tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300080.post5848204407280308733..comments2023-03-25T16:28:33.590+03:00Comments on MPAGI.M: When is the last time you bought a Condom and how much was it?MPAGI.M.MICHEALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544810747496146283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300080.post-79248059200303025842010-01-17T01:11:27.961+03:002010-01-17T01:11:27.961+03:00Esquire of the mountain, you make a good point abo...Esquire of the mountain, you make a good point about the relative costs of condoms. But even here in the USA many don't use them. Regardless of the price of a condom using them is in part a determination that condoms have value. It's the conversation about that value which entails concern for health of a person and partner and consideration of making conscious choices about bringing children into the world people everywhere need to engage in.John Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126222842766191343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300080.post-69653518119238077212010-01-16T20:13:08.959+03:002010-01-16T20:13:08.959+03:00Thanks for this post but John, i think the cost of...Thanks for this post but John, i think the cost of the condom at UGX 1,000(which by the way are 3 not 12) that the writer refers to is not to be seen in absolute terms, Shs 1,000 for many people in Uganda is their daily or even weekly income and so spending it on condoms becomes a more "serious" financial issue compared to the U.S where $7.00 is minimum wage per hour and so not so much of an issue, besides in the U.S there are loads of free contraceptives and minimum living standards are guaranteed with basics being affordable by everyone and at worst you have unemployment benefit...unfortunately for us none of those luxuries exist...its a "dog eat dog" world...every man for himself...and God for us allEsquire of the mountainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05708346697268742683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300080.post-12580197095117195472010-01-16T06:44:14.068+03:002010-01-16T06:44:14.068+03:00In the USA a box of 12 condoms costs about $7.00, ...In the USA a box of 12 condoms costs about $7.00, so 3 condoms at 1000UGX is very much less than condoms are here.<br /><br />Choosing sex while preventing pregnancy and disease really isn't easy. I think perhaps more than the costs the problem is that we don't talk about sex. One reason we don't talk about sex more--at least in practical ways--probably has to do with wanting to act as though there is no reason in sex. This is especially true when we think there's some immediate possibility of getting sex, at least from a man's point of view.<br /><br />On the other hand many studies show that young people who get sex education in school start having sex a little later and are more often responsible--things like using protection--when they have sex. I take from that people can reason about sex and it does us good.<br /><br />A guy thinks "Everyone has to die." But what if you live? The costs of a condom are so much less than the costs of raising a child!John Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126222842766191343noreply@blogger.com