Women are one of the fastest growing groups of new AIDS cases, accounting for 20% of newly reported cases in the US and 42% of new cases worldwide. In clinical research on potential treatments, only 12% of research participants are female. Women are 33% more likely to die than men because treatment begins so much later, if at all. There are complex economic and social reasons why fewer women access AIDS care. One reason is that programs designed in the early years of the AIDS epidemic targeted gay men. As a result, women don't know as much about available services and treatments. A second reason is that doctors and clinics sometimes fail to recognize the early symptoms of HIV in women. A third reason is that women are busy taking care of families, parents, and everyone else first. Delaying treatment can cost women their lives because early treatment makes such a difference in longevity.
Because you mentioned nonoxynol (the spermacide they put on condoms)....
It is very bad stuff. It is strong enough to take the paint off your nails (personal experience)...can you imagine what it does to the inside of a girl?
Buy lubed condoms WITHOUT nonoxynol 9 (I believe that's what it's called) and use a small amount of lube to make sure the condom doesn't break from all the friction.
~Shayla
Nonoxynol always gives me Bladder infections it never fails, I agree with Shyla it is crap! It also kills my taste buds for the next day or two if it is also on the outside of the condom even if I take a tissue and wipe off the majority of it.