posted by [identity profile] darkforge.livejournal.com at 11:10pm on 28/03/2008
Romans didn't know STDs existed

Really? Some "STDs" are really obvious (like genital warts) and, IMO, obviously sex-related.

They did at least have some sense that dirty genitals were more likely to result in painful/itchy infections, right?
 
posted by [identity profile] orichalcum.livejournal.com at 12:35am on 29/03/2008
Well, we're not sure how old genital warts are - there aren't mentions of them in ancient medical texts. Dirty genitals got blamed on the female partner, but there's no sense of disease associated with them in the texts we have. Who knows what got passed down through oral tradition, though?
 
posted by [identity profile] jab2.livejournal.com at 05:28am on 29/03/2008
"Who knows what got passed down through oral tradition, though?"

...

so to speak??? (ducks and runs...)

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