Reply #2: From your articles:

[SteppingRazor]

"A lot of the media reports I've seen about teen oral sex are rather alarmist. But it has been going on for a long time. It is nothing new, as data from 1988 and 1995 show. If anything, this latest research shows an incidence lower than we've seen before. But this is not a national sample."

And from the other:

"The low frequency of infection we detected at enrollment is consistent with other research indicating a reduction in HSV-1 prevalence among younger people," said Sharon Hillier, Ph.D., professor in the departments of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences and molecular genetics and biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the study's senior author. "As a result, a significant number of young adults are now susceptible to oral or genital HSV-1 infection."


So, there seem to actually be LESS cases of herpes, and LESS oral sex than their used to be. So what's the big deal here?

Also, speaking as one of the jokesters from the other thread, I realize that STD's aren't a laughing matter (except "The Clap." That's pretty funny.), but from all these studies it seems most teens are not sexually active. Of the ones that are, most get through it just fine.
How long, exactly should people not have sex? Into their 20s? 30s? Wait until they're married?
Sex is an expression of love. What's the big deal?
Of course, on the other hand, if I ever have a daughter, I'm breaking her boyfriends' legs just on general principle. :evilgrin: