
Ever get so caught up in a moment of passion and bedsheets that you and your partner just forget to put on a condom?
I’d be lying if I said no.
But the thing is, I don’t ever forget. There is never a time when I don’t remember that we should be using protection. It’s just sometimes, stupidly, I don’t stop him to put one on.
Now a new study has unveiled exactly what’s going on. And, ladies, it’s not good.
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Making calculated decisions.
According to researchers from the US, women in their study explained “risky contraceptive decisions” (that’s not using condoms during sex) by saying that they “just weren’t thinking”.
But the experts claim that’s using “strategic ambiguity”, or “vague language used to maintain social status”, because the truth is a lot different.
Their findings suggest that women were actually thinking hard about the risks involved in unprotected sex, and were in fact making calculated decisions in the moment.