Condoms always have and always will pose a great use-effectiveness problem. In fact, the FDA requires the manufacturer to list the ideal use-effectiveness rates of approved contraceptives in the package inserts for oral contraceptives, which are even more easily controlled in use. Combining the ideal and the use-effectiveness rates, condoms are listed at 90-70 percent, which translates to a failure rate of 10-30 percent. These rates are based on birth prevention, not disease prevention.
This distinction is critical when safety and protection are honestly considered and evaluated. For example, a woman's window of fertility is 7 days out of an average 28-day cycle. Infections such as AIDS, however, can occur every day at any given minute, depending on the immune system. This means that there are at least four times as many days during which disease can be transmitted as opposed to the occurrence of fertilization - the simple transmission of a sperm into an egg.(1, 2, 3)
Any time you have sex, even with birth control, there's a chance of pregnancy, unless one or both of you is 100% sterile.
2007-10-28 04:54:58
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answered by christyo58 3
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I'd be able to answer if I knew what prigant was...on the other hand there's a 99% chance you won't get pregnant if you use a condom correctly, but if you haven't had a period yet I think you should wait, because that would be too young to be engaging in sex. Learn more about it and how to spell better before having sex.
2007-10-28 04:52:44
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answered by Katie H 6
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In my opinion: You shouldn't be having sex!!! I'm assuming that since you're a virgin and are guessing that you'll be getting your period in the next 1-105 weeks, you're FAR TO YOUNG TO BE HAVING SEX!!!!!!!!!
I won't even touch the subject of getting "prigant".
Go be a kid!!!
2007-10-28 05:02:16
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answered by BoomerFamily 4
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You can get "prigant" just by looking at a penis with or without a condom... that is a known fact!!!
Learn how to spell kid... and your parents should have some parental control over your computer...
2007-10-28 05:02:36
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answered by happy2bloved2006 2
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If you don't how your cycle works and how birth control methods work and how well they work, or even how a woman gets pregnant, then you DO NOT need to be having sex
2007-10-28 05:21:18
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answered by Lady Geologist 7
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what r u on about?
2007-10-28 04:53:12
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answered by Lynda M 2
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wtf?
2007-10-28 07:51:27
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answered by mom goddess 1
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