{"tag":"spowied\u017a","articles":{"blog\/society\/confession-is-harmful-if-it-s-obligatory":{"key":"blog\/society\/confession-is-harmful-if-it-s-obligatory","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2017-11-22T13:16:20+01:00","publishedAt":"2017-11-22T13:00:00+01:00","group":"zdrowie-seksualne","category":"blog","subcategory":"society","slug":"confession-is-harmful-if-it-s-obligatory"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"confession-is-harmful-if-it-s-obligatory","title":"Confession is harmful if it\u0027s obligatory","intro":"\u003Cp\u003EToday I found out that in some laboratories, when you want to get your blood tested for HIV\/HCV\/syphilis\/etc. (for free and anonymously), you do \u003Cem\u003Enot\u003C\/em\u003E have to go to confession about your sexual life. It was a great surprise for me, because whenever I did such tests, I always got to fill out a questionnaire about what, when, how many times, and with how many guys I did it. And then I had to further elaborate in a face-to-face conversation with some stranger.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cp\u003EToday I found out that in some laboratories, when you want to get your blood tested for HIV\/HCV\/syphilis\/etc. (for free and anonymously), you do \u003Cem\u003Enot\u003C\/em\u003E have to go to confession about your sexual life. It was a great surprise for me, because whenever I did such tests, I always got to fill out a questionnaire about what, when, how many times, and with how many guys I did it. And then I had to further elaborate in a face-to-face conversation with some stranger.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor me it may not be a big problem. For most Berliners probably neither. Here it\u2019s not a shame to tell someone you\u2019re gay, and not that big of a shame to admit how promiscuous you are.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut when you are a catholic gay boy who is afraid of what would people say, who still believes (or has only just stopped believing) that sex with a guy is a serious sin (and even if not, it is still very awkward discuss your sex life with anyone) \u2013 then the problem starts to get more problematic.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYou should get tested regularly every three months. But if you don\u2019t have any symptoms, if nothing is wrong with you, if there is nothing urgent about it, however doing the test involves going through emotional tortures \u2013 will you decide to go there at all?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is good that organizations fighting HIV want to have as many anonymous statistics on human sexual behavior as they can \u2013 but the main goal should be to have the least number of infections in the first place. It is good that the doctor wants to know as much as possible about the patient in order to best advise him \u2013 but he should rather not advise at all than to have the patient not come.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf we started a laboratory visit with an information that the survey \/ interview is completely voluntary, and we asked for a consent to participate in it, how many more people would choose to come?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI would prefer it if 20 people voluntarily filled in the questionnaire, and 80 did not, rather than if 40 people filled it in out of coercion, but the other 60 decided not to come at all...\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["gay","health","hiv","homosexuality","sex","sexual health","test"],"hasMore":true,"image":null,"introLite":"\u003Cp\u003EToday I found out that in some laboratories, when you want to get your blood tested for HIV\/HCV\/syphilis\/etc. (for free and anonymously), you do \u003Cem\u003Enot\u003C\/em\u003E have to go to confession about your sexual life. It was a great surprise for me, because whenever I did such tests, I always got to fill out a questionnaire about what, when, how many times, and with how many guys I did it. And then I had to further elaborate in a face-to-face conversation with some stranger.\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cp\u003EToday I found out that in some laboratories, when you want to get your blood tested for HIV\/HCV\/syphilis\/etc. (for free and anonymously), you do \u003Cem\u003Enot\u003C\/em\u003E have to go to confession about your sexual life. It was a great surprise for me, because whenever I did such tests, I always got to fill out a questionnaire about what, when, how many times, and with how many guys I did it. And then I had to further elaborate in a face-to-face conversation with some stranger.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor me it may not be a big problem. For most Berliners probably neither. Here it\u2019s not a shame to tell someone you\u2019re gay, and not that big of a shame to admit how promiscuous you are.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut when you are a catholic gay boy who is afraid of what would people say, who still believes (or has only just stopped believing) that sex with a guy is a serious sin (and even if not, it is still very awkward discuss your sex life with anyone) \u2013 then the problem starts to get more problematic.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYou should get tested regularly every three months. But if you don\u2019t have any symptoms, if nothing is wrong with you, if there is nothing urgent about it, however doing the test involves going through emotional tortures \u2013 will you decide to go there at all?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is good that organizations fighting HIV want to have as many anonymous statistics on human sexual behavior as they can \u2013 but the main goal should be to have the least number of infections in the first place. It is good that the doctor wants to know as much as possible about the patient in order to best advise him \u2013 but he should rather not advise at all than to have the patient not come.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf we started a laboratory visit with an information that the survey \/ interview is completely voluntary, and we asked for a consent to participate in it, how many more people would choose to come?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI would prefer it if 20 people voluntarily filled in the questionnaire, and 80 did not, rather than if 40 people filled it in out of coercion, but the other 60 decided not to come at all...\u003C\/p\u003E","words":370,"readTime":2,"lang":"en"},"pl":{"slug":"przymusowa-spowied\u017a-szkodzi","title":"Przymusowa spowied\u017a szkodzi","intro":"\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDzi\u015b dowiedzia\u0142em si\u0119, \u017ce w niekt\u00f3rych laboratoriach gdy robi\u0105 ci (darmowe i anonimowe) badania krwi na HIV\/HCV\/ki\u0142\u0119\/etc., wcale nie musisz si\u0119 nikomu spowiada\u0107 ze swojego \u017cycia seksualnego. To dla mnie niema\u0142e zaskoczenie, bo kiedy bym sobie takich bada\u0144 nie robi\u0142, zawsze najpierw dostawa\u0142em do wype\u0142nienia ankiet\u0119, co, kiedy, jak i z iloma robi\u0142em, a potem jeszcze musia\u0142em to doprecyzowa\u0107 face-to-face jakiemu\u015b obcemu kolesiowi...\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDzi\u015b dowiedzia\u0142em si\u0119, \u017ce w niekt\u00f3rych laboratoriach gdy robi\u0105 ci (darmowe i anonimowe) badania krwi na HIV\/HCV\/ki\u0142\u0119\/etc., wcale nie musisz si\u0119 nikomu spowiada\u0107 ze swojego \u017cycia seksualnego. To dla mnie niema\u0142e zaskoczenie, bo kiedy bym sobie takich bada\u0144 nie robi\u0142, zawsze najpierw dostawa\u0142em do wype\u0142nienia ankiet\u0119, co, kiedy, jak i z iloma robi\u0142em, a potem jeszcze musia\u0142em to doprecyzowa\u0107 face-to-face jakiemu\u015b obcemu kolesiowi...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDla mnie mo\u017ce to nie jest to jakim\u015b ogromnym problemem. Dla wi\u0119kszo\u015bci berli\u0144czyk\u00f3w pewnie te\u017c nie. Tutaj to \u017caden wstyd, powiedzie\u0107 komu\u015b, \u017ce jeste\u015b gejem, i nie a\u017c taki wielki przyzna\u0107, jak bardzo jeste\u015b rozwi\u0105z\u0142y.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAle gdy jeste\u015b katolicko wychowan\u0105 ciotk\u0105, kt\u00f3ra boi si\u0119, co ludzie powiedz\u0105, kt\u00f3ra wci\u0105\u017c jeszcze wierzy (albo dopiero co przesta\u0142a), \u017ce seks z facetem to grzech ci\u0119\u017cki (a nawet jak nie, to i tak ogromnie niezr\u0119cznie si\u0119 czuje m\u00f3wi\u0105c komukolwiek o swoim \u017cyciu seksualnym) \u2013 wtedy sprawa zaczyna si\u0119 robi\u0107 bardziej problematyczna.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWarto bada\u0107 si\u0119 regularnie co trzy miesi\u0105ce. 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To dla mnie niema\u0142e zaskoczenie, bo kiedy bym sobie takich bada\u0144 nie robi\u0142, zawsze najpierw dostawa\u0142em do wype\u0142nienia ankiet\u0119, co, kiedy, jak i z iloma robi\u0142em, a potem jeszcze musia\u0142em to doprecyzowa\u0107 face-to-face jakiemu\u015b obcemu kolesiowi...\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDzi\u015b dowiedzia\u0142em si\u0119, \u017ce w niekt\u00f3rych laboratoriach gdy robi\u0105 ci (darmowe i anonimowe) badania krwi na HIV\/HCV\/ki\u0142\u0119\/etc., wcale nie musisz si\u0119 nikomu spowiada\u0107 ze swojego \u017cycia seksualnego. To dla mnie niema\u0142e zaskoczenie, bo kiedy bym sobie takich bada\u0144 nie robi\u0142, zawsze najpierw dostawa\u0142em do wype\u0142nienia ankiet\u0119, co, kiedy, jak i z iloma robi\u0142em, a potem jeszcze musia\u0142em to doprecyzowa\u0107 face-to-face jakiemu\u015b obcemu kolesiowi...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDla mnie mo\u017ce to nie jest to jakim\u015b ogromnym problemem. Dla wi\u0119kszo\u015bci berli\u0144czyk\u00f3w pewnie te\u017c nie. Tutaj to \u017caden wstyd, powiedzie\u0107 komu\u015b, \u017ce jeste\u015b gejem, i nie a\u017c taki wielki przyzna\u0107, jak bardzo jeste\u015b rozwi\u0105z\u0142y.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAle gdy jeste\u015b katolicko wychowan\u0105 ciotk\u0105, kt\u00f3ra boi si\u0119, co ludzie powiedz\u0105, kt\u00f3ra wci\u0105\u017c jeszcze wierzy (albo dopiero co przesta\u0142a), \u017ce seks z facetem to grzech ci\u0119\u017cki (a nawet jak nie, to i tak ogromnie niezr\u0119cznie si\u0119 czuje m\u00f3wi\u0105c komukolwiek o swoim \u017cyciu seksualnym) \u2013 wtedy sprawa zaczyna si\u0119 robi\u0107 bardziej problematyczna.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWarto bada\u0107 si\u0119 regularnie co trzy miesi\u0105ce. 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Fajnie, \u017ce lekarz chce wiedzie\u0107 jak najwi\u0119cej o pacjencie, aby mu jak najlepiej doradzi\u0107 \u2013 ale pewnie wola\u0142by nie doradzi\u0107 wcale ni\u017c \u017ceby ten pacjent w og\u00f3le nie przyszed\u0142.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJe\u015bli zaczniemy wizyt\u0119 w laboratorium od informacji, \u017ce ankieta\/rozmowa jest ca\u0142kowicie dobrowolna, i spytamy o ch\u0119\u0107 wzi\u0119cia w nich udzia\u0142u, ile wi\u0119cej os\u00f3b zdecyduje si\u0119 w og\u00f3le przyj\u015b\u0107?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWola\u0142bym \u017ceby 20 os\u00f3b dobrowolnie wype\u0142ni\u0142o ankiet\u0119, a 80 nie, ni\u017c \u017ceby 40 os\u00f3b wype\u0142ni\u0142o j\u0105 z przymusu, ale pozosta\u0142e 60 nie przysz\u0142o wcale...\u003C\/p\u003E","words":348,"readTime":2,"lang":"pl"}}}}}