By Tammy Batey
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Kubtw ts, prophylactics. bags, -.kins
r.tim unis, sheaths, huts nr trench let
lers Whatever you < ail them ( ondoms
have !)<•( nine svmmvrmius with safe
St'X
Now the t .lit hword is safer si x lint
how much safety do I imihuhs pro
vllil!7
Dm tors agree condoms do not 'offer
loo percent prop* lion from pregnan
cy nr diseases including AIDS f.stt
mail's on comioin failure' rales r.1 ri>:•
from one percent to 1pen etvt ih
pending on the soun e
"(.ondnrns are .1 means of lowering
risk, they don't eliminate risk said
lii.iig DeWill. Willamette AIDS ( nun
til ed ut ation out real h t ixirdiruitor
•The American I’h.irin.iceutii al Assn
nation reports condoms have a one
pec • nt f.nlure rah DcWill said
I he fall lire rate Is very, very
small th Witt said "I hey re teste!
very 1 arefullv 1 believe the l.nl .if rate
l«. due almost exr lusilely to hum.ll I
ror
Oil based lubritanls tm hiding \ •
elme <'.risen, mineral oil. baby oil
massage oil. initler and most hand
1 ream may weaken the latex ol a 11 11
(It,III and eailse it to break D'ANslt
said Instead of oil-based lubricants,
people should ust Water-based hi
lint mis tir jellies
Storage is also an essential (tutor.
DeU n • .mi
;1 - a unenlie keeps a 1 (Illiliilll :!.
w .tic t and then u • it it's !.kt Is
hn ak tie said
lif.it may weaken . ritiou.- at t old
111,; It 1 |<)ti7 pamphlet titl'd I hr s.ii
,'f ,S| 1 ( ,'llJnni l.u/t/e puhlislletl hv
the i .ay Men s I It alth ( nsis. ini I
guide atlvtses people to not store 1 nil
doms in the glove t nmp.irtmenl ‘ a
1 ,tr : in a wallet or pet ketbook t. a
long time
When part basing (.ondotns, people
should he .iware of the date printed on
the outer p.ii kor (in tin ( midum it
sell A(( Ofdtng lo the guide. (Ills date
is vs 11<-rs tin' i ondoiti vv .is iii.nli- not
tin expiration dale People shouldn't
usr the ionddm more than tw o years
..fti r tin- ii.111‘ stumped mi it because
it's uni i rliim if it was k<■;>I in .i tool,
dry |jlti< e I scion it vv.is (sought
II people follow till guidelines lot
using condoms. m \ will l» safer i)e
Wtit s.od Safer si s is needed now
more I hull It vof, tu‘ added
It s a dangerous world out then
hi ..aid "ft it's .1 dm.it' between not
being sexually .H'ltyi and using ion
done.. not Iseing srXUidh. Ill live is sal
or Hut that's not an option for every
People lee I un< olll lor I at) le talking
.thout m x and assume others know
how to use iondoms when in fait it's
Hot itiat easy , !)e\\ ill s.nd I.earning
how to use (ondoms takes tune and
you hast to prat tine, he said
Dr Robert Noble, professor of medt
line a! tin ' niyersitv o! Kentucky in
Lexington, said people i annul be
trusted to use t ondoms i orrei tly High
si ItiKii sti.dents are all espel tally vui
nerabie group lor making human er
rors in using i ondoms, tie said
1 don't think yve should tell teen
agers III high si bools there is sue h a
' i;. ng as sa h1 se v Ni ible sani ! el ling
tin 111 i (Indians make sex sale is a lie
li, .in ml a published April 1, pi t!
I, Veusneei \ohit Slid lie iJUes
limied promoting (-ondoms when they
■ : \ : ■ i i.. i i ':. : , t I Iran- ,■ i '
the AIDS y Irus
:• dui ■ thi- ru.k ot a disease lhal s
1 • MI percent fatal?" he said That's all
that's ayuilublt' between us and death
Sale! sex educators should promote
either ot three alternatiyes to help pte
ii ;:t die spri .e! ol AIDS, said Dr Ken
neth l.nappotie who has a private
practice in internal medii me in Port
.•ijy-.c t*v
land
If people don't i h. isi' abstinence
they should r f i a ' sox with one
person wim i- fii\ negative or use
condoms. Cuappone said
Planned Parenthood lakes their fig
ures on condom failure rales from the
piHH H'l edition of (on Inn r/)lhn
!ft/mo/ngy Oimloms used with foam
base a theoretical failure rate-of one
percent htii an actual failure rate, fak
ing into account human error, of five
perc ent Lubricated condoms' with
spermicide nonovvnol 0 already on
them have a theoretical Iwo percent
failure rate and an actual lit percent
failure rate
Cheryl Long. Planned Parenthood of
Lane'County community health edu
cator. said 'she talks about the Use of a
'spermicide such as nonoxynol-'i or
foam with the same breath that she
talk-, about condoms
Besides the standard latex condoms,
skin condoms offer people .mother op
tion though there are still many unre
solved questions about their safety,
Long said The randoms are made
from lamb cecum, a pouch forming
part ed the animal's large Intestine
Skin condoms are promoted as more
natural feeling,'' according to an arti
i 11- m March PI8B l o/iMimrr h'rpor!^
Lavers of fibers crisscrossing in vari
ous patterns make skin condoms
strong However this latticework can
c reate an occasional pore large' enough
lor the AIDS virus to slip through
People should be aware of the risk
of transmission ot the HIV virus if they
choose to use skin condoms, Long
said
"It's an option but it has to be an in
formed option," Long said If latex
condoms are driving you crazy or
you're allergic to them, natural skin
condoms c ould save your hie
People use many exc uses for not us
ing condoms, said Sarah Chart/..
Planned Parenthood of Lane County
i ommunitv health educ ator
"People think they 're a [lain to pul
on." Chart/ said It's really a personal
perception II you shop around, inevi
l,day you'll find something that yvorks
lor you
there are also y.ilui judgments
made o! people yvho use them Wom
en are afraid they'll he perceived as
promiscuous Men are afraid their
partners will think they nlv want one
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