14 DAY TRIAL // In the end there isn't a more effective method than the condom use to avoid getting infected or transmitting diseases (STDs), like HIV/AIDS. In casual sex, this is also the best way to avoid an unwanted pregnancy: only small amounts of semen can lead to pregnancy or transmit STDs. Men have an increased risk of getting a STD (HIV included) if they start having sex before putting on a condom.
A research made at Indiana University on 278 male subjects at an urban Midwestern STD clinic and published in the American Journal of Men's Health pointed that informed men are highly motivated and likely to use condoms. Subjects facing problems with the fit and feel of their condoms or erection loss due to wearing them presented a high likelihood of removing the condom before the end of the intercourse.
"The incomplete use of condoms is a big issue. It can lead to exposure to STIs (sexually transmitted infections) and unintended pregnancies. We need to inform people about the importance of using a condom for the entire sexual intercourse episode." said William L. Yarber, senior director of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at Indiana University Bloomington.
The research focused on factors causing the incorrect use of condoms. A big concern was the fact that many men used condoms during vaginal intercourse with a woman and removed the condoms before the end of the sexual intercourse.
18.7 % of the subjects stated they started having sex and used the condom later at least once during the last three times when they used a condom.
88 volunteers (31.6 %) said their condom broke once or on several occasions; while 23.7 % of the subjects said they had put off the condom use before the end of the sexual intercourse at least once during the last three sex parties in which they appealed to condoms.