I swear I wasn’t going to even bother speaking on this Usher fiasco. But all I keep seeing is one problematic post, meme, or article after another. I don’t even know where to begin with this nonsense.
The Fat Shaming
One of his accusers is a man, another is an obese woman. Can you guess which one nobody believes? Yep! The fat chick. The man came forward and it was “Oh I knew he was gay all along!” But when the obese woman, Quantasia Sharpton, came forward, people doubted her story immediately. The mentality is that he’s a wealthy, good looking celebrity and can have any woman he wants – therefore, why a fat chick? She must be LYING! The reality: plenty of men have no problem having a romp with a fluffy woman. Sometimes they are fine as fuck, rich as fuck, and famous as fuck and they will still slide in between them chubby thighs.
The Stigma
What’s most ridiculous is the reaction to herpes itself…
Y’all do know that more than two-thirds of the world’s population of people under 50 has a form of herpes*, right? Surely, you’re also well aware that one in six people under 50 in the United States has genital herpes, right?** Herpes is common as fuck. Nobody thinks they have it because it often just lies dormant in your system causing no symptoms. Also, when you go for an STI screening, it’s not included unless you specifically request it. When you do, the likelihood of your insurance covering the test is slim to none. So if you think you’re herpes free, you probably don’t even really know.
Bigger than all that, what is it going to do to you? Yeah, yeah, it’s incurable – I know… but what is it really going to do to you? Periodic sores around the infection area that last a few weeks at best. That’s it. Discomfort. That’s. Fucking. It. Nobody wants herpes because it’s embarrassing and that’s the bottom line. No one has ever died from it. Million dollar lawsuits are completely ridiculous for exactly that reason. Throw a condom on and keep on fucking!
Now can we all collectively shut the fuck up about Usher? The more we shame people, the more this sort of thing happens where they are reluctant to disclose whether or not they have it. Therefore, the more it spreads. This is honestly one of those nuisance diseases that should have long since been eradicated but, because of the stigma, here the fuck we are… gossipping about Usher’s health.