One of the big issues being addressed this week in DCU is that of safe sex. It is "SHAG WEEK". There are a number of events being planned around the campus, all with the aim of promoting safer sex. Free condoms are being distibuted and the college magazine did a two page spread on the different STIs that can be contracted.
I think that it's a brilliant initiative for a college to promote safe sex. We are, after all, at THAT age. We're coming to the end of our puberty and have discovered sex. The trouble with it is that we have also discovered the joys of being legally allowed to drink alcohol. That means that many (not all) of us like to do so as much as we can. And alcohol, as we are all aware, impairs judgement. It happens to many. You go out and you get, for want of a better word, locked. There's that person you've wanted the confidence to approach for months. You're keen. They're keen. Before you know it you've gone too far and made possibly the biggest mistake of your life.
It seems that the majority of young guys will carry a condom on a night out but the majority of girls will not. I can't comprehend why this is. Why should it be left up to the guy? If you're both there and you're both involved, I don't see that it is a responsibility for the man. If anything carrying a condom should be the responsibility of both partners.
There are hige risks involved in having sex without a condom and I'm not just talking about pregnancy. How about herpes, gonorrhea, siphilis, AIDS, chlamydia etc. In my opinion colleges have a responsibility to look out for the welfare of thier students and promoting sexual health and safe sex is all part of it. Don't get me wrong. I'm not against sex but I think that if you're not going to be responsible about it then you shouldn't be having it. End of.
FOR MORE INFO:
www.positive.org
www.life.dcu.ie
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