Condoms don't protect against AIDS

that is what a young friend of mine told me when I gave him a free condom for The Great American Condom Campaign.

WHAT!!!! He tells me that the fibers in the condoms are larger than the AIDS virus. I asked him where he learned this and he said in 8th grade sex education class.

Yeah and people actually want to believe that the abstinence only sex education works!!! This is why there are so many more teens with STDS I bet. They basically decided that what's the point of using a condom if you have a chance to get the disease if you do or not.

I freaked out. Told him that it was contraception misinformation and gave him some extras.

Now I am worried about all the teens out there who do not have someone correcting this misinformation .

Rant and Rave

For people to be offended that someone, who is going into the field of sex education, posts comments, short stories and the like on facebook to not only educate people but also to get feedback- is ridiculous.

I posted an interesting tidbit about how University of Michigan posted a sign that says the the boys are no longer allowed to masturbate in the dorm bathrooms because semen clogging the building pipes costs into the thousands every year. I thought this was not only hilarious but interesting. Who would have thought that semen would clog pipes? Does that mean that households that are mostly male should Drano the shower pipes more often?

The whole point is that being able to talk about this kind of news and information will get people more comfortable about all aspects of sex and therefore make sex talks that are due or that will happen years from now earlier. I mean 40% of parents of children 12-17 have sex talks with their children after the kids have already had sex! That is how off parents are now about sex talks. They aren't starting early enough and looking for the right times to talk about it with their kids. THey also don't want to hear the kid's "annoying parent" groan and also they aren't sure what to say to their kids because the topic also makes them uncomfortable.

Parents don't need to go into the details of sex. They only need to cover the basics: respect, think about it first, and contraceptives. Teach the kids to have respect for themselves in the involvement of sex. Breaks down to where, when, how, with who and why. Tell the kids that they need to make sure it happens in a place where their privacy can be respected and no friends (or enemies) can come in a sabotage the experience. When- they should not be under the influence of anything and it should not be something done on a whim, it should have been talked about with their partner and they should both be prepared. How- with respect for each other and with doubling up on contraceptives (female hormonal and condoms). Who- someone they can trust and know will not go around and talk about their personal experience together. In the age of all things digital- no one's first time should be tweeted about. Why- don't do it because everyone else is. Choose to have sex with someone the first time because you actually care about each other and everything that comes with each other's lives.

It sounds silly, but it really isn't. Yes, you may have to wait longer to have sex, but I think everyone would rather have great sex with someone they really care about than have horrible sex with someone they don't even like. The first time really makes a lasting impression on you and as kids become sexually active younger and younger it will make even greater impressions.

The Great American Condom Campaign

Been too busy to write or research topics but here is something awesome that I am doing!

The Great American Condom Campaign chooses people who have written in to become safe sites on their campuses. You receive 500 Trojan condoms and then you get to choose how you distribute them

So far I have set up a Facebook event. I also plan on making a sign and putting it on my messenger bag that says "FREE CONDOMS"

I hope to take pictures and make a fun video of people on my campus getting excited about their free condoms!

Population Density Moderators

Everyone wants to be green these days. That is why I found this little satire in the April 2009 Fast Company magazine awesome.

Condoms and contraceptives in general are the easiest and cheapest (next to abstinence-but what is the fun in that!) to help control the growing population.

The problem is that the places where condoms are the most available aren't where we need to be worrying about the growing population. Africa, India and China are the worlds leading countries/continents where the population growth is steadily growing.  There are soo many remote villages in these places that do not have family planning or contraceptives readily available. This is where we need to be concentrating our efforts.

 I learned both in my Psychology and Environmental Science class that recent college graduates have been questioned on how many children they are planning to have. An alarming majority has said that they will only have 1 or just stick with having a dog. This is great for America, that means that we need to be helping other countries with their family planning and contraceptive awareness.

Condoms!

I got excited when I saw this in my Shape magazine.

I was standing in the condom aisle at Target months ago I stood and wondered why people had such an aversion to them. They come in fun colors, flavors, and textures. You have ones that are neon green and twisted, ones that are ribbed like sweaters and who doesn't like sweaters, ones that vibrate that are purely made for the women's pleasure which I love even more.

You even have lubes that help increase pleasure for both people.

Be safe, prevent stds and unwanted pregnancies, increase pleasure, decrease worries- use condoms