Why can’t the guys just use condoms??! They are very reliable and men should have to play some part in this instead of women being forced to constantly take all kinds of poison.
Well one of the advantages of the Fertility Awareness Method is that when I’m about to ovulate or have ovulated, we have the choice of condoms or abstinence. The abstinence option is very interesting because the couple demonstrates that they are more than just sex objects to one another. The two get to show one another that while sex is an important part of mariage, it is not the most important aspect. Plus condoms, even used by well educated people, fail regularly. I think the original poster’s chart showed this.
Because condoms fail 18% of the time under normal (read, reasonable) use. EACH TIME. This isn’t like the pill or rhythm methods, where if it works once for you, it’s more likely to work again. This is every single time, you place another bullet in the gun you’re playing Russian roulette with. This means that if you normally would have gotten pregnant after three months, you WILL STILL GET PREGNANT using a condom, it will just take an average of sixteen months.
Because they don’t work well?