editor,—Those who have spent some time in genitourinary medicine will surely agree that the specialty has gone through vast changes over the years. Not only the nomenclature of our clinics from VD clinics or special clinics to psychosexual health departments but also the name of our specialty itself has gone through a metamorphosis.

I was therefore interested to note the term “sexually shared infections” suggested by Hopwood et al¹ and wondered what message it would project to our patients, sorry our “clients.” Hence, I decided …