My question is why is there so many people on here admitting to not using protection?

Question

Why would you in a country where sexual protection is so obtainable? There's so many verieties of methods. Not to mention are we not well informed of the dangers? Hello, do you want HIV, a permanent STD, or to have to abort an innocent child do to your enjoyment?

Answer 1

people are stupid and lazy. plus they think it can't happen to them (it can) . I'm an HIV prevention instructor for the red cross and i volunteered for many years at an HIV clinic, to the general populace it's still a gay disease (IT'S NOT) there is no reason for people to be unsafe condoms can be picked up at any health department in the country, every store sells them or has a dispenser in the bathroom. and by the ways ladies this doesn't let you off the hook. if he doesn't care enough about you to want to keep you safe perhaps you shouldn't sleep with him! there's no reason women can't keep condoms in their purse if there's a chance you might be sexually active.............be smart, be safe!

Answer 2

I do not understand it either. When I was growing up, we worried about venereal diseases. I am so blessed that I was a virgin until I married. Now today people have to think about dying from HIV/Aids or at least being on medication for the rest of their lives. I do not understand how abortion can be just used as a form of birth control, but I guess I am just "old school," and glad of it. Many people are too immature even at 25 and 30 to be having sex. They don't think about the consequences or they prefer not to think about them. It's that same old crappy line of (from the immature, at any age men...but I can't wear a condom it feels like taking a shower in a raincoat and from the equally immature woman- well I can't use birth control, it makes me fat, thin, bloated, cranky...whatever.) Same crap different day. It makes me sick to my stomach to think about it. We may be one of the luckiest and Blessed countries in the world; but that does not make people make smart choices. I am sorry to say that I have actually heard young women discuss how many abortions they have had like it is a badge of honor. It is horribly sad. I really feel fearful of future generations, it doesn't seem to be getting any better. Okay now I'm depressed and cannot sleep...I just keep praying for change for all of out sakes, try to have a good night...morning whatever.....

Answer 3

Because people are lazy, stupid, and horny. Not a good combination. See, in other countries people are motivated, intelligent, and horny. A GOOD combination. AND I take a bath with my socks on all the time...don't like to get the feet wet... OR pregnant!!!! I also don't want my feet to die of AIDS.

Answer 4

I think it's pressure from their partners to not use it. Men especially complain that "it doesn't feel as good" as when they use a condom.

What a woman don't think about in that instant is that "it doesn't feel good" will be her middle name when she finds out she's infected or when it comes time for labor.

Answer 5

the whole problem revolves around the same thing. to many are to self secure in thinking 'it won't happen to me" that they don't consider protection as anything they have to worry about.

Answer 6

Because their IQ is lower than their age. They all think that its nothing but B.S. and that they are immune from getting it.

More than half of all people will have an STD at some point in their lifetime. [1]


The estimated total number of people living in the US with a viral STD is over 65 million. [2] Every year, there are at least 15 million new cases of STDs, some of which are curable. [2,3]


More than $8 billion is spent each year to diagnose and treat STDs and their complications. This figure does not include HIV. [4]


In a national survey of US physicians, fewer than one-third routinely screened patients for STDs. [5]


Less than half of adults ages 18 to 44 have ever been tested for an STD other than HIV/AIDS.


Each year, one in four teens contracts an STD. [6]


One in two sexually active persons will contact an STD by age 25. [7]


About half of all new STDs in 2000 occurred among youth ages 15 to 24. [8] The total estimated costs of these nine million new cases of these STDs was $6.5 billion, with HIV and human papillomavirus (HPV) accounting for 90% of the total burden. [9]


Of the STDs that are diagnosed, only some (gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, hepatitis A and B) are required to be reported to state health departments and the CDC.


One out of 20 people in the United States will get infected with hepatitis B (HBV) some time during their lives. [10] Hepatitis B is 100 times more infectious than HIV. [11]


Approximately half of HBV infections are transmitted sexually. [12] HBV is linked to chronic liver disease, including cirrhosis and liver cancer.


Hepatitis A and hepatitis B are the only two vaccine-preventable STDs.


It is estimated that as many as one in four Americans have genital herpes, a lifelong (but manageable) infection, yet up to 90 percent of those with herpes are unaware they have it. [13] With more than 50 million adults in the US with genital herpes and up to 1.6 million new infections each year, some estimates suggest that by 2025 up to 40% of all men and half of all women could be infected. [14,15,16]


Over 6 million people acquire HPV each year, and by age 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired genital HPV infection. [17] Most people with HPV do not develop symptoms. Some researchers believe that HPV infections may self-resolve and may not be lifelong like herpes. [2]


Cervical cancer in women, while preventable through regular Paps, is linked to high-risk types of HPV.


Each year, there are almost 3 million new cases of chlamydia, many of which are in adolescents and young adults. [8] The CDC recommends that sexually active females 25 and under should be screened at least once a year for chlamydia, even if no symptoms are present.


About two-thirds of young females believe doctors routinely screen teens for chlamydia. [18] However, in 2003 only 30% of women 25 and under with commercial health care plans and 45% in Medicaid plans were screened for chlamydia. [19]


At least 15 percent of all American women who are infertile can attribute it to tubal damage caused by pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) , the result of an untreated STD. Consistent condom use reduces the risk of recurrent PID and related complications: significantly, women who reported regular use of condoms in one study were 60 percent less likely to become infertile. [20]


Consistent condom use provides substantial protection against the acquisition of many STDs, including statistically significant reduction of risk against HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, and syphilis. [21,22,23]


Some studies show that, for those who already have a clinically apparent genital HPV infection, using condoms promotes the regression of HPV lesions in both women and men. [24,25]

Answer 7

it's like taking a bath with your socks on.

Answer 8

hey. i'm 15 and i know all about it. yeah for safe sex. (still a virgin)