Study finds why the young may shun condoms

时间：2006-11-06 00:57:42

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A man checks condoms at the AIDS-awareness display at an exhibition in Shanghai March 2, 2006. (File/Reuters)
 
Nov. 4 - Social and cultural factors, not just unavailability or ignorance, influence why young people do not use condoms, researchers said on Friday.

 

Some sexually active under 25s associate condoms with a lack of trust, while others believe carrying them could imply sexual experience, which might be a plus for men but not necessarily for women.

 

In a review of more than 250 studies of young people's sexual behaviour, researchers at the London School of Hygiene1 and Tropical Medicine discovered striking similarities in what affects young sexual behaviour in different countries.

 

"This study summarises key qualitative2 findings that help in understanding young people's sexual behaviour and why they might have unsafe sex," said Dr Cicely Marston and Eleanor King in a study in The Lancet medical journal.

 

They found that compared to men, women's sexual freedom was universally restricted. Penalties for transgression3 varied4 from verbal criticism to honour killings5, in which a woman who is thought to have dishonoured6 her family is killed.

 

The studies, carried out between 1990-2004, showed that young people assess a potential partner's disease risk, and the need for a condom, by their appearance and how well they know them socially.

 

Men were expected to be highly sexually active and women were expected to be chaste7, according to data from countries including Britain, Australia, Mexico and South America.

 

"Our findings help explain why many HIV programmes have not been effective," the researchers said.

 

"Programmes that merely provide information and condoms, without addressing the crucial social factors identified are only tackling part of the problem," they added.

 

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1 hygiene Kchzr     
n.健康法，卫生学 （a.hygienic）
参考例句：
  • Their course of study includes elementary hygiene and medical theory.他们的课程包括基础卫生学和医疗知识。
  • He's going to give us a lecture on public hygiene.他要给我们作关于公共卫生方面的报告。
2 qualitative JC4yi     
adj.性质上的，质的，定性的
参考例句：
  • There are qualitative differences in the way children and adults think.孩子和成年人的思维方式有质的不同。
  • Arms races have a quantitative and a qualitative aspects.军备竞赛具有数量和质量两个方面。
3 transgression transgression     
n.违背；犯规；罪过
参考例句：
  • The price can make an action look more like a transaction than a transgression.罚款让一个行为看起来更像是一笔交易而不是一次违法行为。
  • The areas of transgression are indicated by wide spacing of the thickness contours.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
4 varied giIw9     
adj.多样的，多变化的
参考例句：
  • The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
  • The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。
5 killings 76d97e8407f821a6e56296c4c9a9388c     
谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发
参考例句：
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
6 dishonoured 0bcb431b0a6eb1f71ffc20b9cf98a0b5     
a.不光彩的，不名誉的
参考例句：
  • You have dishonoured the name of the school. 你败坏了学校的名声。
  • We found that the bank had dishonoured some of our cheques. 我们发现银行拒绝兑现我们的部分支票。
7 chaste 8b6yt     
adj.贞洁的；有道德的；善良的；简朴的
参考例句：
  • Comparatively speaking,I like chaste poetry better.相比较而言，我更喜欢朴实无华的诗。
  • Tess was a chaste young girl.苔丝是一个善良的少女。

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