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From: chris@pyuxc.UUCP (R. Hollenbeck)
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Subject: Re: birth control
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Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 09:27:44 EST
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I once slept with a woman 
who was offended that I had had the forethought
to bring condoms with me.  She felt that being prepared
indicated that I presumed we would have sex,
i.e., that I thought she would be "easy."

The lesson from this, I guess, is that being prepared for
sex requires both men and women to admit that they are, or
plan/hope to be, sexually active.  In a society that still
frowns on sex, this is a hard leap to make.
Many take what they think is the easy way out, to be unprepared,
rather than to go against social conventions that might label
them promiscuous.