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I once had a friend who had a very strange view of condoms. I was telling him about my work as an advocate and about handing out condoms when he told me that he doesn't believe in allowing teenagers to have access to condoms. I asked him why and he told me that they caused people to have sex. He said that people are more likely to have sex when they have condoms.
I politely disagreed and told him that condoms just make sex safer for all parties involved. This did make me curious as to what my other friends really thought about condoms so I went around and asked.
Many of my friends agreed that condoms don't make people more tempted to have sex, they merely make sex safer for those who choose to have it.
I had a few friends to state that condoms are a pathway to promiscuity. Yet again, I politely disagreed and told them my opinion.
Then I talked to adults. I was actually surprised with many of the answers! Many adults I spoke too, mostly religious and conservative, agreed that condoms make sex safe! I was proud that some adults are at least treaching their children what condoms are and what they do, not just bashing them because they can be used to have sex without making a baby. Way to go, grownups!
