<p>UCLAri–Condoms are regulated; they make advertising claims that are verifiable. Are there any birth control devices that are not medical and make no advertising claims? Abstinence is obviously and appropriately unregulated.</p>
<p>But what is abstinence? Reading all the studies out there, it is very different for people</p>
<p>Not regulate, but by no means consistent</p>
<p>And from what I have read, in many places, “abstinent” teens get LOTS of STDS…how they do that?</p>
<p>What is the opposite of promiscious - "con"miscious?</p>
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<p>Condoms are only regulated to verify their reliability. This is unlike the pill, which needs to be obtained through a prescription (probably for good reasons, I might add.) But beyond the gubment telling us that the condom actually performs as advertised (which almost all companies have to do, lest they get sued for false advertising) they shouldn’t be regulated.</p>
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<p>'Fraid not. I, for one, have never had a single dental carie, and plan on keeping these chompers for decades. ;)</p>
<p>Fraid not. I, for one, have never had a single dental carie, and plan on keeping these chompers for decades</p>
<p>I am so jealous, I just spent three hours at the dentist today.
She had to redo a crown that my previous dentist really messed up- ( not to mention traumatized me so bad taht I didnt go to the dentist at all for several years)</p>
<p>But I am thinking what is abstinence?
Is it no sexual contact at all?
is it everything but as long as you keep your clothes on?
I know you can get pretty creative, and technically still be abstinent.
When I am pregnant- I am high risk- so no sexual activity- at least not any of my favorites 
But I stuck to the letter of the law if not the spirit ( or was it the other way around?)</p>
<p>emeraldkity,</p>
<p>I was always under the impression that up until about the 7th or 8th month, most intercourse was medically acceptable? Or is this just another libertine liberal leftist lie from the liberal medical media’s liberal machine of hate and baby eating?</p>
<p>I think of abstinence as no intercourse, but then you’re right. Things can get pretty complicated. Is oral sex counted in promiscuity? Are two counts of oral one count of intercourse? How about mutal masturbation? Is that like 1/4 of one act of intercourse?</p>
<p>So complicated.</p>
<p>ucla- sorry if this is TMI
I was just speaking of myself-
I am high risk when I am pg- like some women are- I was also on complete bedrest for my pregnancies, from the 16th week until delivery ( at 30 weeks)for my oldest-only allowed to get up to use the facilities and to go to the dr for my weekly hormone shot. (although I wasn’t allowed to drive myself there- incidentally the reason why she was delievered early was because she was in distress- not because I was in labor)
My younger daughter I was able to go term with, although I was on bedrest for part of that pregnancy as well.</p>
<p>Not TMI at all. Actually kind of interesting, to be honest.</p>
<p>well if you * really* want to hear more- the reason why I was on bedrest and progesterone shots was because I have a bicornate ( with a septum) uterus that was irritable ( tell me about it).
I don’t know how much the bedrest helped, but the progesterone was supposed to relax the smooth muscle.( and according to some studies may have been a contributing factor towards my daughters sexual orientation)
Bedrest in the early 80s was a major PITA- no computers, no wireless, not even any remote control- I certainly got my sleep, but I had to lay on my left side 100% because that resulted in the best blood flow-but yesterday was her 24th birthday so it was certainly worth it- :)</p>
<p>( in researching this- I was surprised to see it is still being discussed as a “new” treatment & it was effective- I didn’t go into labor- but had an emergency section because I noticed that the baby wasn’t moving, and they found that the heart was deacclerating after movement so they took her out- she is in the medical books because her umbilical cord was tied into THREE true knots- but pretty unusual)</p>
<p>EK4: I was also on abstinent bedrest for the last 8 weeks with my D, and sent my DH to the library to get all possible books on Queen Elizabeth First and read a lot of British history—yes, it was amazingly boring but at least I got to read as much as I wanted for the first time in years. As for “abstinence,” my doctor had a shockingly specific definition that included “nothing that would induce a female orgasm” and “no penetration” (those were the high points). Perhaps that period of abstinence has something to do with my son being born 14 months later…</p>
<p>I don’t think the same “abstinence” is what those who promote it mean, given that they seem to be shockingly anti-sexual-pleasure. My assumption has always been that “abstinence-only” programs mean “only a kiss on the cheek.”</p>
<p>its like you can do “everything but” and not enjoy it…</p>
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<p>What makes me laugh is when I talk to old friends who were pretty “free with their favors” as my mother used to say. Now they’re SO conservative about their own kids.</p>
<p>My son (7th grade) just confided in me that on a school camping trip somehow there was some switcheroo with the tents, and one of his classmates spent the night (no intercourse, though) with one of the girls. Jeez, if that goes on at age 12, what’s left for high school and beyond? (don’t answer that!) Maybe I’m developmentally delayed, but at 12 I still thought boys had cooties!</p>
<p>I still think of that “3rd date rule” that the guys in Manhattan had when I was single. What a drag. Because I didn’t go along with that rule I lost alot dates! For every woman like me, there was a line a mile long of women who were willing to go along with that “rule”. Sure was difficult to be different.</p>
<p>dke that happened when my daughter was in 8th gd?7th gd?
anyway she was about that age- however they were on a “lord of the flies” backpacking trip in November on the Olympic Peninsula.
Her tent- collapsed in the rain- so the boys kindly took her in in the middle of the night-
Poor things I think it rained the entire trip- but then it can be like that in July- not just in November.</p>
<p>Incidentally- since we are talking about sex, although I didn’t know till late junior year, my daughter is not heterosexual- and there is every indication she knew a long time before I did-
When I did find out though-I wondered if I should change my oversight on overnights. Its something that I hadn’t really thought about before-but at least I didn’t have to worry about her getting pregnant!</p>
<p>Quick question: What is the average number of sexual partners a person who gets married at 25 has? I know it varies but I could I get a ballpark figure?</p>
<p>I am asking because almost all of my best friends are having sex. I hang out with 4 other girls who I consider my closest friends, and only 1 is a virgin. One has had sex with 2 guys, one has had sex with 5 guys, and one has had sex with 11 guys. We are all 17, and soon to be seniors in high school.</p>
<p>Also, I am sort of having this relationship with a guy who just turned 21. I know that he is a bit older and probably wants different things out of the relationship, but I like him a lot. I have standards, and I won’t have sex with someone that I hadn’t been dating for a while, but it is sometimes really hard to say no. But not because HE is pushy, but because I want it just as much as he does.</p>
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Wow, is that true. I grew up in a time when women were just experimenting with their own sexualities and (female) friends of mine (I’m male) were just discovering that they could be the ones to start a relationship and control the sexual path of that relationship. Now, for their own kids, they’d be horrified if their daughters did that.</p>
<p>Same with drugs. What seemed like fun in the old days now just looks illegal and stupid.</p>