How effective are condoms

Condoms remain the single most effective means of birth control and STD prevention for the sexually active. Even though condoms have been around in one form or another for several thousand years, we haven’t come up with anything better suited for practicing safe sex. Stronger materials and lubricated condoms have improved the original design, making condoms more effective and more pleasurable to use than at any other point in their history.

How effective are condoms? The CDC reports that out of 100 couples who use condoms consistently and properly during sex, only 2 of those will experience an unintended pregnancy. Not a bad batting average and if you follow the advice you’ve read in condom reviews and buy condoms with spermicide, that 2% drops even further.

Okay, so they’re great at preventing unintended pregnancies. What about STDs? What about protection from HIV?

Condoms rule in those regards, too. The latex in your favorite lubricated condoms provides the only barrier that’s strong enough and tight enough to stop pathogens as small as HIV from passing through. Their effectiveness was demonstrated by a two-year study conducted among couples with one HIV-positive partner and one HIV-negative. Over the course of the study, no uninfected partner became HIV-positive.

Of course, condom reviews will also tell you that this kind of success requires that you use condoms every time you engage in sexual activity and that you use them properly. That won’t be an issue for most readers, but for those who feel even a little bit uncertain as to whether or not they’re using condoms correctly, take a few minutes to review the widely available educational material on the net. It’ll keep your sexual activity safe, hot and fun for years to come.

So remember to wear your raincoat, wrap that rascal and fire off any one of the million other condom cliches. Whatever it takes to make using condoms during sex second nature is worth suffering through any silly slogan. Play safe out there – it’s a sexually exhilarating world and we want you to have a long life to enjoy it with.