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Let's assume condoms are 99% effective (which they're not), that means you'll get get a baby on average every 100 times you have sex. If you have sex everyday,
by maximus-decimus 2y ago
Let's assume condoms are 99% effective (which they're not), that means you'll get get a baby on average every 100 times you have sex. If you have sex everyday, you'll get your girlfriend pregnant over 3 times a year! Now of course that's absurd, but even if you had sex once a month, during ovulation, that's still an unwanted pregnancy every 10 years on average. Even if it were 99.9% effective, that mean out of 10 women using condoms would get pregnant every 10 years.
Birth control isn't fail proof.
- stephenbez 2y agoBirth control effectiveness statistics are quoted based on using for one year not for each instance of having sex. Based on CDC stats, condoms are 82% effective with typical use, and 98% effective with perfect use. IIRC, typical use includes when people intend to use the method but don’t always use it consistently. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr6304a5.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr6304a5.htm
- maximus-decimus 2y agoInteresting, the 82% does make more sense then. 98% effective use per year twice as bad as my 99.9% monthly example though. That's one pregnancy every 50 years, or 1 pregnancy every 5 years for each 10 women. The Effective 82%... honestly it's so scary, that's 1 unwanted pregnancy every ~5.5 years.