The Condom Ripped
Attention Condom Users: What are you going to do when you find the condom ripped?
The heart-breaking stories of students who swear they would never have become so intimate with another if they knew in advance the condom was going to rip makes me wonder: What was the condom being used for? The popular answers would be that the condom was being used to prevent pregnancy, avoid sexually-transmitted diseases and—admit it—avoid responsibility.
I have heard students lament the fact that a ripped condom could get them in trouble with the sexual partner with whom they are not interested in starting a long-term relationship or with their significant other back home who doesn’t know that they are being unfaithful. Thinking that a condom allowed them to have sex without responsibility becomes a huge slap of reality when the condom rips. What do you do about that responsibility now?
Will you tell a future sexual partner about the condom that ripped? How will you explain the ripped condom to a future marriage partner? Will you get tested? Will you accept your responsibilities as a parent if a child is produced? Would you end the life of a child?
If you knew in advance that the condom is going to rip, would you have sex? JDH
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Dr. Hardwick has been the Vice President for Student Life at Carroll since 2002. He brings to Carroll 20 years of experience working in higher education. Learn more about him!