Yes, STIs (sexually transmitted infections, previously known as STDs which is pejorative) are something I worry about. That's why I find it important to get educated about them, and to know and be aware of the risks of doing this job. What I do in a meeting is keep the light on, visually inspect the skin, stay alert and cautious about genital and fluid contacts, and use protection.STD's
How do you protect yourself against catching anything?
Do you worry about STD's?
Do you get checked? If you do, regularly?
Have you ever refused service to someone because you had a suspicion he(she?) had an STD?
Do you have any kind of screening for a client before having sex in terms of STD's?
Like most of my colleagues, I get tested every 3 months and see my physician regularly. Some even get tested every month.
Everyone is welcome to partake in the activity of their choice, with the level of protection they are comfortable with. If you are not at ease with an activity you consider risky or are unsure if playing in this industry offers you the level of comfort you prefer, it is perfectly OK to decide that seeing sex workers is not for you or to adjust your meetings to your risk tolerance.
In the end, it's good to remember that "zero risk" doesn't exist in the sex area, whether you have intercourses with barely or extremely sexually active persons. Your job is to be informed, to play in your comfort zone and get tested regularly!
I'd like to add that if as a client, you have an obsession with STIs and/or are intolerant to any risks, contacting providers and expecting them to be virgins is not the right way to go about it. I regularly receive messages where clients, on first contact, expose their fear in a tactless way; asking a provider if she's "clean", "ever had STIs or cold sores", and any variation of "hoping to find a woman with impeccable health and hygiene" will not get you the result you wish to get—I instantly refuse to meet.
So again, stay informed, play in your comfort zone and get tested regularly!
P.S. Using words like "clean" implies that people who have STIs are "dirty". Let me quote someone who has better words to explain it: " [...] this perspective has a serious impact on people’s self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-worth; especially if they contract a chronic STI, like HIV or herpes. While both of these conditions are treatable and controllable, people are still judged and stigmatized for being positive for either. So many people internalize that they are, by society’s standards, “unclean.” " - Read the article here
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