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> ... and a latex condom from a reliable brand"... Aren't they all required by law to be reliable?
I have no idea what the current regulatory climate for condom manufacturing is. I just know that I'm going to trust an established brand that's sold by the box in the drug store over a no-name brand sold singly from a vending machine in the bathroom of a bowling alley.
Just take your pill, Honey. That way they don't have to cut into my balls.
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female to male transmission rates are really low in general.
It can't be that low... How do men (heterosexuals) get infected then?
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It would not be the case with people that were alive and mature enough at the time to be cognizant of the situation. I think the OP is referring to people who were not around at the time...
Not to mention that HIV/AIDs is no longer the death sentence that it used to be. So even among those who are cognizant of what it was like in the 80s, they also know that it isn't like that anymore.
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It can't be that low... How do men (heterosexuals) get infected then?
Without going into detail, there are sexual practices common in Africa that significantly increase the odds of transmission from woman to man.
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female to male transmission rates are really low in general.
All sexual transmission rates are pretty "low," if Wikipedia's sources are accurate. Even anal intercourse is under 2%.
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Not to mention that HIV/AIDs is no longer the death sentence that it used to be. So even among those who are cognizant of what it was like in the 80s, they also know that it isn't like that anymore.
It's still crazy to expose yourself to the virus. The antivirals you get for HIV infection have lots of nasty side effects, and even with treatment you're still likely to die well before your uninfected peers.
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I am 23 years old, I'd consider myself rational about most things, but this scares me absolutely shitless. I know that's dumb, but if someone like me is made extremely nervous about screwing with my method of reproducing, then that can indicate what other people are feeling. Secondly, I see orgasm as a highly pressurised, highly tuned, intense thing. It feels like I'm straining every part of my balls to the limit whe…
If it's of any consolation, they don't cut open the whole scrotum or anything. They make a pinhole (that's tiny!) incision, and reach for the vas deferens just enough to inject it with a syringe. And I don't think it does anything to make you feel like your balls are "frail". So far the only side-effects I've read about are a possibility of swelling for 1 week after the operation. Then, you're back to your old non-fr…
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Looks like schiffern answered that an hour ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3774010
In a very uninformative, and only regarding cancer. Most issues with hormones is that they do all sort of stuff on yourbody. not only one controlled thing
Side effects of Oestrogen-containing contraceptives that don't seem to be caused by Progestin-only contraceptives include:
Increased risk of cancer
Increased risk of heart disease
Bone density reduction
Blood clots / Stroke
Increased sensitivity to UV (and associated skin cancers)
Reduced breast-milk production. This isn't very detrimental to one's own health, but does effect the health of the child.
The only down-side of Progestin-only pills versus Oestrogen-containing pills is that it is extra important that it be taken at the same time every day for full efficacy. Obviously the implant doesn't suffer from this drawback.
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>No silver bullet. My partner and I use Implanon, which has no associated cancer or heart risk. See my post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3774010 It's not perfect, but the side-effects are small and it's the most effective form of birth control besides true abstinence (as opposed to "virginity pledges," et al). Works for three years, nothing to remember, no risk of uterine perforation like IUDs, and none of th…
Implanon is hormonal birth control, how does it avoid the general problems of hormonal birth control?