tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683546417186768820.post4790099474989300388..comments2021-02-13T04:51:17.282-05:00Comments on Nth Wave Feminism: The Typical Use Failure Rate of AbstinenceKyriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01488063301300315710noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683546417186768820.post-50749769162127775102011-04-25T18:26:03.067-04:002011-04-25T18:26:03.067-04:00I see, I see. I misread a key component of your ea...I see, I see. I misread a key component of your earlier column, which throws in to doubt the fact that, like everything else I do, I *do* pick my birth control methods based on the assumption that I'm better than everyone else.Matt Largohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02234586356940042314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683546417186768820.post-57310678630271559602011-04-25T10:31:16.245-04:002011-04-25T10:31:16.245-04:00No, actually, I think this is comparing apples and...No, actually, I think this is comparing apples and apples! All the failure rates I quoted Friday were typical use failure rates. If you use condoms perfectly, the failure rate drops to a few percent, and if you use abstinence properly, the failure rate drops to zero. But I'm not interested in perfect use; as I said Friday, "are you really going to choose your birth control assuming that you're going to be better at it than everyone else?"<br /><br />I can't really comment on pregnancy rates among different abstinent groups, as I don't have that kind of data.Kyriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488063301300315710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3683546417186768820.post-12907504331415391202011-04-25T06:12:00.940-04:002011-04-25T06:12:00.940-04:00Isn't this apples and oranges, however? Your (...Isn't this apples and oranges, however? Your (sobering, sobering) Friday post--correct me if I misread--had more to do with applying a 15% failure rate out over a period of thirty or more years. Whereas you're argument here seems to be more geared toward a failure to apply abstinence properly. Ie: eventually, these people are going to do it, and then get pregnant. I'm not about to go preaching abstinence to *anyone,* but it works as a technique if not as an ethos. There would seem to be a fairly low rate of pregnancy among nuns, for example.Matt Largohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02234586356940042314noreply@blogger.com