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1. Pretend you are about to talk to a partner (new or existing) about the last time you were tested for STIs and what your results were. Draft your “STI testing and results” elevator speech. How would you want to share that information, and how would you want to ask a partner about their STI status? (Only share what you are comfortable sharing!) Use the Sexapalooza Handout as your guide.
2. What do you think about the research showing that unfaithful monogamous individuals are less likely to practice safer sex than individuals in consensual nonmonogamous relationships?
3. What can be done to make condom use more appealing?
4. What thoughts do you have about the Berkenwald (and recommended Ravani) pieces on herpes?
5. What thoughts do you have about the piece on hepatitis C treatment? How does class privilege and accessibility to health care play a role in treatment?
6. What thoughts do you have about PrEP? Do you have any unresolved questions about this method of prevention?
7. What thoughts do you have in response to the U=U campaign and body of scientific research supporting it?

Write a minimum 500 words discussion post. Be sure to address the class materials in your assignment. You need to make at least 3 direct references (with appropriate in-text citations) to the text or readings. Bring the information into your discussion to show understanding. Do not just make a passing reference with no discussion.

Class Materials