Back In The Day When Unprotected Sex Saved Your Life.
Back In The Day When Unprotected Sex Saved Your Life. “Getting an STI in WWI got you sick leave so many Allied forces would visit Parisian brothels, get an STI, and were sent home.” Sexually-transmitted diseases like syphilis and gonorrhea were a pretty big deal back then and ensured a break from the battlefield. Probably the reason why the French sanctioned brothels for soldiers fighting in the war. Creepier than this were the syphilis experiments in Guatemala, where soldiers, prostitutes, and prisoners were infected with syphilis to study the progression of the disease if left untreated. Over 30 people were recorded to have died of the experiment. The Guatemala syphilis experiments were United States-led human experiments conducted in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948. The experiments were led by physician John Charles Cutler, who also participated in the late stages of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment. Doctors infected 1,300 people, including at least 600 soldiers and people fr...