When it comes to sex, 25% of the virgins keep aside contraceptives, throwing cold water on the efforts being made to bring down the rate of STDs’ spread.
This claims the 2007 Durex Global Sexual Wellbeing Survey, which was conducted in 26 countries around the world last summer under the aegis ‘The Face of Global Sex 2007′.
According to this survey:-
• 26.2 percent of the Britons don’t use contraception while doing sex for the first time.
• Around 13.9% of the Britons admitted to have sex while they were under the influence of either drugs or alcohol.
• 17.8% claimed to have lost virginity, as they felt under pressure.
• 42% of the women feel regretted after indulging in sexual intercourse for the first time.
These figures point to a bleak future, especially when the facts come to fore - revealing that deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS have devoured more 25 million people - including men, women and children wherein 2.9 million people in 2006 only.Expressing somewhat similar concern over this situation Durex Network vice president Peter Roach remarked:
With 52 million unplanned pregnancies, 40 million HIV-positive people worldwide and 345 million new cases of STIs diagnosed each year globally, it is clear that we need to build on the fact three quarters of 16 to 19-year-olds are using condoms for first sex and encourage their continued use, as they grow older.
Well, there are some good facts too, which have tumbled out from this survey. According to those good facts, Greece outstripped all other nation in ‘safe sex‘ with 88 per cent of virgins using contraception, while indulging in sexual intercourse. However, percentage leaves UK far behind, startlingly where contraception use among virgins was reported just 73.8%.
After going these facts, it could be said that there lies grim need of awareness among the masses, for this is the only weapon that has the capability to curb the swelling tide of STDs and even deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS.
Via: Channel4
