Real men don't bow to peer pressure. It's cowardly to go with the crowd. It's also stupid. I'm sure now he's much prouder of the number of people he helped rather than the number of women he romanced. It's ineffective to try to talk young people out of sexual activity with scare tactics.
Young people believe they're invincible.
They don't fear AIDS or anything else. We should tell kids the truth. Sexual promiscuity is unintelligent and an indication of a lack of maturity. I'm not attempting to be critical of Thomas. If he could, he would say the exact same thing right now.