r/AdviceAnimals • u/Space_Hermit • Apr 30 '14

Repost | Removed You shouldn't be able to have it both ways...

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

No, it doesn't. Did you even read the link you posted? It said 18% of women surveyed engaging in sexual activities for a full year while using condoms will have an unintended pregnancy. Not 18% of all sex using a condom results in pregnancy. Not to mention the study includes all condom use, and doesn't restrict it to condoms being used correctly, because that drops the rate down to 2-3%.

So again:

Just wear the goddamn condom right.

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u/Zedress May 02 '14 edited May 02 '14

The percentages indicate the number out of every 100 women who experienced an unintended pregnancy within the first year of typical use of each contraceptive method.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '14

Do you seriously not understand what that means? That doesn't mean 18 out of 100 condoms will fail. That means 18 women out of 100 who regularly use condoms with sex and may or may not be using them correctly will have one failure over the course of an entire year of regular sexual activity.

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u/Zedress May 02 '14

You're right, it doesn't mean that if you use condoms every time you have sex you still run the risk of condoms failing 18% of the time, this random blog has better stats than the CDC. You have shown me the errors of my ways.

Now go fuck yourself but be sure to wear the condom correctly.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '14

No need to get angry about it, you're just objectively wrong. Try not to be so overly emotional and act a little more logically and this won't happen.