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Women and their partners in the United States are increasingly using male condoms when they have premarital sex for the first time, which may explain why teenage birth rates have declined in recent decades, according to a new government survey of contraceptive methods.
Study Finds Condom Use Is Increasing
Seeded on Thu May 27, 2010 9:22 PM EDT
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The proportion of women who used some form of contraceptive the first time they had premarital sex rose to 84 percent in the survey compared with 55 percent before 1985. Most of the increase came from the growing use of a male condom, used by 72 percent of women at first intercourse compared with 34 percent before 1985.
Contraceptive use varied greatly by the education level of parents. About 84 percent of women whose mother had a college education used contraception the first time they had sex compared with 53 percent of women whose mothers did not finish high school.
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#1 - Thu May 27, 2010 9:23 PM EDTAnd yet here I am, given the opportunity to use one, with no idea how to put the damn thing on right. Thank you public school education!
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#2 - Thu May 27, 2010 9:30 PM EDTLOL. Okay, get a handful of condoms and a bunch of bananas. A little practice and you'll be an expert in no time. Oh, and read this page for instructions:
Condom - Planned Parenthood
Almost everyone can use a condom safely.
This is a page that has all the info anyone needs about condoms. Under "How to use a condom" is both text instructions and a video.
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This is excellent news. Condom use not only helps prevent unwanted pregnancies, but also helps prevent STI's.
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#3 - Thu May 27, 2010 9:57 PM EDTThis is encouraging news. It's good to know people are becoming more sexually responsible.
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#4 - Fri May 28, 2010 9:48 AM EDTThe study focused on women. I wonder if the men are making similar improvements without being told they have to wear one by the woman.
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I hope so, too. Maybe men will start taking the intiative to put a condom without being told/asked to if they realize they aren't going to get any lovin' if they don't.
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