Do you use condoms?
Posted on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 at 3:31 AMI think condoms are a great way to protect your partner from STDS as well as pregnancy.
Please keep in mind that condoms are not 100% correct even when they are used properly.
Remember, some STDS come up outside of the areas that the condom keeps covered.
Take herpes for example..
A herpes outbreak if you have genital herpes can come up anywhere within the boxer shorts region.
Now this doesn’t mean that you should stop using condoms. I think it’s much better to use them than not to use them if you are trying to keep from contracting an STD OR becoming pregnant.
It’s important that people know the stats about condoms before using them so that they know the complete facts and make an educated choice. When condoms are used ‘perfectly’, in other words no errors, pregnancy prevention happens 98% of the time. Which means you can have sex for one year and your chance of preventing pregnancy is 98%.
What most people do not realize is that condoms come with a learning curve. If you do not know how to correctly put on a condom, that success rate drops to 85 or 90%. the best ‘how-to’ I’ve read is here : http://www.scarleteen.com/article/boyfriend/condom_basics_a_users_manual
Good luck!