Contraception - a topic so varied that the city of Vienna dedicated an entire museum to it! Talking about condoms may be unsexy but you need to think about it. Marking our partnership with family planning provider DKT, here's our Top Five Facts #5.
Cheaters are more likely to have unsafe sex than people who have agreed to have an open sexual relationship, a recent US study found. They’re less likely to use condoms, either with their partner or their lovers.
A friend of mine hooked up with a guy for the first time recently. He was nice and cute and all that, but he refused to wear a condom. “All the foreplay was done and I said, ‘Come on, why don’t you wear a condom?’ And he refused to saying her does not know how to wear condoms,” my friend said.
In India, couples who have sex before marriage rarely use condoms, a recent study found. Only seven percent of young Indian women who have premarital sex ever use a condom. For guys the figure’s higher, but still just one in four used protection. Is it because of lack of sex education?
Young people all over the world say they don’t get enough information about sex, according to a survey of 29 countries published on World Contraception Day. And despite all the safe sex campaigns, many young people still don’t bother with condoms.
Ninety percent of young people in the Netherlands say they think it’s important to use a condom when having sex with a new partner, a recent survey found. But 40 percent say they find it hard to raise the topic when it comes to the crucial moment.
Young people are entitled to reliable information so they can decide where, when and with whom they want to have sex. That’s the firm opinion of Ineke van der Vlugt of Rutgers WPF, a Dutch organisation committed to sexual and reproductive health.
