I had a discussion about "safe sex" with a family friend over the weekend, which centered on the fact that birth control pills don't protect against STDs (you'd think this fact is self-evident, but apparently it's not). My discussion was a bit hampered by the fact that I don't know how to say "AIDS" or "Herpes" in Hebrew.
This discussion got me thinking about my highschool days: I was, and am, a condom - damn, I can't use the word Nazi casually like that, no matter how much I want to. Oof.
Ok, I am a condom fanatic. (Yes! Word success!) In highschool, my advice to all friends about losing virginity was essentially: Only when you're ready, and use a condom. I even took a friend condom shopping when she was afraid to go herself (we bought Trojan lubed). I was even supposed to have a volunteer stint handing out condoms on a beach in Rio, but at the last minute, things didn't work out (anyone want to travel to Rio for two months with me and do it?).
And of course, there I was this Friday, preaching the importance of safe sex - yet I'm not having any. Does that make me a hypocrite? If so, it is ok to be a hypocrite sometimes - I mean, I have no problem fighting for a woman's right to eat pussy, despite having no intentions of ever doing so myself - does that make me a hypocrite too? Yet the "solutions" to my hypocrisy - physical intimacy with a woman or stopping to fight for gay rights - don't really appeal to me. At all.er
There is no conclusion to this rant - so be safe, use protection, and have fun :)
Nah - I think you'd just be hypocritical if you were having unsafe sex.
ReplyDeleteI assume what you mean by "the importance of safe sex" is that *if* you're going to have sex, you should do it safely - not that you're preaching that if someone isn't having sex at all, well, come on, go find someone already and do it with a condom!
1.Your assumption is correct :) 2. Thanks - I never thought of it that way
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