Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in America, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and  syphilis were diagnosed in the U.S. in 2017, surpassing the record set in 2016 by more than 200,000.

Apparently, hundreds of millions of people think you can. According to a recent New York Times piece, “The sex and relationships commentators who arose in the self-help boom of the…