[ **up: [[Sexual health]] | [[Humans--Sexual behaviour]]** ] > [!tip] Note: includes potentially NSFW content --- # Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) > Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are infections that are passed from person to person through sexual contact, primarily through bodily fluids (e.g., blood, breast milk, front hole or anal fluids, semen/cum and pre-cum). While STIs are generally curable or treatable, they can cause serious health problems if left ignored and untreated.[^1] --- ## Demographics ### USA [[2025-0324. In the USA, people 'aged 15–24 years bear a significant portion of the burden of STIs, comprising an estimated 50% of new STI infections annually (CDC, 2017).'|In the USA, people 'aged 15–24 years bear a significant portion of the burden of STIs, comprising an estimated 50% of new STI infections annually (CDC, 2017).']][^2] [^1]: Bianca Palmisano, *[[Palmisano. 'Safer Sex for Trans Bodies', 2021.|Safer Sex for Trans Bodies]]* (Whitman-Walker Health and Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2021), p. 11. [^2]: Julia C. Bond, et al., ‘[[Bond. ‘Sexual Self‑Efficacy and Entitlement to Pleasure’, 2010.|Sexual Self‑Efficacy and Entitlement to Pleasure: The Association of the Female Sexual Subjectivity Inventory with Sexual Risk Taking and Experience of Orgasm]]’, *Archives of Sexual Behaviour*, vol. 49, issue 3 (2 January 2010), p. 1.