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Condoms are
sometimes understood to diminish sexual pleasure and even manhood and are
inconvenient to use. Young women are better disposed to condoms than men,
yet some girls object to condoms declaring that they are not
prostitutes. Condoms tend to be associated with conflict in relationships
and discussion about condom use in relationships raises questions of
mistrust.
Attitudinal factors and issues of mistrust thus
relate mainly to the introduction of condoms into sexual practice. If both
partners are indeed HIV-free, strict monogamy without condoms is freedom
from AIDS. Nonetheless, sophisticated arguments are not an issue since
perhaps less than 10 % are consistently using condoms.
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