1,001 Facts That Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader (24 page)

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CHAPTER 4
Was It
Bad for
You, Too?

Everything You
Never Wanted to
Know about Sex
and Love

151

FACT :
Up to 20 percent of Americans have genital herpes,
which has no cure
and is easily transmitted through sexual contact.
Genital herpes: the gift that keeps on giving.

“Genital Herpes—CDC Fact Sheet,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, January 4, 2008,
www.cdc.gov
.

152

FACT :
Of people who use dating personal ads,
35 percent
are married.
Hey, we all forget things sometimes.

Bernice Kanner, Are You Normal about Sex, Love, and Relationships? (Macmillan, 2004).

153

FACT :
Two out of three middle class nineteen-year-old males confess to having gotten a date drunk
to coerce her into having sex
. Two out of five have used verbal intimidation, and almost one in five have used force or threats. Nearly 60 percent of female college students say that they have had intercourse against their will.
The rest of us just worked the pity angle. Tears are surprisingly effective at getting a girl in bed.

Bernice Kanner, Are You Normal about Sex, Love, and Relationships? (Macmillan, 2004).

154

FACT :
Only
15 percent of sexually active adults
have been tested for HIV, says the National Center for Health Statistics.
The other 85 percent are certain they don’t have it. No, really, there’s no way they could possibly have it, so why bother with that annoying condom?

Bernice Kanner, Are You Normal about Sex, Love, and Relationships? (Macmillan, 2004).

155

FACT :
12 percent of men surveyed say they would not tell a partner
if they were HIV-positive
.
At least not until after they’ve had sex. That would just kill the mood.

Bernice Kanner, Are You Normal about Sex, Love, and Relationships? (Macmillan, 2004).

156

FACT :
Eight percent of people admit to
having sex with a cousin
, and six percent confess to doing it with a sibling or half-sibling.
Hard to say what’s more troubling: the fact that they do it or that they admit it.

Bernice Kanner, Are You Normal about Sex, Love, and Relationships? (Macmillan, 2004).

157

FACT :
Two out of three men say they would have
sex for cash
, and 16 percent of them would do it for $150 or less.
The third guy is lying.

Bernice Kanner, Are You Normal about Sex, Love, and Relationships? (Macmillan, 2004).

158

FACT :
In an international survey, 14 percent of people admit to
having slept with a friend’s lover
behind his (or her) back.
The trick is to be very quiet and pray he doesn’t roll over.

Bernice Kanner, Are You Normal about Sex, Love, and Relationships? (Macmillan, 2004).