Why Have Men Stopped Using Condoms?
If you think young men like condom? Lately, sex industry researchers have noticed a troubling trend: After steadily climbing since the 1990s, condom use inAmerica is falling—especially among young men. Between 2002 and 2010, the percentage of teen guys who used a condom during their first sexual experiencejumped from 71 percent to nearly 80 percent, according to research from theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But from 2011 to 2013, that figure dropped to 78 percent. No,that does not sound like much. But the drop-off seems to be steepening, says Debby Herbenick, Ph.D., a sexual health researcher at Indiana University. One theory: Young guys misunderstand rubbers. “I see some of my own students coming in thinking condoms are only for birth control, which is crazy,” Herbenicksays. (If you are worried that condom sex won’t feel as good, learn the secrets to making it more satisfying in How to Pleasure a Woman, the ultimate sexmanual from the editors of Men's He...