Comments on: Stating the Obvious http://www.thetalentshow.org/2004/04/01/stating-the-obvious/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: dAnimal http://www.thetalentshow.org/2004/04/01/stating-the-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-2288 dAnimal Mon, 05 Apr 2004 20:15:35 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=869#comment-2288 I'm torn... while I hate the motives of the abstinence-only movement, they're absolutely right. You CAN get genital warts even with using condoms. You're less likely with a condom, but a condom is far less effective against warts as it is against pregnancy and HIV. I warned one of my friends, who is kind of a player, to be careful who he sleeps with because of this. And his reaction was "well, I use a condom every time." A lot of people kind of seem to have that feeling, that if you use a condom, you're at an equally low risk for all STD's. Now, societally we can't stop people from having sex, and wouldn't want to, I hope! Condoms should still be promoted because they are the best defense against pregnancy and disease. Sex with a condom is ALWAYS safer than sex without a condom. Period. But on an individual level, I think it's also important that people know both genital warts (which are not curable, technically, but are easily treated) and herpes (which is neither curable nor easily treated) can be caught relatively easily even with condom usage, if the sore or wart is located in the right, er, wrong place. I don't see the harm in putting this information on condoms, and don't see that it will hinder condom usage much. I’m torn… while I hate the motives of the abstinence-only movement, they’re absolutely right. You CAN get genital warts even with using condoms. You’re less likely with a condom, but a condom is far less effective against warts as it is against pregnancy and HIV.

I warned one of my friends, who is kind of a player, to be careful who he sleeps with because of this. And his reaction was “well, I use a condom every time.” A lot of people kind of seem to have that feeling, that if you use a condom, you’re at an equally low risk for all STD’s.

Now, societally we can’t stop people from having sex, and wouldn’t want to, I hope! Condoms should still be promoted because they are the best defense against pregnancy and disease. Sex with a condom is ALWAYS safer than sex without a condom. Period.

But on an individual level, I think it’s also important that people know both genital warts (which are not curable, technically, but are easily treated) and herpes (which is neither curable nor easily treated) can be caught relatively easily even with condom usage, if the sore or wart is located in the right, er, wrong place.

I don’t see the harm in putting this information on condoms, and don’t see that it will hinder condom usage much.

]]> By: Token Republican http://www.thetalentshow.org/2004/04/01/stating-the-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-2287 Token Republican Fri, 02 Apr 2004 14:36:30 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=869#comment-2287 No no no, what Bush was getting at was that you could avoid HPV (genital warts) by going Anal. No no no, what Bush was getting at was that you could avoid HPV (genital warts) by going Anal.

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