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性傳播疾病的預防：行為的改變
STD
Prevention: Behavior Change |
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節欲
Abstinence
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通常因為信奉宗教的原因，許多人堅持認為對抗性傳播疾病的最好措施是結婚之前的性節制和婚內的專一性。雖然這種論理說起來完全合乎邏輯，這種邏輯卻絕少反映在人們的現實性行為之中。因為過去的時光不再重現，在每一個文化體系裏和世界各個地區的無數男男女女們已經忘卻了禁欲的呼籲。因而，性傳播疾病始終在肆虐著，而且它們在今天仍然如此。所以，促進禁欲作為預防性傳播疾病的措施是一場最艱難的鬥爭，並且正象所顯示的那樣，在高危行為的少數人群中實行這種措施從未成功。 |
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貞潔卡“等待純真的愛”
/ Chastity Card “True Love Waits”
這個小卡片由美國佛羅裏州達州邁阿密羅馬天主教大主教管區向青少年在一年一度的“純潔日”上發放，它類似銀行信用卡，持有者可以在上面簽名
This small card is distributed to teenagers on an annual “chastity day” organized by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, FL., USA. The card, resembling a bank card (ATM card) can be signed by the holder.
卡片翻譯：“婚前節欲——我向上帝、向我自己、向我的家人、向我的未來配偶和向我的未來孩子承諾，依照上帝的旨意過一種純潔的生活，直到進入神聖而又崇高的婚姻為止。”
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Abstinence
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Many people believe, usually for religious reasons, that the best protection against STDs is sexual abstinence before marriage and exclusivity within marriage. While such reasoning sounds perfectly logical, its logic has rarely been reflected in actual human sexual behavior. Since time immemorial, countless females and males in every culture and global region have ignored pleas to remain abstinent. Thus, STDs have always spread, and they still continue to do so today. Therefore, promoting sexual abstinence
as a way to prevent STDs is an uphill fight at best, and, as experience shows, it never succeeds with more than a small minority of the people at risk.
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