Condoms are the ONLY form of contraception that prevents unwanted pregnancies and provide protection against Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STIs).
They are cheap and readily available at convenience stores (7-11, NTUC, Cold Storage) and all pharmacies.
They come in a range of colours, flavours and sizes to suit your every need and desire.
Condoms do not have any medical side-effects.
Are condoms really effective? If used properly, a condom is very effective at reducing the risk of being infected with HIV during sexual intercourse.
Using a condom also provides protection against other sexually transmitted diseases, and protection against pregnancy.
In the laboratory, latex condoms are very effective at blocking transmission of HIV because the pores in latex condoms are too small to allow the virus to pass through.
However, outside of the laboratory condoms are less effective because people do not always use condoms properly.
This page is dedicated to guiding you to use a condom.
FAQ
Is there an age limit to buying condoms? No there is not. Anyone can buy condoms. Do not feel uncomfortable doing something that could save your life!
Do condoms have an expiry date? Yes. All condoms have expiry dates. Always do a quick check at the store to make sure the condoms are not expired. Always also check them before you use them. Expired condoms maybe not effectively prevent pregnancies or diseases.
Whose responsibility is it to have a condom? As long as you are sexually active, it is your responsibility whether you are male or female. Not all sexual encounters are planned, whether or not you are in a loving, monogamous relationship, so it is best to always have a condom ready.
How do I convince my partner to use a condom during sex, if he or she does not want to? Always establish your expectations before getting into an intimate relationship. But we understand that sometimes it is difficult to convince people to do things they do not want to.
So here are some ways you can try and convince your partner when they come up with excuses to not use condoms.
Excuse
Answer
Don’t you trust me?
Trust isn’t the point. You might not even know you have an infection and you could pass it to me.
It won’t feel good if we use a condom.
Using a condom would make me feel better and more relaxed and if I am more relaxed I will enjoy myself more and so will you.
I don’t have a condom with me at the moment.
I do.
I’m on the pill, we don’t need a condom.
Pills only prevent pregnancies. If we use a condom, we’ll also be safe from STIs.
Putting on a condom will spoil the mood.
Not if we do it together or if I help you put it on.
Don’t you love me?
I love you enough to want us to be together longer, and for that, we have to be careful.
How about we do it just this once?
Once is all it takes for something bad to happen.
When do I use a condom? You need to use a new condom every time you have sexual intercourse.
Never use the same condom twice.
How do you use a condom? (Finally!)
When and how do you take off the condom? Pull out before the penis softens, and hold the condom against the base of the penis while you pull out, so that the semen doesn't spill. Condom should be disposed properly for example wrapping it in a tissue and throwing it away. It's not good to flush condoms down the toilet - they're bad for the environment.
Don't risk it. Make condom use your position on sex.
Are you ready for the bump that can come with the hump?
He tell you "Baby, I love you." But when you become pregnant with his baby, will you still be his baby?
Statistics show that teenage pregnancy figures have risen from 731 in 2003 to 838 in 2006. In a short span of 3 years, there has already been a worrying 14.6% increase. Thus, this message within serve as a warning to teenage girls out there who are so besotted with promises of love that they give up their virginity and expose themselves to the dangers of contracting sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy. The important value that teenagers can take away is that true love does not equate sex. If sexual intercourses had taken place, the next ideal step the couple should work on is secondary abstinence. The discipline instilled will go a long way in ensuring unfortunate events like pregnancy and STIs from interfering with your future. You have a choice!
You might start to develop rashes, genital discharge or itch around your pubic area. These symptoms will not necessarily go away by themselves. Genital warts for example will persist and continue to grow slowly until appropriate medical attention is given to them.
Not all sexually transmitted infections are life threatening. Most STIs have related conditions that can be managed with medications and professional monitoring. Gonorrhea can be treated fully if it is detected and treated in the early stages.
Even HIV infection, an incurable condition, can has its progression slowed with medications. Patients can often be returned to good health after treatment.
Don't wait before it's too late. Take a stand against STIs. Get yourself checked regularly and seek treatment early for a higher chance of recovery.
This video is funny but the message is serious. Have a good laugh and remember, that if you don't want to have baby, then stop eating. Abstinence is still the best protection. =)
A foreign controversy, over a set of proposed international guidelines on sex education, threatens to reignite the debate that raged just six months ago over Singapore’s own sexuality education programme in schools.
The guidelines, scheduled to be released by UNESCO next week, are aimed at reducing HIV infections among the young, and will be distributed to education ministries and school systems around the world.
But an earlier draft issued in June was attacked by conservative and religious groups, mainly in the United States, for recommending discussions of homosexuality, describing sexual abstinence as “only one of a range of choices available to young people” – and even suggesting a discussion of masturbation with children as young as five, reported the New York Times.
When contacted by TODAY, a Ministry of Education (MOE) spokeswoman said: “We will be studying the revised guidelines to see how useful and relevant they are to the current review of Sexuality Education in our schools.”
Two civil society groups expressed contrasting views.
Ms Dana Lam, president of the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE), felt UNESCO’s guidelines affirmed AWARE’s own Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) programme, which was suspended by the MOE in May.
Ms Lam said the UNESCO guidelines, which took an “evidence-informed and rights-based” approach, offered “a sound, comprehensive approach to sexuality education”. The emphasis “on relationships, values, attitudes, culture, human development, sexual and reproductive health exactly matches the emphasis” in AWARE’s CSE programme, she added.
The latter was suspended after parents objected to the programme’s explicit content, and the MOE found it conveyed messages “which could promote homosexuality or suggest approval of pre-marital sex”.
Going forward, the ministry signalled that sexuality education should “adhere to social norms and values of our mainstream society”; while Education Minister Ng Eng Hen said it should encourage heterosexual married couples to have healthy relationships and stable families.
Focus on the Family’s senior vice-president, Mrs Chong Cheh Hoon, was opposed to the UNESCO guidelines.
Apart from questioning their US-centrism and bias, she found some of the content “highly inappropriate”, such as teaching children aged nine to 12 about basic contraception.
“This is like telling our kids not to smoke and yet providing them with cigarette filters,” she said.
In the material recommended for ages 12 to 15, the guidelines advise the youth to practise safe and consensual sex “if sexually active”. But, Mrs Chong countered, this was inconsistent messaging – since countries like Singapore have statutory rape laws covering those up to age 14.
UNESCO experts have been working on the guidelines for two years, reportedly drawing on more than 80 studies of sex education. But conservative flak has already caused one of the project’s key participating agencies, the United Nations Population Fund, to pull back, said NYT.
UNESCO has defended its guidelines as “evidence-informed and rights-based”. Its guidelines also argue that sex education helps to delay the onset of sexual activity, reduce the number of sexual partners and unprotected sex.
“In the absence of a vaccine for AIDS, education is the only vaccine we have,” said Mr Mark Richmond, UNESCO’s global coordinator for HIV and AIDS. He added that just 40 per cent of youth aged 15 to 24 “have accurate knowledge” of how the disease is transmitted.
There has been much debates on the topic of CSE recently. While the parents and adults have certainly made their views known, there has been little or no feedbacks from the teens and youths who are really the most directly impacted.
So dear youths, let us know what you think! What do you think should be covered in your CSE? Should it be decided by the society? The parents? The religious groups? Or should it be decided by the students themselves?
If you can decide what you want to learn, what do you really want to learn about? Share your views! =) It's your life and it's your choice and responsibility.
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