Men in papa-katsu often say that sex workers carry STIs, while customers of sex workers say that women in papa-katsu carry them instead. It’s funny how biased these guys can be lol

I think it varies from person to person. Those who are careful are less likely to catch anything, while those who are careless are vulnerable to both...

After being intimate with anyone other than my monthly partner, I take either Vibramycin or azithromycin. I’m scared of STIs—I could pass one on to my monthly partner. One of my two main partners tested positive for two types of mycoplasma and two types of ureaplasma—four infections in total—when she got tested at the beginning of our relationship. We assume her ex gave them to her. I’m sure someone will point out that ureaplasma may not technically be an STI, but Universe Club apparently treats it as one. I regularly use the testing kits popular with adult-film actors. No matter how many times I get tested, my heart stops every time I check the results.

As men get older, they tend to measure the present against their past. Before they know it, they find themselves thinking things like: - Young people don’t try hard enough. - Things were different back in my day. - My own experiences are always the correct answer. When I was younger, I was tricked by someone like a tout in Nakasu and had a terrible experience at a filthy pink salon, so I’ve always had a scarier image of the adult entertainment industry. I’ve never caught anything from it, but I’ve also received a “souvenir” from a woman I met for the first time through a club, so I suppose neither is necessarily better. I do make a point of getting regular checkups at the hospital.

When meeting a new woman through the club, I get tested for STIs beforehand. I also get tested regularly. People who view papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) as similar to sex work may see the two as the same, but I think papa-katsu is safer when you limit yourself to relationships with people you trust.

> People say papa-katsu guys claim that going to adult entertainment venues means you’ll catch an STI, but… Regarding the previous question, “I often see people say they won’t date anyone who works in the adult entertainment industry. Why is that?”—no one mentioned STIs at all. I thought this question was just posted by someone looking for attention, so I was going to leave it hidden. But it received quite a few answers, so I made it visible. Though, to be honest, it’s the kind of content that probably should have stayed hidden. Anyway, getting to the point: Those who say people working in the adult entertainment industry have a higher probability of having an STI are speaking in terms of probability, so I think their argument has a reasonable basis. Anyone who can say that’s not true would presumably have some data to back it up, and without data, it’s difficult to disprove the probability-based argument. In other words, absent any data, what they’re saying is technically correct. That said, some people also think that if they could meet someone through the adult entertainment industry, there would be no need to meet through a dating club. In other words, they want to meet women who have no other way of meeting them, so I can understand why that reasoning would seem somewhat convincing.

By simple probability, a sex worker seeing 100 clients a month would be more likely to contract an STI than someone doing papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) with 5–10 people a month. Since it’s a matter of probability, someone doing papa-katsu can of course contract one too, but the odds are probably higher for sex workers. That’s just a generalization. High-end establishments may provide testing and treatment, but the rest are underground businesses, so they’re basically left to fend for themselves under the name of personal responsibility. For both men and women, the sex industry seems to be holding steady as usual, while papa-katsu has become more widespread and more people are doing it. Dating apps are booming, and street-based sex work has also appeared. With STIs spreading as a result, prevention and taking responsibility for your own health are important. For prevention, there’s doxy-PEP. After an adult relationship (intimate), take Vibramycin. I think we’re living in an age where you have to protect yourself.

If anything, I think working with sex workers is safer. I don’t think sexually transmitted infections are all that common, but they do exist, so caution is still necessary. Since they operate professionally with that in mind, I assume they take appropriate precautions as well. With papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), each arrangement is a personal relationship. Although most people take precautions, I believe there are also some who don’t. That’s just my personal view.

I’ve written about this before, but for my first intimate encounter with someone, I always use condoms—not only for vaginal penetration, but for oral sex as well. I use Sagami Original condoms, which don’t have that typical rubber smell. I also pay for her to get STI tests for both her vagina and throat afterward. I don’t go on a second date until I’ve confirmed the results. I’ve used this approach for the past two or three years and had around 30 papa-katsu women from Universe (including Patrol) and dating apps tested. I haven’t kept exact count, but more than half had some kind of STI. Specifically, vaginal chlamydia, gonorrhea, mycoplasma, or trichomoniasis, as well as chlamydia or gonorrhea in the throat. I haven’t encountered anyone with syphilis or HIV yet. When someone tests positive, I message her and ask what kind of men the partners she suspects—those she had unprotected sex with—were. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they weren’t papas, but private boyfriends or ex-boyfriends, one-night stands, or hosts. With throat infections, it’s hard to tell whether the source was a papa or a private partner, since oral sex is usually unprotected. But vaginal infections can only be transmitted through unprotected sex, so men she had unprotected sex with are possible sources. So, in my view, whether someone has an STI isn’t determined by whether she works in the adult entertainment industry or does papa-katsu, but by how often she has unprotected sex. And that is overwhelmingly more likely to be with private partners than with papas or clients. When it’s a private relationship with a man she likes, she’s probably more likely to give in when he asks to go without a condom. In other words, the typical chain of transmission isn’t papa → papa-katsu woman, but private partner → papa-katsu woman → papa who has unprotected sex with her. At least when it comes to vaginal infections. A woman who agrees to unprotected sex with a papa is hardly likely to have never done the same with a private partner. I’m a papa who openly tells the papa-katsu women I see that I date multiple partners, and apparently some women worry that “a papa who dates multiple women is scary because of STIs.” I can’t speak for other papas who date multiple partners, but at least I take STI risks seriously and act accordingly, as I described above. So I think intimacy with me is fairly safe. Just something to keep in mind. > Take Vibramycin after an adult relationship Vibramycin is an antibiotic and may be effective against chlamydia and mycoplasma, but since these infections can be treated if you catch them, I’m not sure they’re serious enough to warrant taking it preventively. I take the antivirals Valtrex and Taflero every day to protect against herpes and HIV, just in case, because once you’re infected with those, they can’t be cured. I’ve also of course been vaccinated with Gardasil to protect against genital warts and cervical cancer.