性传播疾病的预防：行为的改变  STD Prevention: Behavior Change

安全性行为- 避孕套/安全套1  

除了节制性欲以外，安全套是最早的预防性传播疾病的方法了。确实如此，数个世纪以来，安全套就有很好的知名度，曾被称为“避孕套（prophylactic）”。早在16世纪，Gabriele Fallopio就已经发明了套在阴茎头上的亚麻套，以寄希望于防止梅毒的感染。在18世纪和19世纪早期，安全套用绵羊盲肠制造或经特殊处理的亚麻套变得更普遍；到了19世纪中叶，橡胶的硫化工艺使安全套的大规模生产成为可能。1950年代，当梅毒和其他性传播疾病变得可治愈时，安全套主要用作避孕工具，但是随着AIDS的降临，它又复归为预防性传播疾病的流行工具。甚至，公共卫生权威人士开始推荐使用安全套，以及许多设法控制AIDS的流行的政府针对普通大众发动了使用安全套的全国运动。
不幸的是，一些男士不使用安全套，其理由不是在做爱时嫌佩带麻烦就是声称使他们的感觉变得迟钝。可是，最新的安全套是如此之薄以至于使这种抱怨比从前更站不住脚了。一些人对乳胶过敏，但是现在有无乳胶的安全套可供使用。所以：全面地考虑来看，安全套仍然是最简捷、最安全、因而是最能预防性传播疾病的工具。安全套并不贵，而且无需处方就可以在药房、药店或公共自动售套机买到。

Safer Sex - The Condom 1

Apart from sexual abstinence, the condom is the oldest method of STD prevention. Indeed, for centuries it was better known under the name “prophylactic”. Already in the 16th century, Gabriele Fallopio invented a linen sheath which, put over the glans of the penis, was supposed to protect against in infection with syphilis. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, condoms made of sheep gut or specially treated linen became more common, and after the middle of the 19th century, the vulcanization of rubber made the mass production of condoms possible. When syphilis and other bacterial STDs became curable in the 1950s, condoms were mainly used as contraceptives, but with the arrival of AIDS in the 1980s, they regained their popularity as tools of STD prevention. Indeed, public health authorities began to recommend condom use, and many governments, trying to control the new epidemic, started national condom campaigns aimed at the general public.
Unfortunately, some men do not use the condom either because they do not like the procedure of putting it on during their love-play or because they claim that it dulls their sensation. However, the newest condoms are so thin that this complaint is less valid than before. Some people are allergic to latex, but for them non-latex condoms are now available. Therefore: All things considered, the condom is still the simplest, safest, and therefore best protection against sexually transmitted diseases. Condoms are not expensive and can he bought without a prescription in pharmacies, drugstores, or from public vending machines.