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Living with the genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) creates several problems for the herpes sufferer. This paper delves into the emotional, physical, and social stressors that a person with genital herpes is subjected to, and it suggests a research project based on several scenarios, including the male college student who has herpes and how he approaches his health issue when it comes to intimacy with a girlfriend. In other words, there are ethical issues involved. Should a man tell his girlfriend that he has herpes, or should he just be sure not to become intimate with her when he is having an outbreak? Which decision is the most ethical?
Social Science Research on Herpes and Dating - Background
Genital herpes causes periodic physical discomfort but it also causes "recurrent emotional distress" because one never knows when an outbreak will occur, and certainly the male in this research does not want to pass his infection along to a woman he loves (Dunphy, 2014). He may believe that because he is not having an outbreak it is perfectly safe to engage in sexual intercourse with his sweetheart, but the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains that "Even if you do not have symptoms, you can still infect your...
Even the use of condoms "may not fully protect" a person from getting herpes, the CDC explains.
The Research Project
This research should involve a minimum of 15 male college or university students who currently have genital herpes and 15 female students who have no sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and of course this means they do not have herpes.
The male students can be recruited through print advertising in the college newspaper or the local newspaper. Privacy is to be emphasized: potential participants must be assured that their involvement will be one hundred percent anonymous, that their names will never appear on any of the materials used, or on any of the research findings. The advertisement would be something like this: "Male college students with genital herpes sought for research survey that examines the social and psychological issues surrounding herpes. Confidentiality guaranteed. Financial stipend offered for participants. Must be 21 and enrolled in college."
The female students with no STDs can be recruited from a community college psychology class in the same community as the university. They can be chosen from a pool of volunteers that have agreed to take a survey and are…
Bibliography
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2010. 'What is genital herpes?' Retrieved January 16, 2015, from http://m.cdc.gov.
Dunphy, K. 2014. 'Herpes genitalis and the philosopher's stance.' Journal of Medical Ethics. Volume 12, 793-97.
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