"Safe Sex" Really Safe?
With the alarming number of HIV/AIDS cases, safe sex has become a life or death issue. Are condoms a true form of protection against the HIV/AIDS virus and against the multitude of other sexually transmittable diseases?
Can condoms actually prevent pregnancy? You need to know the unbiased facts! No sane person takes a chance with their life, based on temperamental personal convictions, passionate hype, unproven opinions or clever advertising. Whether or not to practice safe sex is a life-altering decision that you must base solely on facts! Be crystal clear on this point: your life is literally hanging in the balance! The wrong decision could be disastrous!
What you will not find in this article is a push to get you to adhere to any moral standards. This article has nothing to do with whether you believe in God or not. You’ll find no scriptures and no talk about God. This has to do with showing you the true facts about safe sex. It is only when you get the true facts, that you can make a proper decision. Is "Safe Sex" Really Safe? Let’s examine the facts and find out…
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What Is Safe Sex?
Safe sex is the sexual activity (especially sexual intercourse) with the use of measures (such as latex condoms) to prevent pregnancy and stop the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (especially AIDS).
Where Did “Safe Sex,” Get Started?
The first AIDS cases were reportedly identified somewhere between 1979 and 1981. After 1985, AIDS was a literal death threat for any sexually active person. Due to the media coverage, the possibility of contracting the AIDS virus loomed on the minds of many. Some started reevaluating their position on promiscuity, orgies and one-night stands. Not to be outdone by AIDS, certain individuals began searching for ways to continue satisfying their sexual cravings without getting burned. Hence the term, “Safe Sex.” By all accounts, the belief in “Safe Sex,” originated from a number of possible sources.
Ö First, there was a study on condom use reported by James Gittard as part of a 1987 Presidential AIDS Commission. Mr. Gittard reportedly tracked 130 couples, of which one of the partners was HIV positive. All of the couples devoted themselves to the research and committed to using the condom during sexual intercourse. A year into the study, not one person contracted the HIV virus from their HIV infected partner. Gittard revealed his optimistic findings to the Commission, and from there, it appeared as though condoms were the answer to curbing the deadly AIDS virus. The results of that research may have been the birth of “Safe Sex.”
But their success was short lived. The reason was because the study was only one year long. That time frame was not sufficient to prove or refute if the condom was an effective device to protect against the AIDS virus. In the subsequent years, the results started to cast major doubts on the effectiveness of condoms as a safe sex device. After three years, four couples had seroconverted, and after the fourth year, seven individuals got the bad news that had been infected by their partner. The study revealed an alarming 24 percent failure rate!
Ö Secondly, a 1986 article in Newsweek by Barbara Kantrowitz stated, “Condoms seemed to be the most reliable form of protection against the AIDS virus...” From that point on, condom sales rose from $182 million in 1980 to an astonishing $338 million in 1986. The “Safe Sex,” revolution was in full gear!
Originally only used as a form of birth control, condoms were then promoted as a prime safe sex device and the best method to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Read some of the advertisements by condom manufacturers and other people who aggressively promote safe sex.
