5 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Comedian Raanan Hershberg joins Erica Spera to talk about dating someone with herpes for the first time, what made him feel comfortable with it, why he thinks the stigma should be eliminated, and much more. The end of the episode features an exclusive Patreon preview.
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0:00.0 | Like, oh, it sucks because it's incurable. |
0:02.6 | So anything that's incurable, it's scary to get. |
0:04.8 | Yes, yes. |
0:05.3 | Just the idea of it being incurable, it feels like a scary thing, you know? |
0:09.3 | But. |
0:09.8 | And is this the first person you've ever encountered, like, dating or even sleeping with that disclosed to you? |
0:15.6 | Hey, I have herpes. |
0:16.5 | Yes. |
0:17.2 | See, isn't that so interesting? |
0:18.4 | Because it's like the numbers are so high. But no one's disgusting. |
0:21.4 | Yeah. |
0:21.8 | There's definitely women. |
0:23.3 | It's an interesting thing. |
0:24.4 | You slept with and have it. |
0:25.6 | Sorry, it's a unnecessary. |
0:28.6 | The stigma itself is like created by people. |
0:32.2 | It's an unnecessary thing that just make people with herpes feel worse. |
0:36.8 | Yeah. |
0:37.4 | When it's just like if people are just like more open about it, you know, like, from what |
0:42.9 | I've understood, because like I was, I did like, you know, it did take me a little bit. |
0:46.9 | I was like, all right, I want to read up and stuff. |
0:48.6 | But for what I understand, like, you know, having sex with someone's herpes in a way can be safer because you know exactly when not to go into the house. |
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