While attending the Atheist Society talk this week, I picked up a copy of Leeds Student which had some interesting statistics.
43% of people pulled last week and 23% threw up. That’s to be expected.
However, I was quite shocked that 14% of people said they had had unprotected sex.
I mean, seriously? Lets assume that one third of people had sex in freshers’ week. That is quite a lot I believe, not just because that is generally a lot but because only 43% of people pulled, which would mean that most people who pulled, also went home with someone.
But if we assume that such a high figure is true, that means that half the sex had during freshers’ week was unprotected. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to pretend condoms are a great solution – they’re a massive hassle when you’re in the middle of it, and lets not pretend otherwise, but given the prevalence of STIs and most of these events being one night stands, surely people at one of the best universities at the country are smarter than that?
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Tags: contraception, freshers week, sex, students, University
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