The AIDS crisis has diverted the professionals' and the public's attention
from other sexually transmitted diseases. These diseases are biologically
sexist in that they have the greatest impact on women and, if the women are
pregnant, on their babies. This article discusses the incidence and conse
quences of five of the most common sexually transmitted diseases—syphilis,
gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital herpes, and pelvic inflammatory disease—and
presents specific recommendations for social work intervention related to both
prevention and treatment.
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