The Curse of Genital Herpes
Thursday April 10, 2008
Four years ago Gina thought she had her world well in control. At twenty-three, she was engaged to be married and actively pursuing a career in law enforcement. Then her life took a nasty turn. Find out more about what happened and read Gina's story.
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Comments
I am disappointed in the title of this article and the description of getting herpes as a “nasty turn”.
This wording only contributes to the stigma that makes it so unnecessarily difficult to cope with a herpes diagnosis.
The curse? That’s very dramatic and only contributes to the stigma.
I like the message that herpes is managable, but you have contributed to the stigma by the language you’ve used.
aj
I completely agree with the others. The initial reaction from anyone reading this article is that herpes truly is a curse, when that is far from the case. Anyone searching for information will again have that stigma forced right in their face. Very poor choice of wording.