Herpes: There is no Shame in Promiscuity

I've been thinking about how often my patients and others I speak
with want to emphasize very strongly to me that they didn't get their
herpes from promiscuity. I even state that in my own personal herpes
story called " My first year with herpes; or how I was re-born a
modern day leper". I wrote it in my story not because I think
there's anything wrong with promiscuity, because I don't, but
because I wanted to warn people that being in a monogamous relationship
does not necessarily protect you from getting sexually transmitted
infections.

It feels to me like those people so quick to want to distance
themselves from those who may have gotten a STI from being promiscuous
are buying into the ignoble lie that those who are generous with their
sexuality deserve to be punished for it. How sad to feel this way.

I am a sex-positive person. I'd like to see more sex and less
violence, ignorance, intolerance and pettiness in this world. I wish
there was more sex and that sex be more honest and human in the media.
I encourage all of my herpes patients to have a healthy and fulfilling
safer sex life with an anti-viral gel and condom/dental dam. I believe
in sex.

I don't live a promiscuous lifestyle not because I see anything wrong
with it but because it simply isn't my lifestyle. I'm a loner by
nature and not that social, plus I live in a rural community of 6000
people where the average age of the women is about 20 years older than
I am.

There is no shame in promiscuity. Promiscuity is just as valid a sexual
choice as monogamy. I can see the beauty and spirituality in
promiscuity. I can hear the Goddess calling us to share the gift of
pleasure generously with each other as if it were a delicious meal or a
treasured piece of music. I feel her encouraging us to dance with each
other, be intimate with each other and bond with each other. I also see
the tackiness and self-destructiveness in some people's practice of
promiscuity, but I don't blame the promiscuity, I blame the pain and
the confusion driving the promiscuity.

Our closest animal relative- the Bonobo chimpanzee, that shares 98% of
our DNA, is never monogamous, very promiscuous, very bi-sexual and
prone to orgies.

For all of you who are living a promiscuous lifestyle I want you to
know you'll get no judgment from me and that I respect your for
having the courage to defy the sexuality imposed by the Vatican and
other religious conservatives.

For those of you who make life hard for promiscuous people and anyone
who is different, you are the ones who should be ashamed in my opinion.
I also want to point out your hypocrisy because most of the people who
I hear condemning promiscuous people enjoy watching pornography whether
they admit to it or not.

It's a blessing to share the beautiful and wonderful things in this
world. Sex isn't always beautiful and wonderful, but it can be.
It's all about the intent of the people involved. You bring
everything you are and everything you have ever been with you when you
have sex. Those of open hearts and open minds can share the gift of sex
generously with how many people they choose and there need never be any
shame involved.

Christopher Scipio
Homeopath/Herbalist
Holistic Viral and Immune Specialist
http://herpesnation.blogspot.com
http://www.antiviralgel.com