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A survey of 2,000 UK females ages
18-40 finds seven of 10 single women regularly practice unprotected sex.
DrFox.co.uk, an online pharmacy and prescription service, conducted the poll.
The responses indicate the average
single woman has had unprotected sex 11 times with a total of four different
male partners. One in five women said they trust that their sexual partners
will not infect them; 18 percent reported being too drunk to use contraception;
12 percent said contraception is not always readily available; and 8 percent
said they “just don’t like using condoms.”
Dr. Tony Steele, co-founder of the
website, is particularly concerned about single women’s behavior while on
vacation. “Women meet men on holiday who are complete strangers. They may know
almost nothing about the men they meet, and having sex without contraception is
a sure-fire way to increase the chances of contracting a sexually transmitted
infection.”
One in 10 women age 30 and older
reported feeling embarrassed about addressing safe sex with a new partner,
according to the survey. Women ages 30-40 were the group most likely to have
contracted an STD, followed by those ages 18-29. One in five 30- to 40-year-old
females have had unsafe sex in the last three months, compared to one in seven
women in their teens and twenties.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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