People can totally understand all of this, and also people mostly do understand most of this
On the other hand, the very fact that we say Monkeypox is spreading within the community of Men having Sex with Men is symbolic of the problem, to me. Being MSM and being in this monkeypox-spreading community is very correlated sure, but not synonymous, the cluster we’re talking about is more specific: It’s the cluster of people participating in orgies, have sex with other strangers several times a week, etc.
Seeing how we’re still conflating the two in discussions I’ve seen, I can understand the worries that this will reflect on the non-straight community, though I do agree that this messaging makes little sense.
Also
people mostly do understand most of this
I know four people who went to a sex-positive/kind of orgy event recently, this did not seem to be a concern to them (neither to the event itself, its safety consideration only included COVID).
I also know someone who still had hookups two-three weeks ago.
It seems like the warning against monkeypox may be failing in the very community we’re talking about.
On the other hand, the very fact that we say Monkeypox is spreading within the community of Men having Sex with Men is symbolic of the problem, to me. Being MSM and being in this monkeypox-spreading community is very correlated sure, but not synonymous, the cluster we’re talking about is more specific: It’s the cluster of people participating in orgies, have sex with other strangers several times a week, etc.
Seeing how we’re still conflating the two in discussions I’ve seen, I can understand the worries that this will reflect on the non-straight community, though I do agree that this messaging makes little sense.
Also
I know four people who went to a sex-positive/kind of orgy event recently, this did not seem to be a concern to them (neither to the event itself, its safety consideration only included COVID). I also know someone who still had hookups two-three weeks ago.
It seems like the warning against monkeypox may be failing in the very community we’re talking about.