(July 9, 2015 at 7:27 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(July 9, 2015 at 7:22 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: The risk of you getting an std, if one out of ten cheats, is the same as if one out of one cheats. The other nine in the equation do not add to the risk pool if they are faithful. I see your point if 2 or more are cheating because now you would have two cheating partners as opposed to one.
But it would increase the rate of STDs overall. If you got an STD and you were sexually active with 6 other people on a regular basis, there is a big chance all 7 of you will eventually get infected. If you were married to just one person, only 2 people will contract STDs as opposed to 7. Let's keep the STD rates down!
Right but the risk of an std entering your circle is the same if one person out of the ten cheats or one person out of a monogamous marriage cheats. In both cases you have one cheating spouse.