Co-Host: Robert Johnson - Founder and CEO, Shameless Care
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My first-time guest Robert Johnson is the founder of Shameless Care, a sexual health telemedicine company focused on STI testing and medications. That alone makes him the right guy to finally do a show with on the topic of how to talk about sexually transmitted diseases/infections with women.
But as it turns out, Robert has some street cred. His personal story is actually what led to the founding of the company.
So first of all, what is it that makes us as men so reticent to have, well…necessary conversations with women about sex? What were we taught in school (and perhaps even church) about sex that beset us with an awkward mindset about it for life?
Next why it’s true you’re not really “damaged goods” if you have an STI (hint: almost everyone who is sexually active is infected with something). What should we do to test ourselves properly, and indeed to protect ourselves from getting STIs to begin with?
How are women likely to respond to the “STI talk” in ways we probably aren’t expecting? When is the right time to have an STI conversation with a woman…and the wrong time?
What can we know about a woman’s STI risk by her “body count”, or how clean she looks and seems? And what about the HIV/AIDS situation nowadays? What are the real-world risks, and how should you talk about that?
Overall, I have to say this show ended up being at least as much fun as it is necessary, which is always a good thing.
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