ackyou Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 are there any STD's in westeros or anywhere else? It seems a little ridiculous that there wouldn't be any, but it seems to me that there just aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veltigar Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Daeron the Drunk died of an STD IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Yeah, they have various "poxes" at least some of which are sexually transmitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ackyou Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 It seems like it should be a bigger thing considering how much sex there is. None seem to trouble Tyrion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor227 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 It's mentioned in ASOS that Vargo Hoat once 'loved unwisely', and that ever since he had Qyburn check his women. So, yes, it's a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon_Samwell_Snow Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 I'm sure that Littlefinger had his "ladies" checked by a maester once in awhile for STD's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrik of Dorne Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I don't think there are lots of STDs in Westeros. There was no syphilis in Europe before the 15th century outbreak, and of course, no aids, but they still had to deal with gonorrhea and chlamydia (that they understood as a single disease). Maybe the Westerosi don't even know there are STDs. Of course, they probably associate some diseases to sex, but we can't know exactly how the average Westerosi (I'm not talking about maesters) understands the relationship between sex and what we call STDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Yeah, they have various "poxes" at least some of which are sexually transmitted. Doesn't Randyll Tarly have a prostitutes "parts" scrubbed with lye for infecting a soldier? I'm sure that Littlefinger had his "ladies" checked by a maester once in awhile for STD's. This is probably the show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocelot Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 It seems like it should be a bigger thing considering how much sex there is. None seem to trouble Tyrion. Yeah, it's strange that Tyrion never worries about catching a pox from a whore or getting one pregnant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkrider Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Yeah, it's strange that Tyrion never worries about catching a pox from a whore or getting one pregnant. It's possible that he pays extra for prostitutes that are known to be clean. I can see the higher-class whores having lower rates of infection than the cheaper ones. And to the second, moon tea is widely known to be a contraceptive and I'm sure that sex workers make use of it. And even if they didn't, why would Tyrion worry about getting her pregnant? Very few noble men seem to care about whether or not their sexual liaisons with lowborn women result in offspring. If they did, there would be a lot fewer bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor227 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Literally, unless Vargo Hoat is the epitome of class and education (he's not), then the concept of STDs is a known one. There are two mentions of it I can think of, one being how Vargo Hoat had once "loved unwisely" and had Qyburn examine his women to ensure he didn't experience that sting again, and Jaime recalling how Merret Frey caught a pox from a camp follower. Still, yes, it isn't mentioned often, but then, Tyrion has all the gold in the world (at least compared to... 99.999% of the populace), he frequents the upper-range of prostitutes, who are probably more expensive for a reason. You also have things like maids being sold in regard to prostitution as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Lepus Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Taking into account that you probably can get Greyscale by shaking hands with a stranger and the Bloody Flux by drinking at a tavern (I doubt they disinfect the tableware very thoroughly), visiting a brothel is probably considered hardly more dangerous that any other activity. When you visit a brothel you are risking to get some unpleasant diseases, but you can also get those doing almost anything else, and while the risk of getting Greyscale or Siphilis or whatever is greater in a brothel than drinking and eating in a tavern, the customers probably think the fun is worth the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illrede Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 There was poxy whore at Maidenpool that Tarley had maimed for knowingly infecting his men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myhalfgroat Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 there must be. i once made a very poor decision at a con in MPLS and it took a lot of shampoo to relieve me from a "pox" of crestacean named insects that were bestowed upon me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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