pDoes access to condoms lead to irresponsible, dangerous, or bad behavior?

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Yes

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I have mixed feelings

@Feb '13 V 468 votes c 198 comments

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Hireman

v Yes

Not necessarily, but it does remove some hurdles / inhibitions.

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KentuckyJim

v No

Access to condoms leads to exactly the opposite. I can't believe people voted yes. Literally blows my mind...

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usmom3 voted

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Decent-Dissent

v No

They were going to do it anyway. At least this way, they dont have to pretend they love eachother, get married, and cheat on each other.

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THISISME

v No

This seems self evident to me.

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Linebacker66 voted

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cgast

v No

Common on

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Tbplummer1951 voted

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Knoll37 voted

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rtoberl voted

v I have mixed feelings
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Hireman

v Yes

Not necessarily, but it does remove some hurdles / inhibitions.

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KentuckyJim

v No

Access to condoms leads to exactly the opposite. I can't believe people voted yes. Literally blows my mind...

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Decent-Dissent

v No

They were going to do it anyway. At least this way, they dont have to pretend they love eachother, get married, and cheat on each other.

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THISISME

v No

This seems self evident to me.

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cgast

v No

Common on

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May 24

FreelancerFl

v No

People will have sex even if condoms aren't available. I think they should start selling the female condoms, that way there's no way women can get away with being irresponsible as well. Sorry but there are three ways to prevent child birth for women, they've got birth control, the day after pill, and they've got their own condom in some countries. Men have the pull out and a condom, and the pull out works almost... 10% of the time, more often than not it's through luck and the grace of Odin you can remain happy and child free until the next time you tread those dangerous waters.

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May 24

Nurse8493

v No

No, it is not the condoms that choose wrong behavior.

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May 22

N0rthman

v No

It may increase risky sexual behavior, but the risk associated with not having access to condoms is much greater.

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May '13

Jlope

v No

Unfortunately, nobody wants to use condoms, and the other forms of birth control can be hard to get for some people. So I would say it's more effective to teach abstinence and self respect than to try and encourage the use of condoms.

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May '13

tomincali

v No

yet it seems even with them scaddered all over most do not use them by all the unwanted babies and std's that have not gotten lower. sex edd must be teaching them to have at it at every chance,like the video says all you have to do is%%%% and nine month later your in the bux,slide your ebt. or go to the murdering dr and kill the kid.

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May '13

Jlope

You're half right; I have heard of people having good sex ed in their schools, but mine was horrible. They tried to scare us out of having sex by showing us pictures of STD's and then making us watch a video of a woman giving birth. Enough with the scare tactics! Just teach the kids responsibility!

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May 24

ST_Louie_Sue

Those aren't unwanted babies. Those are little income makers. The more kids you have the more money the gubmint sends you every month. Remember the story about the welfare mom with 17 kids living in a motel a few months back?

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tomincali

@ST_Louie_Sue there is even a video out by some female rapper pointing out all you have to do is have sex and 9 months later your in the bucks. also hear kids talking about getting knocked up so they can get their own place,they are not ashamed at all.

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May 24

ST_Louie_Sue

@tomincali Thank a liberal for the decline of our country.

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May '13

URBS

v No

The problem is that they are not used enough.

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May '13

JTHEM

v No

I wish users exercise some caution on all fronts.Condoms do break. Is this the person you want to be a parent of your child (or not)?

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May '13

DARSB

v Yes

I can't tell you how many Shriners have lobbed rubbers full of water out of hotel windows onto the unsuspecting heads on the street below! Latex terrorists.

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May '13

NoAmnestyEVER

v No

Lack of morality leads to bad behavior. That's why AIDS has always run rampant in the gay community.

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May '13

fraps

v No

There is only one problem with condoms. They eliminate some of the pleasure. On the other side they also stop many pregnancies and protect against STD's. Maybe they will be able to find ways to make them more pleasurable to use.

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May '13

MarkJM

v No

Better to have them than not. Now, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Moral of the story: just because we provide the condoms means it shouldn't end there. There needs to be an emphasis on the guys using them as well.

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May '13

oldman75

v No

It leads to far fewer abortions,that's fer sure !

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Apr '13

Angry_man

v No

I would rather have irresponsible dangerous or bad behavior with a condom than planned parenthood.

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Apr '13

commonsense51

v Yes

Liberalism, Progressivism, political correctness... for the past 50 years these are the mechanisms by which America's culture has degraded to one of total irresponsibility. Handing out free Condoms is just one of many things leading to bad behavior. Not the condom itself, but the mindset behind teaching our children that sex is ok as long as they use condoms. Christians said it 50 years ago, when you separate God from our nation, you separate responsibility & accountability. We are seeing the fruits of that separation. From our schools we took out any mention of our Christian heritage & replaced it with sex ed. I wonder why 60 years ago, teen pregnancy was far less tha...

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Apr '13

captbigtime

v No

LIKE THE PREACHER TOLD ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG IT IS NOT A SIN TILL YOU STICK IT IN BUT IF YOU DO WRAP IT!! PRACTICE SAFE SEX !!!1

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Feb '13

Synthesis

v No

Colbert said it best "Contraception leads to more babies born out of wedlock in the exact same way that fire extinguishers cause fires"

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Cheenoguy

v No

People are going to be sexually active. Condoms just reduce the risk of unwanted pregnancies and diseases.

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Feb '13

bsking

v Yes

It should read does access to condoms and the morning after pill for minor children lead to a responsible behavior, YES IT CERTAINLY DOES

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Feb '13

dances-weebles

v No

how on earth could using a condom be either dangerous or irresponsible?

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Feb '13

Colonel_Angus

v I have mixed feelings

Just label them "Assault Penile Devices" for maximum reaction. Aren't we scraping the bottom of the barrel for Politix topics now? Yes, a condom can be filled with water, or disgusting liquids and hurled off the top of a building or bridge at people or vehicles. Everything can lead to irresponsible, dangerous or bad behavior. What matters is the psycho misusing it and whether or not he saw it on "Jackass", an action movie or a violent video game. Come on, let's have some really serious questions. Who could be against condoms?

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Feb '13

Politic-n

v No

"It's better have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it."

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Feb '13

Dan_Tien

v I have mixed feelings

Having sex is dangerous. Having sex with someone that you are not absolutely sure has no STDs is even more dangerous, so using a condom if you are going to engage in that sort of thing is more responsible behavior, not less. Having sex is only "bad" behavior if it is rape, or if you think that God created sex to be avoided.

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Feb '13

Cheenoguy

So you don't think teens have sex if they can't get condoms?

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Feb '13

lawnmowrman

v No

Not all males mind you, but teens with raging hormones, will do what they do and find women either foolish enough or drunk or doped up to let them do it without condoms if access to condoms is not available. Denying one access to condoms is both irresponsible and dangerous.

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BelinKS

v No

There has always been access to condoms. They were already given out for free at the health department. They are also easily bought from a restroom at a convienience store, or at all grocery stores, pharmacy chains or Supercenters. If a teen has his or her mind made up that they are going to have sex, then at least they will do so safely. Easy access to condoms will not change the percentage of teens having sex. Those that have made up their mind to wait won't decide to go ahead and have sex because condoms are easily accesable!

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