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Condom Use Will Make You Crazy: Doc Says So
Welcome to a little section we like to call: insanely stupid study results of the week! Because here you were thinking that people who use condoms just didn’t want any more kids (or any at all)?
Wrong! A psychologist at a Scottish university says condom users are ripe for suicide and depression!
All this over a thin sheet of latex? Do tell.
Says Professor Stuart Brody (via the Daily Telegraph): “Possible explanations for the interference of condoms with the health benefits of penile-vaginal intercourse include the blocking of antidepressant and immunological agents in semen and genital secretions [and] reduced sexual satisfaction and intimacy.”
Oh ho, but that’s not all. In addition to the thoughts of suicide and depression, the good professor says condom users are more likely to be “emotionally immature” and not using them will improve your mental health.
So, ladies and gents, is it time to stop patting yourself on the back for being mature enough to hold off on the emotions of the moment long enough to open up that foil packet?
Of course not – because guess who is else is at a heightened risk of depression? Parents-to-be dealing with an unwanted pregnancy! Studies have shown that through all three trimester, that’s the leading cause of depression in pregnant women (followed by previous history, psychosocial stressors, etc.). Maternal suicide rates have also been linked to unwanted pregnancies for both youth fretting family alienation and older women worried over the social stigma.
And what else are those condoms blocking, Prof? Oh yeah, STDs. Anyone want to weigh in on what kind of depression rates exist for people with incurable HIV? Women whose chlamydia or gonorrhea caused their infertility?
The prof (who is American born) says he doesn’t want to bend to political correctness if it’s going to compromise the name of science. Fair enough, but he’s perfectly comfortable ignoring good science rather than political correctness?
I’d take my chances on missing out on the immunilogical agents in a guy’s sperm if I didn’t want to be cooking a bun in my oven. What say you?
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Trace commented on Aug 06 09 at 12:24 pmPerhaps the best column ever. immunological agents? I’m depressed, and we don’t use condoms… what is my excuse?
Jeanne, you find some entertaining stuff, I’ll give you that much!
hahahaha
Tara commented on Aug 07 09 at 10:17 amIs he kidding! What in the world! Should we stop using them for our mental health or keep using them for our physical health. I am so confused. I am not depressed and I use condoms. I am so dam cofused.
Lula commented on Aug 07 09 at 6:46 pmMasturbation makes you crazy too. And blind. And grow hair on your palms. Plus everyone knows you can’t get a woman pregnant if you do it standing up, and that you can tell by looking who has HIV or any other STIs. So who needs condoms for penile-vaginal intercourse anyway?
Moron.
Scientist commented on Aug 07 09 at 7:38 pmRipping open a foil packet is no big deal, granted. And this fellow’s opinions are great nonsense, granted. But condoms kinda suck. I used to think only jerks said that, but through 15+ years of experience I can say that condoms are stink stinky (that’s the adult talking, mind you).
Lula commented on Aug 09 09 at 10:28 pmSure, condoms suck. But so does this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gLlBv_SrZw
k commented on Jan 04 10 at 6:32 pmlooking for crazydoc? is this you? okluknagn
youguysarebeingdumb commented on Aug 12 10 at 6:18 amI read the article a while back. The doctor wasn’t ADVOCATING that people should stop using condoms. He was reporting his findings without altering them. (Maybe you’re too slow to grasp this, but being unbiased is kind of important if a scientist wants to retain credibility.)
Regardless of how smart it is to use condoms, the body will generally produce a physiological and psychological response that supports evolutionary behavior/behavior that fulfills the reproductive cycle (i.e. condomless sex). That seems like a no-brainer to me.
youguysarebeingdumb commented on Aug 12 10 at 6:28 amBTW another thing about science: you can never “prove” anything with these kinds of tests. But you can show correlations.
Depression apparently correlates strongly enough with condom use for it to be worthy of mention. So does emotional immaturity.
The study was investigating the health benefits (both mental and physical) of condomless penile-vaginal intercourse vs. the same with a condom. It’s a valid study.
Trace, your excuse is that your depression is unrelated to your sex life. Sex neither cures or create clinical depression. But people who use condoms are more prone to depression, for whatever reason.
Tara, if you’re that confused by the study (or the correct way to spell “damn”), please NEVER BREED. Science is not advocacy. It is research and analysis.
Lula, you missed the point too. Don’t any of you people understand what the hell science is?!?!
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