>> If the choice is between using a condom or abstaining, the latter is the safest choice. On the other hand, if the choice is between using a condom or not using a condom, the former is the safest choice. <<
actually, that's the point: read post #32: there is no significant difference between wearing a condom or not, when having sex monogamously with regular marital frequency (well, if things are going well). .99^500=~0.
There. I made the necessary correction.
actually, that's the point: read post #32: there is no significant difference between wearing a condom or not, when having sex monogamously with regular marital frequency (well, if things are going well). .99^500=~0.
Studies have found a difference. I think you are equating exposure with infection, which isn't what happens. Check out the source linked from post #41. To add another statistic, this study from rural Uganda of couples with either wife or husband infected, and no mention of condom use, has infection rates of 11.6 to 16 per 100 person years. Compare that to the "always use condoms" group in my previous post, with a rate of 1.14 per 100 person years.