The condom itself is not 100 % safe. Result of examination show the
following :
A condom is made of rubber (latex), a hydrocarbon compound with
polymerization, which means that it is fibrous and porous like woven
cloth. By means of an electronic microscope the pores of the condom can be
seen in a non-stretched state with a width of 1/60 micron, while the
HIV/AIDS virus has a width of 1/250 micron.
When the condom is stretched the pores of the condom are 10 times as wide
as that of the virus; in other words, the virus can go through the wall of
the condom. The condom was designed for family planning (to strain sperm,
not viruses); and a condom is not meant for fornication/prostitution.
Research carried out in the U.S. on 89 condoms in circulation on the
market proved that 29 out of 89 leaked, which means that the leakage was
about 30 %. In Indonesia condoms imported from Hong Kong in 1996 were
withdrawn from market because 50 % leaked. In practice in the field there
is often failure of condoms use for family planning because of leakage,
let alone for fornication/prostitution. As a comparison, sperm are as
large as oranges and viruses as large as a period (dot).
Another examination conducted in the U.S. ( the Physical Division of Human
Sciences, Maryland, USA, 1992) showed that particles as minute as viruses
can be detected going through the wall of condoms.
In every condom there are 0.4 % pinhole, microscopic defect in the
manufacturing process. The area of the condom is 80 cm2 and if you count
32,000 pinhole in each condom, and if each pinhole is 1/1000 micron, you
can imagine the total number of pinholes in a condom.
Based on the above finding, the anti-AIDS campaign in the U.S. no longer
uses the Safe Sex Use Condoms slogan, but just the reverse (a turn of
180o),
At the same time an expert of the University of Utah, Professor Victor
Cline, state in 1995 that if we believe that by using condoms we are
protected from sexually transmitted diseases including the HIV/AIDS virus,
we really have gone astray.
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:11:11 -0500, "PaulKing"
<aimulti@aimultimedia.com> wrote:
Bullshit. Lots of things are made with those ingredients.
LIFE is not 100% safe. How fucking ridiculous. Meantime, the right
wing lies just like you do in ways even more breathtaking in their
gall. Like kids won't figure out they're being bullshitted.
Love is sacred. Sex is sacred and fun!! Protecting people from
becoming infected or passing on an infection is simple respect.
George M. Carter
**
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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:39:16 -0800
Abstinence-Only: Breeding Ignorance
Los Angeles Times - December 7, 2004
Mary-Jane Waglé, Mary-Jane Waglé is CEO of Planned Parenthood Los
Angeles
http://www.aegis.org/news/lt/2004/LT041214.html
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*The Bush-backed sex education programs are filled with errors.
Imagine a driver's education course in which teachers show
students grisly photos of traffic accidents but never tell them
to stop at red lights or buckle their seat belts, and you've a
pretty good idea of what abstinence-only sex education is like.
Abstinence-only programs try to scare and shame teens, teaching
only the negative consequences of sexuality without telling young
people what they can do to stay safe and healthy.
Now a congressional staff analysis on the content of the
federally funded sex education programs used in 25 states reveals
they're just plain wrong. The report found that more than 80% of
abstinence-only curricula contain false, misleading or distorted
information about reproductive health.
The analysis, released by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles),
found that many of these curricula contain false information
about the effectiveness of contraceptives and the risks of
abortion. Several of the curricula contain basic scientific
errors and present religious views as proven fact. Some curricula
also treat gender stereotypes as scientific truth.
Here are some examples: In several abstinence-only programs,
students are erroneously told that condoms fail to protect
against HIV and that pregnancy occurs one out of every seven
times that couples use a condom. One textbook states that
touching another person's genitals "can result in pregnancy."
Another suggests that 5% to 10% of women who have legal abortions
will become sterile as a result.
One curriculum refers to a 43-day-old fetus as "a thinking
person." Another incorrectly lists exposure to sweat and tears as
risk factors for HIV transmission. And one textbook
sanctimoniously instructs teenagers: "Women gauge their happiness
and judge their success on their relationships. Men's happiness
and success hinge on their accomplishments."
California has been wise enough to see through the hype of
abstinence-only sex education, and it continues to be one of the
few states that refuse to accept the federal funding for
abstinence-only curricula.
Californians mandate HIV/AIDS education in our schools and
require that all sexuality education is comprehensive and
medically accurate. And our attention to the needs of our state's
youth has paid off. Our teen pregnancy rate has fallen by 40%
over the last 10 years - the largest decrease of any state except
Alaska.
Abstinence-only curricula, such as those being pushed and funded
by the Bush administration, aren't just riddled with errors -
they clearly have no positive effect on the behavior of teens.
Researchers at Columbia University found that while virginity
"pledge" programs did help some of the participants delay sex,
88% still had premarital sex.
Additionally, the rates of sexually transmitted infections among
pledgers showed no statistically significant difference from
non-pledgers.
Despite these problems, the federal government will squander an
astonishing $168 million for these programs in fiscal 2005.
Although this falls short of the $270 million President Bush
initially proposed, it more than doubles the amount spent in
2001. Meanwhile, programs that work go unfunded.
Proponents of abstinence-only sex education believe that
knowledge can be dangerous. Ignorance, however, can be fatal.
Last week, we marked World AIDS Day. When our young people are at
risk of HIV infection as well as other sexually transmitted
infections, it is unconscionable to deprive them of information
that can save their lives.
041207
LT041214
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