[BRIEF NOTE] Like raincoats in the shower
Nov. 13th, 2005 12:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldThe Toronto Sun reports that unprotected sex is quite common among Canadians at large.
As Abiola Lapite notes, this survey has certain methodological flaws. I'm not sure that overestimating rates of unprotected sex are likely to be one of them. It goes back to what I said yesterday about the popularity of barebacking: If unprotected sex doesn't produce immediately visible and lethal consequences in the space of a year, how likely will anyone be to practice safer sex, never mind abstinence? Entirely unscientifically, working off of my own limited sample size, I can say that this rate of unprotected sex is substantially higher than what I've noticed in the MSM community. There's some comfort there.
According to the recently-released 2005 Durex Sex Survey, almost half (49%) of adults in Canada have had unprotected sex without knowing their partner's sexual history.
The groups most likely to not use them are singles between the ages of 20-24 (43%) and those 45 plus (65%), says the survey.
As Abiola Lapite notes, this survey has certain methodological flaws. I'm not sure that overestimating rates of unprotected sex are likely to be one of them. It goes back to what I said yesterday about the popularity of barebacking: If unprotected sex doesn't produce immediately visible and lethal consequences in the space of a year, how likely will anyone be to practice safer sex, never mind abstinence? Entirely unscientifically, working off of my own limited sample size, I can say that this rate of unprotected sex is substantially higher than what I've noticed in the MSM community. There's some comfort there.
