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From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale)
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Subject: Re: Yet Another New Topic
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Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 14:27:04 EST
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In article <8283@watarts.UUCP> judy@watarts.UUCP (Judy Belyea) writes:
>In a recent all-female wine & chat the conversation turned to sexual
>etiquette.  A casual poll was taken.  Here are the results:  Out of 15
>women, none of them listing exactly how many partners they had had,
>exactly *one* male partner had expressed any concern about birth control
>before the first love making session.

I find it difficult to believe the implication of this: that the vast
majority of men do not want to take any responsibility for birth control.
I take this responsibility seriously, and the few men that I've talked
to about it also do.

Perhaps the statistics also measure the sort of men that these women chose?
If they are so disappointed in men that don't express concern about birth
control, then why are they having sex with them?  Is there some sort of
correlation between the fact that these men are not interested in birth
control and the fact that these women were attracted to them?

Also, were the men not discussing birth control because they didn't care,
or because they were uncomfortable discussing it and got the impression that
the woman was too?  Communication is the responsibility of both parties.

Essentially, my experience contradict's Judy's.  I'm curious as to why.

	Dave Martindale