- Condoms don't give 100% protection against STDs, AIDS, or pregnancy - only abstinence can do that!
- Sex with a condom does feel different BUT not worse.
- The number[strong] 1[/strong] reason condoms fail is improper use (user error). It is important to now how to use condoms properly.
- Some of the STDs that condoms can help protect you from are; HIV/AIDS, herpes simplex virus (HSV), human papiloma virus (HPV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), Chlamydia trachomatis, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
- Latex condoms afford greater protection against viral STDs than natural membrane condoms.
- Condoms with the spermicide Nonoxynol-9 increase protection against pregnancy.
- Condom users and/or their partners are less likely to get gonorrhea, ureaplasma infection, pelvic inflammatory disease, and cervical cancer.
- For STD and HIV/AIDS protection it is essential to use condoms during oral sex.
- You should NEVER use an oil based lubricant (baby oil, cold cream, vaseline, hand cream or any cooking oil) with a condom since it can cause the latex to break.
- In one recent U.S. study* about one-half of the sexually experienced teenagers had failed to use a condom the last time they had intercourse.
