I read the BBQ Pit to hear some good old fashioned ranting and flaming and raving.
Now it has turned into a big fucking whining fest over safe sex.
So someone told you to use a condom. Big fucking deal. There are plenty of worse things people could say to you. People have told me to use condoms. I never said “Oh, why are you worrying about me? You should worrying about the gays!” That’s silly. Safe sex is important for everyone.
If you’re gay, use a fucking condom. If you’re straight, use a fucking condom.
Now everyone just shut the fuck up about this and go back to some quality flaming.
This reminds me of the thread where some poor soul admitted to taking his child out of the carseat while his wife was driving, and became annoyed at all of us fellow drivers jumping in to tell him how unsafe that is.
It seems to me that if you admit to purposefully acting foolishly here, you’re in for a bit of an unprejudiced reminder from the board. IMHO, if you can’t take hearing that your actions are, as Blalron put it, lacking in good judgement, you shouldn’t be so cavalier about posting it here- go somewhere else. The SDMB is not the place for it.
Last time I heard, latex condoms were rated as 90% effective as contraceptives.
Given the relative probabilities of disease transmission vs. conception (do you need an explanation of all that must be in place and functioning for conception, vs, what is required for disease transmission?), it sounds like a condom is well less than ‘fail safe’.
Well, nothing’s failsafe. However those figures are for a year of use, not “per use”, something which is always misleading.
It should also be noted that the studies have to contend with misuse: they frequently find that the breakage rates are skewed, with certain men reporting a much higher breakage rate than others. This is likely caused by misuse of the condom (attempting to put it on inside out, for example). A further problem is that often couples who claim to use a condom consistently in fact do not, and simply do not admit to this. The moral is obvious; the failure rate is considerably lower if you use the condom properly. It’s not difficult.
Hmm. Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any statistics/info about how effective condoms are if they DON’T BREAK? Am I correct in assuming that the 90% figure takes into account occasional breakage, and if the condom remains intact and on Mr. Happy it should be about 100% effective?
You’re still missing the point a little tramp; your post was addressed to everyone who is having sex; tell me exactly why everyone who is having sex is subject to some sort of risk that would be lessened by the use of condoms.
