Proper Prophylactic Prevention

12%-21% of all condom use results in a failure (www.latex.com). This astounding number is very serious and needs to be lowered; the only way to lower these statistics is by proper use. The male condom more commonly known as a rubber has a failure rate of 12% as the female condom has a drastically higher rate of failure at 21%. The failure rate is based on a year of sex, (if the rate is 12/100 it means that 12 out of 100 couples has the contraceptive fail them in that year). In addition to the failure rate of condoms this paper will discuss sexually transmitted diseases, the proper way to use a condom and explain differences between male and female condoms.
There are dozens of sexually transmitted diseases some of the most common include herpes, AIDS and gonorrhea. AIDS is one of the deadliest plagues known to man; this epidemic became a big problem in the early 80's. AIDS is an onset of the virus HIV. There are also other viruses......

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Title: Safe Sex
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