Do STDs Affect Men or Women More?
This depends on what specifically you're measuring — overall infection rates for some STDs are fairly similar between men and women, but the health impact and complication risk from the same infection can differ meaningfully by sex.
Where the impact differs
Untreated chlamydia and gonorrhea carry a distinctly higher complication risk for women, specifically the risk of pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy — men can develop epididymitis from the same infections, but the fertility and pregnancy-related stakes are generally considered higher for women given the anatomy involved. Women are also generally more biologically susceptible to acquiring several STDs per exposure than men are, due to a larger area of exposed mucous membrane during vaginal sex.
Why symptom visibility differs
Certain infections, chlamydia in particular, are more likely to be asymptomatic in women than in men, which is part of why routine screening recommendations for women (especially those under 25) tend to be more emphasized in public health guidance — the absence of a reliable symptom to prompt testing makes routine screening more important for catching what would otherwise go unnoticed.
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