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[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 100 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Welcome back to yet another episode of “The GOP Getting Weird About Other Peoples’ Genitalia”

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 36 points 1 month ago

Specifically children.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's the problem with these people. They're always worried about other people's shit. Just completely incapable of minding their own business.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago

how else would they control, and maintain a large populace that may falter and leave the republican party/voting.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I used to always ask of an old conservative friend,"How do you deal with your side's hypocrisy. Talking as much about personal freedom as taking away personal freedom." Now, this was decades ago, when you could still have rational discussions with the wrong side. I mean, compared to today's wacko world. Usually, their answer would fall back eventually to the bible. So I guess, not really rational at all I suppose.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And verily I sayeth unto thee, that when you receive chlamydia upon the left cheek, turn the right cheeketh unto thee wherefore to receive the blessed yeast unto thine other cheek. And so the Lord spoketh unto thine lips, and she received the blessed herpes, and this, as it was written, was pleasing unto Him.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

remember when r/conspiracy wasnt filled with maga/political shit, and you could actually have semi-rational discussion about other stuff. before politics infilitrated the sub. it was pretty much before the pandemic like around the time when trump took power the first time.

[–] immutable@lemmy.zip 77 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In what scenario would a parent going “do not treat my teens STI in defiance of the treatment they are actively seeking” not be abuse and neglect.

[–] DreadPirateShawn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The point isn't the consent, it's the tattling.

[–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yep, it is intended to attempt to shame people for not having the exact morals of this piece of shit.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

its to discourage SA from being reported.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No it's too keep parental sexual abuse from being reported as much. If Dad and daughter have the same strain of sti that's a mandatory report, if they need permission they'll never seek reported help and you can't draw a line from a to b as easily.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

parental, or friend, family member SA/rape

[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

No, you're missing the point. Right now, teens can get tested with discretion and without notifying the parents or the tests being added to a medical file. This is so that teens don't feel too scared of getting in trouble if they get tested, so they don't and thus increase the risk of an outbreak, a far worse outcome than the fact that Chad and Tina did the hanky panky before marriage. This individual wants parents to be notified if their children are sexually active, bringing us back to square one.

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Some parents might not want the doctor asking questions about where exactly the STD came from, if you know what I mean.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yup. I remember my professor saying that if a 12 year-old comes positive for giardiasis, it's from sexual assault.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

giardiasis, is a parasitic infection from contaminated food or water? do you mean gonnorhea, i did look it up just in case, and its usually oral-anal route, or MSM(men sex with men)(i assume the penetrator gets the parasite from the recievers poop particles. seems quite difficult to get it for the Victim.

there was a SVU episode where they had a little girl that was infected with gonnorhea, she was under 12 yo.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My memory is faulty, but I remember hearing that it's not usually associated with vaginosis precisely because its route of infection is fecal-oral, so its presence in a young girl's reproductive system is a big red flag.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

seems less likely the more i try to find it, its possible the teacher said gonnorhea instead. because fecal-oral, and anal sex are the only ways, its going to be hard to infect someone through the urethra of men to a victim, since the infectious cysts only appears in the feces, giardia solely reproduces in the intestinal track. when i looked up gonnorhea and children, there was quite a few papers on it.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

This was a proper parasitology class reviewing amebas. It's possible it could've been a related organism, though, but the characteristic "eyes" on the parasite stuck with me with that sentence because I think she had it up on the projector.

Now I'm curious about what exactly she said, I wish I could rewind time.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

That definitely falls under abuse.

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't have your sexually abused kids go to the doctor and tell on you.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Even if the STI spread through consensual sex down a chain of people close enough in age that it's not abusive, and even if the parents would have gotten the kid treated, the fact that they'd beat the kid for having had sex means the kid will never tell, not get treated, and further spread the STI.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 1 month ago

This is the purpose of patient-doctor privilege, since it is beneficial to the community that people come to be treated (say for STIs even if they were transmitted during unlawful action, say, sex with underaged persons) It's the doc's job to treat patients regardless of parental consent.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 29 points 1 month ago

So, basically, she wants parents to have the right to let their children suffer and possibly die. What a lovely human being.

I was going to quote individual parts to complain about, but there are just too many. It goes deeper than medical treatment. Read the article if you haven’t already.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Parental Consent

Kids are the new Property.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 15 points 1 month ago

New? Always have been.

[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Make America Gonorrhea'd Again?

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

They really want to get into kids’ pants.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Cuz they're pedophiles and rapists

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

Fuck these people. That's some straight up bullshit right there.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Oh this is a great way to get out of control std outbreaks to go along with making measles great again.

[–] JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Is the consent needed to fix a broken arm? Inform them of the treatment, sure; consent weird.

[–] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

You will cure the chlamydia I worked hard to give my daughter over my cold dead body! 😡

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why is Florida so pro spread of disease‽

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

its a swamp , where alot of diseases come to roost. measles, potential mosquitoe born diseases, parasitic infections spread by invasive species( giant african rats, giant african snails)

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

And verily I sayeth unto thee, that when you receive chlamydia upon the left cheek, turn the right cheeketh unto thee wherefore to receive the blessed yeast unto thine other cheek. And so the Lord spoketh unto thine lips, and she received the blessed herpes, and this, as it was written, was pleasing unto Him.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

MAGATs hate their children.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Oh my 10 year old kid broke a bone and it’s sticking out the side? You better not treat that without my consent.

I say let it heal with the bone sticking out. That’ll teach them to use the crosswalk in a school zone.

[–] klammeraffe@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago

Just like God intended