isn't there a rumor or something about STDs originating from some guy who forgeted a monkey
You're thinking of HIV, and how it shows a connection to a strain of a similar immunodeficiency virus found in simian populations within Africa, SIV. It's presumed that the virus jumped species in the early 1900s.
It's not ignorant to claim or suggest the virus came from monkeys/apes.
It's understandably ignorant to say it was spread via loveual intercourse with simians, as most people know of HIV as an STD.
What's more likely is it spread via bushmeat, that is, wild creatures hunted for food. HIV and SIV can spread via blood, and so ingestion of improperly prepared infected meat could result in humans contracting SIV, which overtime may adapt to become HIV.
It's believed this transition has occured on at least 3 seperate occassions.
I don't really care what take a few individuals may have on the movement, but it's important that people don't feel shamed for having STD's.
That shame does scare people, men and women, from visiting doctors and getting treatment.
That in turn only increases the risk of people spreading the diseases further, and puts people in harm.
There's a reason that most loveual health clinics are anonymous. It's to encourage people to get tested without feeling afraid of being judged, or people knowing.
