Table 1.
Attitude Item | Percentage Disagreeing | Percentage Neutral | Percentage Agreeing |
---|---|---|---|
* In your opinion, condoms are too much trouble. | 31.8 | 19.4 | 48.8 |
Condoms are unreliable. | 16.7 | 18.8 | 64.5 |
* Condoms are pleasant to use | 74.6 | 15.2 | 10.3 |
There is no reason why a man should be embarrassed to suggest a condom. | 3.3 | 3.6 | 93.0 |
* You think that proper use of condoms can enhance sexual pleasure. | 63.9 | 16.7 | 19.4 |
Many people make using condoms an erotic part of foreplay. | 35.5 | 27.6 | 37.0 |
* You just don’t like the idea of using condoms. | 65.5 | 13.0 | 21.5 |
* You think condoms look ridiculous. | 18.2 | 18.2 | 63.6 |
Condoms are inconvenient. | 55.2 | 14.8 | 30.0 |
You see no reason to be embarrassed by the use of condoms. | 8.2 | 8.8 | 83.0 |
* Putting a condom on an erect penis can be a real sexual turn-on. | 63.9 | 15.2 | 20.9 |
* Condoms are uncomfortable. | 57.3 | 13.9 | 28.8 |
* Using a condom makes sex unenjoyable. | 47.0 | 18.5 | 34.5 |
* You would avoid using condoms if at all possible. | 70.6 | 9.7 | 19.7 |
Putting on a condom is an interruption of foreplay. | 50.6 | 16.1 | 33.3 |
* There is no way that using a condom can be pleasant. | 25.5 | 18.2 | 56.4 |
* You would have no objection if your partner suggested that you use a condom. | 29.1 | 9.1 | 61.8 |
Attitude toward personal condom use.