Can crabs be passed on without sexual intercourse, ie; public restrooms ect…
I heard that yes they can, but I’m tellin’ ya, whoever you’re trying to convince of this won’t buy it! 
Supposedly my friend got them when someone slept in his bed while he was away for the weekend…But nobody believed him.
Yes they can. I got them in the middle of a really long “dry spell”—6 months or so. I DID try on some pants, shortly before the infestation became evident, though.
Nothing to be ashamed of here- I had them several years ago. Almost didn’t know it, just had a slight case of the itchies for a few days, then I went to the doc who found one clinging to me. He magnified it- it really looks something like a crab.
He said it’s easy to get one just by sitting next to the wrong person on the bus, or anywhere else for that matter.
The treatment is to smear a creamy liquid (available by perscription only, of course) all over your body from the neck down (crabs don’t usually get into your scalp for some reason) and leave it on for eight hours or so.
Of course, a thorough house cleaning is in order as well. All laundry & bed linens must be washed and placed in an uncontaminated area until everything has been treated (maybe even the carpets).
Crab lice, so called because those little buggers looks like tiny crabs, is NOT a STD.
Yes, you can get them & be a virgin. Shucks, I got them from hugging a woman who hugged a guy who got them on his coat.
Kids get them from sharing hats in school all the time.
There seems to be a lot of confusion here. Allow me to try to help.
- Three species of lice infest humans:
a. Pediculosis humanis capitis (the head louse)
b. P. h. corporis (the body louse)
c. Phthirus pubis, also referred to as Pediculosis pubis (the crab louse) - Each species is adapted to living on a different part of the body.
a. P.h. humanis is adapted to hang onto thin hairs such as head hair and eyelashes
b. P.h. corporis hangs onto clothes
c. P. pubis is best at hanging onto thicker hairs such as pubic hairs - Each type of louse infestation tends to be transmitted differently:
a. “For head and body lice, direct contact with an infested person and objects used by them; for body lice, indirect contact with the personal belongings of infested persons, especially clothing and headgear.” “Crab lice are most frequently transmitted through sexual contact.” Chin J, ed., Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 17th ed, 2000, American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.