If you get cold sores, do you tell partners that you could give then genital herpes if you give them oral sex? • 05.01.10
If not, do you think that someone who has genital herpes should inform partners before having sex with them?
I have genital herpes hsv-1, the same virus that causes cold sores on the mouth. People who have oral hsv-1 are actually 5 times more infectious than me, and if they give oral sex are putting their partners at 5x the risk I am if I have unprotected sex with someone.
So bearing this in mind, do you think the stigma placed on genital hsv-1 is fair, and would you expect someone that has the virus genitally to behave any differently than someone who has it orally? Why does one have a ‘moral responsibility’ while the other does not?
Truth Hurts, I agree with you. The point I am trying to make is why should my genital hsv-1 be treated differently to my partner’s oral hsv-1? It just feels so unfair that my infection is stigmatised and his isn’t.



