Sistas Be Encouraged

How do we persuade our partners that we should use a condom?




It can be difficult at best to talk about using condoms. But you shouldn't let embarrassment become a health risk. The person you are thinking about having sex with may not agree at first when you say that you want to use a condom when you have sex. These are some excuses and some answers that you could try...



EXCUSES & ANSWERS

Don't you trust me?.. Trust isn't the point, people can have infections without realizing it.

Sex doesn’t feel as good with a condom.. I'll feel more relaxed knowing that we’re both protected.

I am afraid to ask him to use a condom. He'll think I don't trust him…If you can't ask him, you don't trust him anyway.

I don't have a condom with me… I do!

It's up to him... it's his decision… No, it's your health too so it should be your decision too!

I'm on the pill, you don't need a condom… I'd like to use it anyway… It will help to protect us both from infections we may not realize we have.

Putting it on interrupts everything… Not if we make it a part of our foreplay!

I guess you don't really love me… I do, but I am not risking my life to prove it to you!

I will pull out in time… Women can get pregnant and get STIs from pre-ejaculate.

But I love you… Then you won't mind helping us to protect ourselves.

Just this once… Once is all it takes!




Female Condoms Rock!!!!!




Now imagine how the script is flipped when women are in control of whether or not we use a female condom. The possibilities are endless! No more begging and hoping he’ll agree to wrap it up. How much stress is involved when it comes down to our being in control of our bodies and reducing our risk of unintended pregnancies and STI’s. Especially since we can insert our condom up to eight hours before we even have sex. Wow!