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So I take it you have never been lied to or tricked or misled? You are either a lucky person or one with an uncommon ability to read other people. Until there
by JupiterMoon 11y ago
So I take it you have never been lied to or tricked or misled? You are either a lucky person or one with an uncommon ability to read other people.
Until there are male birth control measures on a par with the pill/IUD there is a gender gap in terms of reproductive control.
- red_admiral 11y agoWhat's wrong with condoms?
- space_fountain 11y agoSomewhat playing devil's advocate, but they do have a failure rate. An insanely small one with perfect use, but still
- JupiterMoon 11y ago'perfect use' for condoms is a somewhat pointless idea. In the real world this is an activity where things are not perfect. It's dark, people are rushing to get to the good bits, you may be a little tipsy. We should consider real world use and here they have a rather high failure rate. For me they have failed 100% to protect unwanted pregnancy in a real world setting.
- saint_fiasco 11y agoSeriously. Condoms have one the worst user interfaces of all modern technology.
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- peterwwillis 11y agoThey're not modern technology. The material is (somewhat) but the method isn't. Condoms are at least 400 years old, and there's plenty of evidence of other forms of contraception even by the Egyptians, Greeks, etc. The first rubber condom was produced in 1855, with them primarily being made of sheeps' guts and other natural materials before. Latex condoms came into play in the 1920s.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoEvery time you've had sex it resulted in conception? That's amazing fertility. I'm certain that reproductive medicine specialists would love to have a word.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoHaving children is a binary state. A single contraceptive failure flips that bit and changes everything. On a personal level one failure is a 100% failure.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoThat makes it a risky venture, to an insanely small degree.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoGiven real world usage and failure rates it is a risky venture to a moderately high degree.
- jmnicolas 11y agoWhat is wrong with condoms is that they reduce sensations by half (at least for me).
- klibertp 11y agoMy advice here would be to get creative. There are so many ways of making sensations more intense that it's very easy to offset any loss incurred by a condom. And that's even before mentioning ways of making each other feel good other than a simple penetration. And before going to a sex shop for a couple of toys.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoOr you could have sex with other people who take care of their sexual health and use another form of contraception. Then simple penetration with just. feel. better. (for both parties) and getting creative will be a fun thing rather than a requirement.
- jmnicolas 11y agoYou're using the same argument for condoms than Agile : if it doesn't work for you then you're doing it wrong. The fact is, imagination or not, condom means less sensation for a lot of us : Bill Gates is financing research to produce even finer condoms to help facilitate its acceptance. I think people who down-voted me, read more in my comment than what I was saying. Less sensation doesn't mean you should take the risk of a STD (I sure don't).
- JupiterMoon 11y agoEverything. In my experience a massive failure rate (it's a good job that I do tend to sleep with people who's 'life goals' are aligned with mine) this combined with hugely reduced sensation means that that I'd rather take care of myself than use a condom.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoIf/when that has occurred it did not result in a pregnancy AFAIK. >there is a gender gap in terms of reproductive control. Yeah, and?