Condoms are 99.8 per cent proof, which is pretty good going really. If I'm fortunate enough to sleep with 1,000 women, that means that I'm only vulnerable on two occasions. I'll take those odds.
Which other ramifications? I know devout Christians who have affairs and I've seen the ramifications when marriages drag on into unhappiness? I'm not telling everyone to put flowers in their hair and get funky, I'm just saying that telling people not to have sex is probably the worst method of contraception ever. People have been naughtily having sex for a very long time. In fact, many people are more eager to have sex when they've been told it's the wrong thing. Hence, the unfortunate incident in the bathtub with my flatmate's girlfriend.
Educating people on the dangers of STD's, particularly the less glamorous aspects ( warts and all if you like) should scare enough teenagers into condoms to start making a difference. Telling them not to have sex is doomed to failure.
*gets off soapbox*
We've been educating teenagers for about 20 years now and we've got a 30% illegitmacy rate. People don't like to use condoms so telling them to hasn't been very successful either.
"Telling them not to have sex is doomed to failure"
Oh dear. You going to Hell S;ipperduke!
You gonna burn!
Strongly disagree. It worked well in this country for roughly 200 years. It is working great in Uganda and it works well in Christian communities.
If society had continued to support chastity before marriage and had continued to 'shun' those who were loose, we'd be in far better shape. Therefore it is important to mkae sure out children only move in circles where chastity is still values and enforced by the local society
More and more abstinence is being seen as the only correct answer to all of our sexual problems.