They're the best means of protection we've got right now.

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Technically I can top that - don't do anyone that hasn't had a STD/AIDS check.

The secret to my success when it comes to not catching anything. Granted it's still not 100%, but it's the best way of dodging the bullet so to speak.

Someone can't observe subtext.
The purpose of the thread is to highlight the shortcomings of sex education in the world.

One of my favourite examples is when I state that several thousand or more sperm are required at the egg for a woman to get pregnant. The number of "clever people" (who are indeed clever) who will argue to the ground that you only need one is amazing. They are wrong, not because they are stupid, but because they were taught the wrong thing.

Protips: if only one sperm was required for conception to occur impotence would not be an issue.

Thanks for so blindly chanting a common misconception though. Abstinence is the greatest means of protection, the second of which is having low risk sex with your sexual partner(s), which means having both yourself and your partner tested regularly and openly.


This is exactly the problem. The number of people catching STDs is alarmingly high due to high risk behaviour in teenagers (thankfully its mostly gonnorhea/chlamydia), but people aren't simply getting tested enough. Chlamydia can make you permenantly infertile if you are not treated, but can be remedied fairly easily.

Too much emphasis is placed on condoms - and people associate them as the "be all and end all" for protection (as mr odlov so sheepishly poitned out ) yet a. Condom misuse is extremely common (the most common form of breakage, actually) and b. People are unaware that condoms will not stop the aids virus every singe time.

People need to get themselves and their partners tested regularly, not rely on a double-ply glove.

Whats a fa.gina?

LOL^

At our wellness class, the sex instructors said that it was a 5/6 chance to prevent aids/pregnancy. So you still have a chance to spread the virus.

Two condoms is even worse than one, due to increased friction between them, which can lead to tearing.

Of course, for pregnancy, there are several other ways prevent it. Can't think of anything other than a condom to help against aids though.....
I guess testing and abstinence would, but those are different in nature.

I'm underage though, so no 1sthand experience from me

Also, video dude is a failure >_<

Well yes, technically you only need one. The problem with only having one is the fact that most sperms will never make it because they're too slow and/or have low resistance (they "die" before reaching the egg). Therefore you would need major luck to pick the right one to do the journey all by itself lol.... or you can use artificial insemination instead by selecting the most active (healthy) sperm and injecting it into the egg like its done nowadays.

Lets make an analogy: Its like a war. For example the Battle of Monte Cassino. Most of them inevitably die while trying to conquer the abbey (in this case: the egg).

The problem with impotence (low male fertility) is that in such cases, only a very small number (or maybe even none) of sperm cells have the quality to resist enough time to make it to the egg and still have the strength to penetrate it, therefore it narrows the probability of succeeding... Keeping in mind that even those you could succeed might not always succeed due to numerous factors. Smoking, for example, is know to reduce the quality of the sperm. Makes them less resistant.

Long story short: Technically you only need one sperm. But having millions on each ejaculation rises the probability of succeeding dramatically (when they're healthy, high quality sperms) by deploying some of those healthy/ninja fuckers. lol


The best way to prevent pregnancy is to combine series of methods such as: controlled menstrual cycle/lutheal phase + contraceptive pill + male condom + "coitus interruptus" + female condom + spermicide (there's even more)... I doubt anyone could get pregnant by combining all these methods at the same time... Its virtually impossible.

HAHAHA you areWRONG

The reaction takes only one sperm and one egg cell, however the egg itself is coated in a protective layer that takes thousands of sperm cells to penetrate (sperm release energy through the mitochondrial head once they reach the egg). Many more sperm get to the egg than you think.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


Thanks for proving my point. Way to be taught something completely wrong, bro.

m0o would know.

Doesn't the egg instantly form a protective barrier against all the other sperm once it is fertilized by a single sperm?