Weekly Links Roundup 3/2/12 - Condoms, Safe Sex, Sex Education
It’s Friday again ONE Condoms supporters and when Friday rolls around it’s time for ONE’s weekly links roundup! Below you’ll find news stories from the last week regarding condoms, safe sex, and sex education. Be sure to check out the developments in mandatory condom use for porn actors, QR Condoms, and the “Study Sex College Tour,” all of which have been rocking the sexual health world this past week.
If you’d like to share any additional stories we may have missed please leave them in the comments. We’d love to hear what else is going on in spreading safe sex awareness.
Condoms
Condoms In Porn Petition: Los Angeles County Measure Could Make It To November
Condom users make big mistakes that can lead to pregnancy, STDs
Women’s Condom Use Drops During 1st Year of College
QR Codes on Condoms: ‘Check-Ins’ Let You Share Your Safe Sex
Money Seems to Matter for Teen Girls, Condoms
China enforces new condom rule
Safe Sex
Zac Efron Earns a Boy Scout Safe Sex Badge
Program Increases Safe Sex Practices in Latina Women
Condom use 101: Basic errors are so common, study finds
Sex Education
Sex education should be a joint responsibility of parents, teachers
‘Study Sex College Tour’ makes Sex Ed cool, prioritizes pleasure
Utah Will Be Damned if Sex Ed Classes Teach About Anything Sex-y
Seniors and sex: Education important at any age
Friday Links Roundup 2/23/12 - Condoms, Safe Sex, Sex Education
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Latest Teenager Trend - Multi-Person Sex ?
A recent Boston University Study has found 1 in 13 teenage girls have reported engaging a multi-person sex experience. Many respondents to the survey felt pressured into initiating a multi-person sex experience by the influence of boyfriends who have been watching pornography.
The average age of girls partaking in multi-person sex was just 15.6 years old, under the age of legal consent in all U.S. states (the most common being 16 years old). Disturbingly, nearly 50% of those who had multi-person sex reported their partners not using condoms.
This raises serious concerns over the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and education efforts to encourage informed sexual health decision making among teenagers. There is clearly a major influence of pornography on teenagers. Out of those who engaged in multi-person sex, 50% did things their partners say in porn first.
Porn seems to be influencing the sexual behavior of these teens. As we said in last weeks post entitled “Porn to Replace Sex Education? A Call for Mandatory Condom Use”, sex positive behavior in porn is a must. A problem certainly exists since some youth think “Growing up, watching porn – that’s sort of where you get your grasp of what’s normal and what’s not.” Teenagers deserve quality sex education to encourage healthy and well informed decision making.
ONE® Condoms urges everyone to make informed sexual health decisions to prevent the spread of harmful diseases. We donate a portion of all profits to AIDS/HIV education both domestically & abroad. Keep yourself protected with ONE® Condoms.
Holiday Season = Baby Making Prime Time
Did you know that the most common birthday in the US is September 16? What does this mean? Most babies are conceived during the holiday season.
9% of all U.S. conceptions occur during the peak month of December. Most babies are born in late September while the fewest are born in April. A multitude of studies has illustrated this to be true due to end-of-year holiday festivities, and the fact that sperm quality deteriorates during the summer due to changes in daylight length.
Condom sales also double in the week before Christmas compared to the week after Christmas. This pattern suggests an increased appetite for sexual activity in the holiday season. The time from Christmas to New Years is associated with more opportunities to socialize and engage in a more self-indulgent lifestyle leading to sexual practices.
The holiday’s natural cold temperature also plays a role. Nearly twice as many people have turned down offers of sex due to too hot a temperature than if the temperature was too cold. In a Degrees of Pleasure study, 35% of participants refused sex because “it was too hot” whereas only 19% felt the same way because “it was too cold.” It’s more likely for sexual activity to occur the colder it is.
So bundle up this holiday season and prevent an unwanted pregnancy with ONE® Condoms. ONE® donates a portion of each sale to HIV/AIDS prevention efforts at home and abroad.
You can read more on each individual sex study here.
