One of the easiest ways to increase your risk of an STD is to ignore how someone approaches sex. If someone is regularly having sex with people they barely know, without taking the time to vet them, build trust, discuss sexual health, use protection, or get tested, you're dealing with a higher-risk behavior pattern. And that's the part people don't want to think about. You meet someone. She's attractive. She's immediately sexually available. You think you just hit the fucking jackpot. But stop and ask yourself: If she's giving you access that easily, how many other people have had the same access? And were those people responsible? Did they use protection? Did they get tested? Did they even know their own status? You don't know. You might think you're receiving a gift when you're actually inheriting somebody else's consequences. Not every gift is a gift. Sometimes it's a curse in disguise. And if you're going to put your body at risk, don't let lust make the decision f...