Here are some interesting facts about gonorrhea from Wikipedia

"Gonorrhea is caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae.^[2] The infection is transmitted from one person to another through vaginal, oral, or anal sex.^[2] Men have a 20% risk of getting the infection from a single act of vaginal intercourse with an infected woman. The risk for men who have sex with men is higher.^[4] Women have a 60–80% risk of getting the infection from a single act of vaginal intercourse with an infected man.^[5]  It cannot be spread by toilets or bathrooms.^[6]" 

^{Sex is thus more dangerous for women; the question is can women get gonorrhea if they don't have sex with a male? I'll try to find the answer but we know that men have infected their wives because of debauchery. How did it start?}

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^"Gonorrhea is a common infectious disease. In the United Kingdom 196 per 100,000 males 20 to 24 years old, and 133 per 100,000 females 16 to 19 years old were diagnosed in 2005.^[2] The CDC estimates that more than 700,000 people in the United States get new gonorrheal infections each year. "

History: "The exact time of onset of gonorrhea as prevalent disease or epidemic cannot be accurately determined from the historical record. One of the first reliable notations occur in the Acts of the (English) Parliament. In 1161 this body passed a law to reduce the spread of "...the perilous infirmity of burning."^[21] The symptoms described are consistent with, but not diagnostic of, gonorrhea. A similar decree was passed byLouis IX in France in 1256, replacing regulation with banishment.^[22] Similar symptoms were noted at the siege of Acre^{[disambiguation needed]} by Crusaders."