Interesting study published recently... Maybe it is not as simple to just-say-no to sex...further discernment from the heart may be necessary.....How might the social/cultural factors play into the heart perspective?
Why young people don't use condoms
Social, cultural factors influence decisions, researchers say
Reuters
Updated: 8:36 a.m. PT Nov 3, 2006
LONDON - Social and cultural factors, not just unavailability or ignorance, influence why young people do not use condoms, researchers said on Friday.
Some sexually active people under 25 years of age associate condoms with a lack of trust, while others believe carrying them could imply sexual experience, which might be a plus for men but not necessarily for women...The studies, carried out between 1990-2004, showed that young people assess a potential partner’s disease risk, and the need for a condom, by their appearance and how well they know them socially.
Men were expected to be highly sexually active and women were expected to be chaste, according to data from countries including Britain, Australia, Mexico and South America.
“Our findings help explain why many HIV programs have not been effective,” the researchers said.
“Programs that merely provide information and condoms, without addressing the crucial social factors identified are only tackling part of the problem,” they added.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15545100/from/ET/
Social, cultural factors influence decisions, researchers say
Reuters
Updated: 8:36 a.m. PT Nov 3, 2006
LONDON - Social and cultural factors, not just unavailability or ignorance, influence why young people do not use condoms, researchers said on Friday.
Some sexually active people under 25 years of age associate condoms with a lack of trust, while others believe carrying them could imply sexual experience, which might be a plus for men but not necessarily for women...The studies, carried out between 1990-2004, showed that young people assess a potential partner’s disease risk, and the need for a condom, by their appearance and how well they know them socially.
Men were expected to be highly sexually active and women were expected to be chaste, according to data from countries including Britain, Australia, Mexico and South America.
“Our findings help explain why many HIV programs have not been effective,” the researchers said.
“Programs that merely provide information and condoms, without addressing the crucial social factors identified are only tackling part of the problem,” they added.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15545100/from/ET/
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