Teh Internets Does This Look Infected, Internet?
posted by on July 28 at 16:00 PM
Afraidtoask.com answers all those questions that you’re allegedly afraid to ask your doctor. And, according to them, “Unlike most healthcare web sites, afraidtoask.com offers in-depth information and graphic photographs that will give you a better understanding of highly personal health issues.”
Have you ever have a burning desire (haw haw!) to re-watch those horrible STD slide shows that they show kids in high school? Afraidtoask.com is your one-stop shop for photos of penises rotting from untreated cases of gonorrhea. I saw that the website had a store and I was momentarily interested in what would be for sale: photos of vaginal warts on a coffee cup? Would there be inspirational posters that read “hang in there?” Sadly, no. They just sell condoms and crotch-based pharmaceuticals. I can’t tell if I’m glad that this website exists for people who are afraid to ask their doctor a question, or if I’m terrified that this many people are afraid to buy condoms in public.
Oh, man.
The "whiff test" image under Bacterial Vaginosis is my new screen saver.
Actually, I was just walking to Bulldog News in the U Dist to buy a caramel latte and two young women were talking about how they bought a party pack of condoms ...
Maybe it's just your friends that have problems with this?
Jesus Christ, I was afraid to ask but now I know. NOW I KNOW!
http://www.afraidtoask.com/members/measure2.html
DO NOT WANT.
Actually, when you look at the other parts of the website, if becomes more interesting. A lot of the material is centered around debunking old and potentially harmful myths and stereotypes about the human body or about sexuality as a whole.
Sites like that make me happy for the internet, as I know kids (and adults) will have a frank, detailed and well-researched resource to go to anonymously when they begin to discover themselves. Far superior than whispered playground stories or hurried parental/religious warnings about bodily functions and human sexuality.
And yeah, bodies are gross sometimes, but we all have one, so we as a culture need to get over it. (Not that I'm going to look at pictures penii with giant weeping sores all over them to prove a point, mind you)
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