People. Please. Just put a fucking condom on.
An annual study of our dirty-as behaviour has just been released by UNSW’s Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society.
We did not do well in this study, you guys. We did not do well at ALL.
The rate of STIs in Australia is on a pretty shocking upswing, and those rising numbers correspond with a profound decline in the use of condoms.
Basically, our private parts are all about to shrivel up and fall off/out because we are refusing to put frangers on.
Seriously; look at these freaking numbers. Since 2009:
There have been 82, 537 people diagnosed with Chlamydia
Syphilis rates have gone up by 34 %
and…
Gonorrhea rates have gone up by EIGHTY FREAKING PERCENT
WE ARE NOT PROTECTING OUR JUNK PEOPLE.
David Wilson, associate professor at the Kirby Institute and one of the people whose job it was to collect this disturbing information, stated that we are not covering up as much as should be:
“Where we are monitoring data on condom use, we are seeing it decline,” he says. “We’re not seeing an increase in condom use in any population groups across the country.”
In other words:
SO USE FUCKING CONDOMS.
C’mon now. Jeez.
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When I was younger I found it embarrassing to bring up the of condoms. Then I realised it would be so much more embarrassing to get a disease. I started carrying them and always having them at home. Such a shame some people think it's bad for women to carry condoms.
I was in a long term relationship til I was 26 and when I started seeing men casually I was a little shocked at the attitude about guys wanting to avoid using condoms. Lucky for me I'm pretty strong headed and have no trouble insisting on it but I wonder about the pressure some younger girls may feel in that situation. I hate the rubbery smell of them but I couldnt enjoy myself out of fear if I wasnt using them.