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When it Comes to Sonja Morgan There’s No Grey in Her Gardens … Or Creepy Crawlies!

Sue Milstein
4 min readMay 23, 2021

The truth about STIs and why “the talk” is an important one to have … with your granny!

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My sister is an unapologetic, if not gleeful, fan of all things Bravo TV, especially the Real Housewives franchise. Don’t ask me which one is her favorite because from what I can tell the answer to that is “All of them!” She’s always asking me questions about things she sees on those shows like “Andropause? Is that a thing?” This week I got this:

“Last week on the Real Housewives of New York the divine Ms Sonja Morgan revealed that she was overwhelmed and felt like she already had “one foot in the nursing home” but ultimately had rejected that option. Not because of what we recently saw occur in those facilities during the pandemic or the terrible ratio of men to women. No, the nursing home was no longer an option when she discovered that “they had a very high STD rate … that’s not going to work out”. During the shutdown STD rates dropped (except on Below Deck Sailing Yacht — I’m looking at you Jean-Luc but that’s for a different time. Chlamydia? AGAIN? smh) so I have to ask …

Hey Dr Sue, is this true? Is Sonja right?”

She’s not wrong! Teens and those in their early 20’s make up almost half of all news STIs in the country, but seniors are…

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Sue Milstein
Sue Milstein

Written by Sue Milstein

Dr. Sue Milstein has a PhD in Human Sexuality Education and is the co-author of the 7th edition of "Human Sexuality: Making informed decisions."

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