History Main / STDImmunity

* Also the case in ''TabletopGame/{{FATAL}}'', which, despite its heavy emphasis on sexual activity and its claim to be "[[DanBrowned the most...realistic and historically/mythically accurate role-playing game available]]", never even mentions [=STDs=].

* ''Series/TheSexLivesOfCollegeGirls'': Leighton believed she had this due to only having sex with women, but then catches chlamydia. She's then told that no, having sex with women can infect her too. When she neglects to inform her sex partners like the doctor said to, one of the girls Leighton had given it to tells everyone later while she's seeking to pledge a sorority, embarrassing her and causing her to get rejected.

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* Subverted in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', in which the absurdly promiscuous Isabela apparently gets [=STDs=] often, but she knows a long-suffering mage called Anders who can get rid of them with no real difficulty. One NPC even claims she's so promiscuous that there's an STD [[UpToEleven named after her]]. And...yes, she's a potential LoveInterest for the main character.

* Sam Malone on ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' is apparently immune to all sexual diseases in spite of his Don Juan lifestyle. The closest he came to picking something up was when it looked like he might've gotten a woman pregnant but it turned out to be a false alarm. The writers of the show once considered addressing this by having an episode where it would've looked like Sam had contracted AIDS, though the plot never made it to air due to fear it couldn't be handled in good taste (The episode would have aired in 1988 when the AIDS epidemic was in full swing).
** A few episodes had Sam mentioning "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar going to the drug store]]" implying that Sam was conscientious about condom use.

--->'''Sydney, Frix, and a passing-through Maxima, simultaneously:''' [[WorldOfSnark Like blue balls]].

--->'''Dabbler:''' In fact, sleeping with me can ''cure'' some diseases!
--->'''Literally everybody:''' [[WorldOfSnark Like blue balls]].

--->'''Joe''' (after stabbing a hypodermic needle into Quagmire's arm)''':''' Gotcha!\\

(Peter stabs Quagmire with another needle)\\

(Joe stabs him with a third needle)\\

'''Peter''': Hold on. (flies all the way to Africa to catch a mosquito in a jar) Alright, this is hasn't even been named yet so you can't possibly have it.\\
(Peter lets the mosquito go and it bites Quagmire on the cheek, making his face swell up and turn red and his eyes bleed)

* Two words: [[Franchise/JamesBond JAMES BOND]]. No [=STDs=], no known condom use, no accidental pregnancy. (''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' once did a sketch revealing that Bond has an unspeakably large amount of [=STDs=].)

* ''Series/TeenWolf'' fanfic authors like to claim that [[AsYouKnow werewolves don't get STIs]].

Of course, many writers ''are'' aware of the risk of catching an STD, but since the plot of the story is not about somebody dealing with an STD they avoid bringing it up. This may have the unintended consequence that when a story ''is'' about catching/having an STD, the disease seems to be a punishment for a lifestyle, rather than a lapse in judgment in self-protection. Another consequence is that sex can be made to seem inconsequential.

Subtrope of IdealIllnessImmunity. It almost always goes hand in hand with UnproblematicProstitution. If this is part of a FreeLoveFuture, it may be related to WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture. Contrast the TragicAIDSStory. Compare and contrast KarmicSTD, when the only characters to get venereal disease are the ones (at least [[AuthorTract in the author's mind]]) who are [[SlutShaming behaving immorally]].

Subtrope of IdealIllnessImmunity. It almost always goes hand in hand with UnproblematicProstitution. If this is part of a FreeLoveFuture, it may be related to WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture. Contrast the TragicAIDSStory.

* In ''Film/ILoveYouPhillipMorris'' [[spoiler:this is played straight when Steven dies of [=AIDS=] and Phillip, his lover, wonders why he wasn't affected (condoms are never mentioned). Subverted when it's shown that Steven was only faking his death and Phillip was never meant to find out.]] Though Steven's previous lover did actually die of the disease, so straight again, as Steven didn't catch the disease from him.

* Averted in ''Film/CabinFever''. When two casual friends suddenly decide to jump into bed together, in the middle of a flesh-eating disease outbreak, the man is aware of how dangerous their affair is, and remarks to the woman how surprised he is that [[ButWeUsedACondom she didn't care about using a condom]] -- while they're in the ''middle'' of having sex. The woman [[BlatantLies tries to assure him that she's healthy,]] though she has no way of knowing this for sure and doesn't seem to care one iota about the health risks. As it happens, rashes -- which are the first symptom of the deadly disease -- are bought out on the woman's back while they're still having sex by her lover's passionate squeezes. Sure enough, the woman quickly deteriorates and dies thereafter, and the man later falls ill himself -- confirmed by a scene where he pulls up his hospital gown to find sickly welts just above his crotch.

* In an episode of ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', the doctor finds it very odd that the woman from a primitive village who they have invited back to the base (and have put under a med test) is completely healthy, including a lack of any [=STDs=]. Turns out [[spoiler:she's actually an ascended Ancient taking human form, so she's kinda beyond that]].

** Brittany has been known to have slept with almost all the guys at her school (and a few of the girls), and yet she has never been shown to have an STD. Considering she doesn't even know how babies are made, it's likely she has no idea what condoms or birth control are.
** Averted with Brittany's ex-boyfriend Artie, who after having a casual sexual relationship with two different women, finds out he has chlamydia. He's shocked, despite the fact that he says he never used condoms because buying them freaked him out.

* ''Literature/TheTeresaKnightTrilogy'': {{Averted}}. [=STDs=] are explicitly mentioned as a threat for people who have a lot of casual sex. The sex clubs portrayed all require members be tested first before joining. Teresa is careful to have her male partners use condoms for contraception and STD prevention.

* Brought up at least in ''Fanfic/HowTheLightGetsIn''. In a flashback, a furious Laurel informs Oliver that after the ''Gambit'' sank she got herself tested for any [=STDs=], concluding that if he [[YourCheatingHeart cheated on her]] with her sister, he'd probably [[ReallyGetsAround cheated on her with a lot of other women]]. It's indicated that she didn't have any (or if she did she's been treated by now), but the risk was acknowledged at least.

* Averted in ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', when the first season finale was about quite a few of the doctors dealing with an outbreak of syphilis from constantly hooking up with one another. This also serves to [[YourCheatingHeart reveal that some of the characters cheated on their partners.]]

* {{Averted}} in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': "My Hypocritical Oath" had a man get treated for an STD at the hospital and ask JD not to tell his girlfriend, Kylie, who found out about it after noticing that [[YourCheatingHeart her coworker/friend had similar symptoms]]. Kylie wasn't infected because she and her boyfriend hadn't had sex yet.