STOP THE STIGMA
Things that HSV is not:
Shameful
Your own fault
Exclusively Sexually Transmitted
Dirty
Disgusting
Horrifying
The mark of promiscuity
Debilitating
Life-ruining
A mark of unworthiness
100% likely to transmit every time
Un-treatable/Un-controllable
Consistently agonizing
Excruciatingly painful every outbreak
Rare and only effects 16% of the population
Impossible to contract with condom use
Impossible for you to ever contract.
Things that HSV is:
A common skin condition
Easily treated and managed with medication
Affects 75%-80% of Americans (either Type 1 or 2)
Often contracted through kissing and oral sex
Less likely to have outbreaks as you age
Sometimes painless
Sometimes no symptoms
Every time you laugh at herpes as the butt of a joke,
Every time you talk about how disgusting it is,
You’re probably hurting somebody that you care about.
Stop the stigma.















