Blaming
dating apps for the
rise of
STDs is
just the
latest form of sex panic
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"Are
dating apps to blame for the
rise in STDs?"
It's a line that seems tailor-made for morning news shows, designed to be read in that formal, faux-inquisitive tone newscasters use before cutting to commercial break.
It's true that STD rates
have risen in the U.S. over the last 10 years, with an especially steep
rise in the
last four years. Alongside straight coverage of this rise, reports drawing the line between
STDs and
dating apps have also proliferated on
local news,
digital outlets, and
cable networks around the country.*
And like all sound bites, the way these pieces are framed doesn't reflect the whole story —*they
just capitalize on the easiest part of it.
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