The word "venereal" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is an adjective which means relating to or caused by sexual contact, especially sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). It can be used in various contexts. For example, "He was diagnosed with a venereal disease after multiple sexual partners."
The organisation was campaigning on venereal disease in 1922, calling for full, free family planning in 1972, and demanding the prohibition of female genital mutilation as early as 1983.
Nor does it help that some believe they can cure themselves of venereal diseases by sleeping with a virgin.Economic inequality between the sexes aggravates matters.
Not only do they prevent unwanted pregnancies, they also stop the transmission of venereal infections particularly HIV.
Mr Holmes links the emphasis on masculine virtues with the staggering impact of venereal diseases on troops, which led the French to set up licensed brothels to cut down on casualties.
Mr Holmes has plenty to say about all three, statistics about everything from rations to the incidence of venereal disease, and excellent chapters on military technology: not just British guns, but Indian fortresses.
That would not be surprising, since the vaginal lesions that other venereal diseases produce should make excellent entry points for the virus.
The illegitimate children of the poor were resented as burdens on the community, and there was a constant fear of venereal diseases spread by whores.
By the end of the century around 3,000 Londoners died of venereal diseases annually.
Syphilis, though, emerged relatively recently in evolutionary terms.The two Guyanese samples of yaws were a crucial component of this study, because they appeared to be the closest relatives of venereal syphilis and were genetically different from Old World species of yaws.
Tests on animals suggest that the substance may offer similar protection against other venereal diseases, including herpes, gonorrhoea and genital warts.The Population Council has run small safety trials of Carraguard over the past couple of years.
It will no longer be slanderous to impute unchastity to a woman, or to say someone suffers from "venereal disease, leprosy or the plague".More important are the proposed new statutory defences against libel claims: truth, public interest and honest opinion.
