male sexual health, female sexual healthAre young women doing enough to maintain their female sexual health? In Europe and certain parts of the United States, some young women are not protecting their female sexual health by insisting that the men they have sexual relations with wear a condom, or using a female condom. They think that protecting themselves against unwanted pregnancy by taking the contraceptive pill is enough, but it isn’t.
If you are on the pill and think that this means condoms aren't necessary, think again. You are jeopardizing your female sexual health and playing Russian roulette every time you have unprotected sex. Perhaps you are too young to remember the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s or you think that HIV is a disease that only people in developing countries can catch. Just so you know, the spread of AIDS is on the increase again in the United States and in Europe.
HIV is not the only female sexual health issue you should be concerned about. Every time you have unprotected sex you risk contracting Human Papilloma Virus. Some strains of HPV can lead to cervical cancer. The there are other sexually transmitted diseases such as Chlamydia, Syphilis and Genital Herpes, and Gonorrhea. STDs are no picnic and some of them can have a devastating impact on female sexual health. Unless pain, infertility and risk of death actually appeal to you, always use a condom when you have sex and do everything you can to protect your female sexual health.