Now if had been Mia going "Whoa, hey, we're not that far into our relationship yet" and babbling about the precautions she'd take if it did, followed by her realization that that's not what Dinah meant, this scene would have been funny.* 'Cause then we'd have Ollie teasing Dinah for her poor wording and Mia for her dirty mind.
*Well, funnier. The expressions are comedy gold, even if the dialogue is cringe-worthy.
Having sex with ANYONE who hasn't been tested in, IIRC, the last 14 days (or something, don't quote me on actual days) or something unprotected has a greater chance if infecting you with HIV than having sex with someone using a condom.
There's some delightful propaganda by the abstinence crowd (mostly backed by the Catholic church, but supported by many American evangelical groups) that likes to talk about "condom failure rates."
Yes, technically, no method other than abstinence (at a physical distance; no funny defs of "abstain") is 100%. But condoms are damned good. As in, worry about getting hit by lightning before you worry about getting HIV while using a condom. (Do these people drive on freeways? And they talk about the dangers of sex with condoms?)
One of the things they don't tell about the statistics is that "failure" includes "failure to put one on." As in, "our normal method of protection/birth control is condoms, but we ran out that night."
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Date: 2009-12-13 11:25 am (UTC)Oh my god!
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Date: 2009-12-13 11:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-13 12:10 pm (UTC)Also, Purple frelling Ray!
Gah! Social awareness characters make so little sense in Kirby-teched universes
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Date: 2009-12-13 11:55 am (UTC)Now if had been Mia going "Whoa, hey, we're not that far into our relationship yet" and babbling about the precautions she'd take if it did, followed by her realization that that's not what Dinah meant, this scene would have been funny.* 'Cause then we'd have Ollie teasing Dinah for her poor wording and Mia for her dirty mind.
*Well, funnier. The expressions are comedy gold, even if the dialogue is cringe-worthy.
Thank you so much for posting this!
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Date: 2009-12-13 02:05 pm (UTC)Not bad, otherwise
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Date: 2009-12-13 05:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-13 07:02 pm (UTC)Yes, technically, no method other than abstinence (at a physical distance; no funny defs of "abstain") is 100%. But condoms are damned good. As in, worry about getting hit by lightning before you worry about getting HIV while using a condom. (Do these people drive on freeways? And they talk about the dangers of sex with condoms?)
One of the things they don't tell about the statistics is that "failure" includes "failure to put one on." As in, "our normal method of protection/birth control is condoms, but we ran out that night."
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Date: 2009-12-14 04:19 am (UTC)His name is Dodger?
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