were equally effective, it was stated that: ”Durex or Choice, Army or Police, Teacher or Assistant; the service remains the same.” This shows that the brand does not always decipher the quality of the condom. Graph showing the results of an experiment testing the strength of different brands of condoms: In 2013 South Africa had an estimated population of 52 million people. With South Africa’s growth rate of 1,34% and an increase of 2 million in the population in just 3 years, it is clear that South Africa is dealing with a overpopulation problem. Overpopulation can be defined as the condition of having a population so dense as to cause environmental deterioration, an impaired quality of life, or a population crash. Just imagine 52 million people living on an area of 1.2 million square metres, this surely would cause many socio-economic problems. In order to reduce and deal with the South African population the only obvious solution is to reduce the number of births. It is impossible to control the number of children that people have, but they can decrease the possibility of unwanted births by making contraceptives as effective as possible. In doing this it would hopefully reduce the South African population. With condoms being the most commonly used contraceptive, this seems like a great place to start. A condom can be define as a thin sheath, usually of very thin rubber, worn over the penis during sexual intercourse to prevent conception or sexually transmitted disease. The problem with condoms is that they only have a ninety eight percent success rate so in order to decrease unwanted pregnancy we must look at the two percent failure rate. There have been major studies which show that 1 ... ... middle of paper ... ...ich mean they can concentrate to more on other diseases which could only benefit the community. The project also decreases the number of unwanted pregnancies which solves South Africa’s overpopulation problem, this as a result solves socio-economic problems like crime. Cultural difference and viewpoints: Many cultures disapprove of the use of condoms so automatically the results would not seem beneficial to them, this means that there is a setback in the aim to reduce the population. Once cultures see the investigation it will open their eyes to how reliable and strong condoms are, and they are safe to use in any culture, race and age. The next step of the project would be either to do the project with more brands to compare the durability, or to carry out other experiments such as the electrical conductance test to observe the different function of the condoms.
iii. They are made for men who feel that the regular and larger size condoms are too small
...reduce teenage pregnancies which disrupt students’ lives. Moreover, contraceptives enable sexually-active students to avoid sex-related dangers such as STDs. Finally, despite the fact that contraceptive use by students attracts different reactions, birth control is necessary to students so as to prevent the numerous harmful effects that come from unsafe sexual practices.
According to the article “Pet Statistics” by the ASPCA estimates there are 70-80 million dogs and 74-96 million cats owned in the United States. It is impossible to determine the number of stray dogs and cats, but the ASPCA estimates there are 70 million cats alone that are strays in the US (“Pet Statistics”). The overpopulation of dogs and cats live either on the streets and die each day, they live in a shelter and try to get adopted, but even then they die. The ASPCA states that nationwide about 7.6 million companion animals enter the shelter and of the 7.6 million approximately 3.9 million are dogs and 3.4 million are cats (“Pet Statistics”).
abstinence to prevent or delay pregnancy. As time passed, many methods were used by various
O'Leary, Ann. Beyond Condoms: Alternative Approaches To HIV Prevention. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Pub., 2002. eBook Collection. Web. 20 Feb. 2013.
Birth control is an affordable basic preventive health care measure that is critical to achieving
In an article by choices pregnancy care center, “Reports indicate that there are approximately 1 million teenagers in America that become pregnant each year. Seven out of ten teens have engaged in sexual intercourse by their 19th birthday. Teens have 18% of all the abortions the United States. 78% of teen pregnancies are unintended. Of all the teenage women that become pregnant, 35% choose to have an abortion rather than bear a child” (Choices). In a recent study of schools done by Guttmacher institute, “72% of U.S. public and private high schools taught pregnancy prevention; 76% taught abstinence as the most effective method to avoid pregnancy, HIV and other STDs; 61% taught about contraceptive efficacy; and 35% taught students how to correctly use a condom as part of required instruction. 60% of females and 55% of males are being taught about birth control and other forms contraceptives” (Guttmacher). Most girls believe taking a form of birth control such as the pill will prevent them from becoming pregnant but they are wrong. No contraceptive is 100% effective and there are even case of women getting pregnant with the highest form of birth control which is the IUD. Most boys believe that just because a girl is on a form of birth control that she cannot get pregnant but unfortunately, they are wrong, men still need to wear a form of protection to reduce the chance of pregnancy even more. Of the percentage of girls who get
Contraception is the deliberate prevention of pregnancy using several methods available today. Family planning is the method that refers to the making decisions about when and how many children to have, and choosing way to achieve this.
With Australia’s population rapidly nearing 23.5 million people, the issue of sustainability and the number of people Australia can allow to live comfortably without significant damage to the surrounding environment is extremely important. The misconception that Australia is underpopulated with plenty of room to accommodate the worlds rising population is widespread. With the majority of Australian land being arid and inhospitable, finding available land and resources to accommodate a rising population is placing a huge amount of pressure on the Australian environment. Australia’s population growth consists of two main components; births minus deaths and net migration. While Australia’s birth rate sits at 1.9, lower than the 2.1 needed to replace our aging population, our expanding population comes from overseas migration accounting for around 60 per cent of our growth (Department of Immigration and Border Protection). Currently the total migration rate is set at 210,000 people per year making Australia’s population quickly on the rise. This poses an important discussion regarding the impacts of such a rise and if there is a specific number that constitutes a sustainable Australia regarding population. The issues that may come to pass as a result of overpopulation are great and varied. These include and are not limited to; resource shortages, social conflict, overcrowding, pollution, habitat and biodiversity loss and a lowering in national health standards. The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has put forward arguments opposing a rising population due to the predicted environmental damage we would face as an outcome. A few of the main problems associated with an unconstrained population are outlined in this essay.
For each method of contraception, the website provides information on what the method is, the benefits, the disadvantages, troubleshooting meaning when you should contact your health care provider, and where to find this form of contraception ( “birth control”, n.d.). The website somewhat succeeded at its goals by providing various forms of available methods of contraceptives, but there were some inconsistency in the website, and what has been learned in class and the scholarly articles I referenced to in comparison. The effectiveness that is demonstrated in the website Sexuality and U provides information on the effectiveness based on perfect use, rather than typical use, causing certain types of contraceptives to seem like they are much more effective than in reality. When providing the effectiveness for the female condom contraception, the website indicates that it has a failure rate of 5% ( “birth control”, n.d.). That may be true for perfect use every single time, but in typical use, according to Shoupe and Ebrary the failure rate goes up to 21% (Shoupe & Ebrary, 2011). Websites need to provide realistic statistics so that individuals are informed that certain methods are not as effective as others, and that they
By having classes that discusses HIV, AIDS, and teen pregnancy teens may feel that having condoms distributed in schools is great to coincide with the classes being taught at the school. Condoms are the first method of birth control for teens and are a great start for teens that are having sex if they are not sure their parents should be involved in their decision on having sex. Plan B is the most popular birth control on the market and is being offered at universities for students for $25. Mangu-Wa... ... middle of paper ... ....
With an increasing knowledge and understanding of the natural world including ourselves we are now in a position to manage not only our environment but also our own biology including our reproduction. This does not only have consequences for individuals but also for society and even the world at large.
Overpopulation is a growing problem all over the world. This is a very important environmental issue and needs to be dealt with. This environmental problem is affecting many countries in the world, but mostly the poor and impoverished countries that don’t have the resources to help deal with these issues. It also affects the environment like plants animal life and air quality. When the population of people expands we need more natural resources from the environment, so we consume more then we can produce. This leads to the lack of resources in many areas. When expanding we create a lot of pollution in the air, water, and land. The pollution affects many humans health. Overpopulation is doing more harm than any other environmental issue. Overpopulation also causes many of the other issues we are dealing with. This is very dangerous to not only us humans but the planet. Even though many wealthy countries are not affected by this overpopulation, I feel like they should help the cause. There is always two sides to an issue like this. Some people don’t think that overpopulation is a big problem and the ones who say it is an issue that needs to be dealt with.
...he second way to attempt to decrease the population is through increased active family planning programs. Especially in poor countries, it is a lot harder for women just to jump into the work force, and even harder for a poor country to become industrialized. For example, in Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries, birth rates have decreased from seven children per family to only 5.5. This is largely because forty percent of Bangladesh's woman now take part in some form of family planning.
Fanburg, Johathan T. (1995, May). Students Opinions of Condom Distribution at Denver, Colorado, high school. Journal of School Health. v65 n5 p181(S).