Not exact matches
She was
not speaking
about condoms.
That was kind of my point the people are choosing to ignore church policy
about se - x with multiple partners but its the churches fault they can't choose to use a
condom.
@catholics: if you don't like the contriseptive / abortion issue, pray
about it... but for crying out loud don't get angry when my atheist son gets your daughter pregnant because she tells him it's against her religion to use
condoms.
Not the RCC's biggest fan, but to their credit, studies (albeit limited studies) have given Natural Family Planning (a RCC - approved method of contraceptive) is
about 99 % effective - just as good as the Pill or a
condom, and is far less expensive.
Perhaps the Pope should focus on the perversion in his church and be less concerned
about whether or
not his parishioners should use
condoms.
When he commented - in response to the usual question
about why he was so unreasonably opposed to
condoms as a means of fighting Aids - that in fact condomdistribution isn't helping, and may be worsening, the spread of HIV / AIDS in Africa, he provoked an avalanche of hostile comment, much of it almost hysterical in tone.
He was
not really talking
about when to use
condoms because apparently he used the «
condom story» as a metaphor.
How
about married gay men (I know it's a foreign concept to you, but here in Canada there are plenty) who don't use
condoms since they're in a monogamous relationship?
Agents of the state can teach your children how to have sex, give them
condoms, put them on the pill, give them the morning - after pill if it doesn't work, and take them off for an abortion if that fails - and all without you having any say in the matter or necessarily even knowing
about it.
Mine doesn't fully, we had to pay
about $ 200, but compare that to the cost of 3 years worth of
condoms Is the procedure complex?
If Buckeyes junior All - America linebacker Andy (the Big Kat) Katzenmoyer does a lousy job on his summer - school paper
about condoms, he might
not pass his AIDS awareness course.
They don't have to convince their partners to wear a
condom and they don't have to make a choice every day
about how they feel
about getting pregnant (we are, of course, looking at pregnancy and
not STDs, here).
After all, what would seem to be the best way to keep a teenager from getting pregnant — asking them to use short - term birth control via
condoms, taking the pill everyday, or ineffective pleas for abstinence, or would it be better to give them an IUD that they don't have to think
about and is 99 % effective for the next few years?
I also told him, if he didn't feel comfortable getting
condoms, then perhaps he should reconsider his decision to have sex: — RRB - I did respect his privacy though and didn't insist that he had to talk to me
about it.
However,
condoms offer couples with an option of enjoying sex while at the same time avoiding pregnancy or protecting themselves from STIs since sex is more fun when you are
not worried
about getting pregnant or getting an STI.
Or, you could use
condoms, although your partner may
not be too happy
about this option.
It's been great
not having to worry
about getting pregnant or faff around with
condoms or pills.
The proposed advertisements will provide only educational, medically accurate, factual information
about access to
condoms and pregnancy advisory services, and will
not sexualise or mislead young people.
Insisting on the use of a
condom is
about protecting
not just you, but your partner as well.
«There's been some speculation
about whether teenagers were substituting oral or anal sex for vaginal sex and I found that wasn't so,» says Rosenbaum, «but I did uphold a previous finding that they are less likely to use birth control and drastically less likely in fact to use
condoms — it's a ten percentage point difference.»
I didn't cover the female
condom but you can learn
about it here.
Practicing safe sex is key to overall health; to always be on the safe side, wear a
condom, get tested for HIV and other STDs, communicate with your partner
about concerns (are you worried hes
not monogamous?)
There was a wonderful scene in the funny Hollywood movie
about internet dating, «Must Love Dogs,» where our heroine, Diane Lane, and hero, John Cusack wanted to get physically intimate and realized they didn't have a
condom with them.
From these encounters, 77 percent of men did
not wear
condoms (how
about other birth protection?)
Something just ain't right
about thanking the Lord for sending you an opportunistic pretty boy who carried a string of
condoms and single use packets of lube in his pocket.
They're
about as useful as a
condom with a hole in it, of course, but like I've said before I can't help but be amused and delighted by being able to have all my tech light up in the same color.
There are all kinds of myths swirling around
about condoms — such as that they aren't effective or that they kill the mood.
We are using
condoms now, but had unprotected sex many times over the course of
about 2 - 3 weeks before he found out that the bumps on his penis were actually warts, and
not skin damage from over-enthusiastic masturbation.
Studies show that oral contraception is risky, while statistics show that men * in relationships * are
not happy
about using
condoms.
Even if you don't believe your teen should be having sex, talking with them
about birth control,
condoms, STD prevention, and pregnancy is important for their health.
You can get herpes on your face, and lots of other STIs through oral sex...
condoms aren't just
about preventing pregnancy.
No one had ever taught me
about condoms and the need for safer sex, so I didn't have the tools to protect myself.
A recent study found that people who cheat were significantly less likely to use
condoms with partners outside of their primary relationship than people who practice NN (the percentage using
condoms was 48 % vs. 66 % for vaginal intercourse and 32 % vs. 49 % for anal intercourse, respectively).2
Not only that, but cheaters were less likely to discuss their sexual history and disease status, were more likely to have sex under the influence of drugs and alcohol, and were less inclined to tell their primary partners
about those sexual encounters.
For example, adolescents are more likely to become sexually active, and make choices
about whether to do so and take appropriate precautions, if their friends are doing the same (You don't use
condoms?
I created a little bit of a controversy among our team in Malawi as I was designing the survey, including questions asking
not just
about sex in general, but types of sex — vaginal or anal — and how often one uses
condoms for both types.
If you've had sex with another person and did
not use a
condom, female
condom, dental dam, or other barrier, it's a good idea to talk to your health care provider
about STD testing.
Rates of infidelity in «monogamous» relationships are also alarmingly high, hovering between 20 - 55 %, depending on what time frame you ask people
about (e.g., having ever cheated versus cheated in the last 5 years).3 Sadly, when cheaters cheat, they typically do
not take protective measures to reduce sexually transmitted infections 100 % of the time.1 Then, when they have sex with their primary partner, they rarely use barrier protection (e.g.,
condoms); this puts all partners at risk for diseases such as syphilis and HIV.
But people aren't perfect, so in real life they're
about 79 % effective — that means
about 21 out of 100 people who use female
condoms as their main method of birth control will get pregnant each year.
If you've had sex with another person and did
not use a
condom, female
condom, dental dam, or other barrier, it's a good idea to talk to your healthcare provider
about sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing.
One of the coolest things
about the female
condom is you can put it in ahead of time, before foreplay and sex, so you don't have to interrupt the action when it's time to get busy.
But people aren't perfect, so in real life
condoms are
about 85 % effective — that means
about 15 out of 100 people who use
condoms as their only birth control method will get pregnant each year.
Adolescents reported, on a five - point Likert scale ranging from 1 (disagree strongly or very bad idea) to 5 (agree strongly or very good idea), on their attitudes toward sex (e.g., «
Not having sex will help me feel good
about myself») and on their attitudes
about using
condoms (e.g., «How do you feel
about using a
condom if you had sex in the next 3 months?»).