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To: one_less who wrote (573407)	6/24/2010 12:52:14 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1576588

You're right, they're being presented to the public and to young people, as "safe sex". They're not safe, only safer. Combine safer with more encounters (because its safe) and the result is unsafe. Real safe sex is monogamous sex.

To: one_less who wrote (573407)	6/24/2010 1:20:13 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576588

Less, > The problem is they are not marketed that way. They are marketed as a way to have safe sex. If it were known ahead of time, you would not find it very satisfying, and that after a couple of 'safe' ventures many people abandon the practice for the more fleshy experience, people might not take the plunge in the first place. Never mind the "fleshy experience" (i.e. the only thing that gets BentOver's rocks off). The myth being portrayed in our society is that condoms in general prevent STDs. The truth is that they don't protect against herpes, genital warts, and HPV. This fact isn't publicized very much, probably because the media would rather focus on more "serious" STDs like HIV. It also may be because the media hates to tell people to curtail their sexual activity. Monogamy is an outdated social ideal, it seems. Even Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton, and John Edwards can't stay faithful, so why even try? It's a real conflicting message, but unfortunately, pop culture sells it to the tune of billions of dollars. "It's cool to be DA MAN! It's uncool to be a PRUDE." Pretty shallow, but that's the way it is. Tenchusatsu

To: one_less who wrote (573407)	6/24/2010 2:19:37 PM
From: average joe	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1576588

Fear not! Scientists find source of courage in brain Scott Maniquet June 24, 2010 – 1:03 pm Most of us are familiar with the “fight or flight response” to situations that we find threatening. But what is it that happens to allow a person to willingly choose to engage in an activity that frightens them? A study published today in the journal Neuron set out to answer just such a question: The Roman philosopher Seneca considered all humans slaves to fear. Yet given the right circumstances, ordinary people can set themselves free of this bondage and act courageously. How is this achieved? To do this, researchers led by Dr. Yadin Dudai, from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science assembled a group of volunteers and some non-poisonous corn snakes. The volunteers were both people with a strong fear of snakes and others with no fear. People from each group were shown the snakes and they either asked for them to be moved closer or farther away. While this happened, an MRI scanned the volunteers’ brains. As a control, the same process was done with toy bears, which none of the volunteers was afraid of. The MRI showed that those with a fear of snakes who asked for them to be moved closer had increased activity in a region of the brain called the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC). The sgACC activity increased relative to the amount of fear felt by the volunteers. Those who were afraid of the snakes but had them moved further away had none of the increased sgACC activity. Now that researchers have pinpointed the source of “courage” in the brain, it may lead to treatments to help people overcome debilitating fears, the study concludes: Specifically, our results delineate the importance of maintaining high sgACC activity in successful efforts to overcome ongoing fear. They hence point to the possibility of manipulating sgACC activity in therapeutic intervention in disorders involving a failure to overcome fear. Such interventions may range from training in meditation techniques that lead to greater activity in this region to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) similar to that attempted to alleviate depression. Maybe someone should tell the researchers that a cure for lack of courage is already readily available in liquid form. Read more: news.nationalpost.com