BLAQUELINE Entertainment Magazine - Issue 09 | Page 35

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By the study's measure, "pulling out" has a failure rate of four percent, while condoms have a failure rate of two percent.

serious people fighting the HIV/AIDS crisis -- in America and abroad.

If the Gates initiative, for what his foundation calls the "next generation condom" succeeds, it will spark a new conversation on sexual issues -- one that acknowledges that the truth is always necessary to solve any social problem. No "progress" that uses a lie as an usher is worth welcoming. More importantly, if Gates succeeds, he will have also significantly increased people's chances of protecting themselves against the horror of AIDS, while empowering them to feel good in the process.