“…A study of women between the ages of 18 and 40 found a large percentage adopt a ‘head in the sand’ approach to sexually transmitted diseases”
– The average single woman has had unprotected sex 11 times with a total of four different men
– Study finds average single woman has had unprotected sex 11 times with total of four men
– 1/3rd of women get ‘swept away in the moment’ and forget about using condoms
– 18% of said they are often too drunk to use contraception
– 8% said they “just don’t like using condoms”
– 1 in 5 said they trust their sexual partners not to give them an infection
– 12% think contraception is not always readily available when it is needed
– 30 to 40 (age group) were the most likely to have contracted a sexually transmitted infection, followed by those in the 18 to 29 (age group)
– 30 to 40 (age group) were most likely to have taken the morning-after pill
– 1 in 10 of all women polled (via SurveyStud) said they were likely to have unprotected sex when they are on vacation
– 16% over-thirties say they have got worse at using contraception as they have get older
– 1 in 5, 30 to 40-year-old have had unsafe sex in the last 3 months, compared to 1 in 7 women from 18 thru 29
SurveyStud: https://appsto.re/us/Ddj18.i