It can be an abstinence-based sex-ed class we took in high school, the countless pieces of media we consume or biased health care practices among other factors that teach us that a positive STI status is something of which we should be ashamed. Other times, Pierce said, it is something that we are taught. “Sometimes, stigma starts in adolescence and is taught by our family, our peers and/or our religion.” “STI stigma first enters our psychology in a number of ways, and it depends upon the person and their environment,” Jenelle Marie Pierce, executive director of The STI Project, told TMRW.
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