Sex and alcohol are risky businesses
Jeniece Gibbs
Issue date: 2/9/06 Section: News
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40 million people worldwide are currently living with HIV, and 25 million have already died.
Joel Goldman shared this and many other shocking statistics during his "Sex Under the Influence" presentation that attracted about 70 Wittenberg students to Bayley Auditorium last Thursday evening.
Goldman began his presentation by showing a slideshow of pictures from his days attending Indiana University in the 80's. The pictures resembled much of what typical Wittenberg students' pictures would the morning after a Friday or Saturday night: friends, alcohol, girls, alcohol, parties, alcohol.
Alcohol is prevalent on college campuses nationwide and Goldman acknowledged this. What he was concerned about was what kind of negative consequences might occur when alcohol and sex come together.
"80 percent of college sexual assaults involve alcohol and most of them occur with people you know," Goldman said.
Sex leads to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Goldman believes STDs are on the rise because alcohol consumption is increasing and people are more likely to take chances when they are drinking.
HIV, which is one of the most prevalent STDs, is transmitted when an infected fluid is spread to a non-infected person. This fluid can be blood, semen, or vaginal fluid. While many think HIV is transmitted only be sharing needles or engaging in anal sex, HIV can also be transmitted through vaginal intercourse. In fact, vaginal sex is the number two way HIV is spread in the United States.
Another myth is that HIV usually only affects men. In the United States, 50 percent of all new cases involve women, age 14-25. Most people believe that symptoms are noticeable, which is not always the case.
"Protection, such as using a condom, is effective if used consistently and correctly every single time," Goldman said.
"The withdraw method is certainly not effective," Goldman stated. "The semen is actually more dangerous before you orgasm."
Joel Goldman shared this and many other shocking statistics during his "Sex Under the Influence" presentation that attracted about 70 Wittenberg students to Bayley Auditorium last Thursday evening.
Goldman began his presentation by showing a slideshow of pictures from his days attending Indiana University in the 80's. The pictures resembled much of what typical Wittenberg students' pictures would the morning after a Friday or Saturday night: friends, alcohol, girls, alcohol, parties, alcohol.
Alcohol is prevalent on college campuses nationwide and Goldman acknowledged this. What he was concerned about was what kind of negative consequences might occur when alcohol and sex come together.
"80 percent of college sexual assaults involve alcohol and most of them occur with people you know," Goldman said.
Sex leads to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Goldman believes STDs are on the rise because alcohol consumption is increasing and people are more likely to take chances when they are drinking.
HIV, which is one of the most prevalent STDs, is transmitted when an infected fluid is spread to a non-infected person. This fluid can be blood, semen, or vaginal fluid. While many think HIV is transmitted only be sharing needles or engaging in anal sex, HIV can also be transmitted through vaginal intercourse. In fact, vaginal sex is the number two way HIV is spread in the United States.
Another myth is that HIV usually only affects men. In the United States, 50 percent of all new cases involve women, age 14-25. Most people believe that symptoms are noticeable, which is not always the case.
"Protection, such as using a condom, is effective if used consistently and correctly every single time," Goldman said.
"The withdraw method is certainly not effective," Goldman stated. "The semen is actually more dangerous before you orgasm."
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