking 1800’s or so), it was considered a badge of honor in France for men to contract syphilis, because it meant they were “really becoming a man” by losing their virginity (with prostitutes, naturally). However, I don’t know why on earth that kind of thinking would be encouraged in modern-day society.
impoddity
wrote on August 25 2009 @ 04:25 pm: [report]
I hope the participants were a very skewed portion of the overall population.
If some men have this POV about STDs, I wonder how they’re going to disclose their sexual history with possible partners….
xifeng882
wrote on August 26 2009 @ 07:20 am: [report]
Yeah, this study is complete bull. I talked to one of my cousins last night and just laughed. He said that it might have been something they were proud of in the late 19th century as a sign of their masculinity, but now, its complete bull. I wonder if they gave these studies to drunk Swedes, they’re quite impressive drinkers lol
jen157
wrote on September 8 2009 @ 08:51 pm: [report]
I hope this is fake I don’t think anyone would want one of these http://yourstdhelp.com/herpes.html on them for life. Just put another notch in your belt if anything guys!
tubbyhumptydance
wrote on October 27 2009 @ 09:00 pm: [report]
this almost sounds like a study done at a college with a multiple choice answer that was way to funny to not choose like -
” How do you feel about contracting non-lethal STD’s”
A- deathly afraid
B- somewhat concerned
C- not at all scared
D- it is a manly badge of honor.
I mean, if your a college fratboy, not taking the quiz seriously, that answer amuses you more than any other!