ethics of hooking up with an STI?

[tr4veler]

I just tested positive for rectal chlamydia, and I'm on a 7-day regimen of doxy. Normally, I'd fully abstain during this time, but I was thinking of what the ethics of this actually are if you're cumdumping...like, if you're hosting and people are coming to fuck you, wouldn't they already be accepting the risk of exposure anyway, given the unknown number and source of cocks and cum involved? This is hypothetical...for now...

[blackrobe]

17 hours ago, tr4veler said:

I just tested positive for rectal chlamydia, and I'm on a 7-day regimen of doxy. Normally, I'd fully abstain during this time, but I was thinking of what the ethics of this actually are if you're cumdumping...like, if you're hosting and people are coming to fuck you, wouldn't they already be accepting the risk of exposure anyway, given the unknown number and source of cocks and cum involved? This is hypothetical...for now...

If you're regularly tested, and make that known, the expectation is that you are STI free to the best of your knowledge. The risk to a partner is relatively low.

Failing to disclose that you have an active STI to a partner puts them at very high risk of exposure. These are two very different levels of exposure risk. Hiding the elevated risk to partners puts you on the wrong side of ethical behavior. 

Having an active STI and needing to pause in taking men's dicks and seed until it's gone is not easy for those of us built for that purpose. But it is the ethical thing to do. 

[Safer]

You are sick. Get treated and then play. Thats like deliberately going to a baseball game with the flu.

[Iker80]

Well, the difference between status unknown between testing and knowing you have an STD is like the difference recommending an investment you expect will be fine but has some risk vs recommending one you're very sure will fail. The first one feels fair enough, the second feels not fair.

Edited Sunday at 09:42 PM by Iker80

[tr4veler]

Good points to all. Definitely abstaining till I’m done with my doxy!

[BarebackedBear]

The ethics are simple and shouldn't even be a question: you should make every effort to always know your status through regular testing, and disclose it to any potential partners so they can make an informed choice. Did you consider that it was someone either not knowing their status or actively hiding it from you that put you in this situation? Why would you risk doing the same to someone else?

If abstaining for a week so you can get treatment & protect your potential partners is too much for you, I'd consider doing some soul searching during your week of abstinence, because that's a next level of selfishness.

[tr4veler]

15 hours ago, BarebackedBear said:

The ethics are simple and shouldn't even be a question: you should make every effort to always know your status through regular testing, and disclose it to any potential partners so they can make an informed choice. Did you consider that it was someone either not knowing their status or actively hiding it from you that put you in this situation? Why would you risk doing the same to someone else?

If abstaining for a week so you can get treatment & protect your potential partners is too much for you, I'd consider doing some soul searching during your week of abstinence, because that's a next level of selfishness.

Ok first of all, I am abstaining. I was as a default.  I asked what I thought was an interesting question here, and saw what the consensus was. It confirmed my baseline belief and I continued with it. 
 

second, I really don’t appreciate you coming into a message board where I asked a question and having you (who do not know me) calling me the “next level of selfishness.” Maybe you should do some “soul searching” about why you feel the need to come online and judge strangers like that. 

[BarebackedBear]

On 8/30/2025 at 3:43 PM, tr4veler said:

This is hypothetical...for now...

 

16 minutes ago, tr4veler said:

second, I really don’t appreciate you coming into a message board where I asked a question and having you (who do not know me) calling me the “next level of selfishness.” Maybe you should do some “soul searching” about why you feel the need to come online and judge strangers like that. 

I stand by my statement. This is the last statement I will make on the matter.