The HPA and some universities found a 26% rise in the number of men having sex with men without the use of condoms from 1990 to 2010; although this was thought to be a less sharp rise due a wider use in anti-retroviral drugs- thought to be 68% higher without this use. HIV rates in MSM (men having sex with men) have reached an all time high- figures show: nearly half of the 6 280 diagnosed in 2011 were MSM. 1 in 20 MSM have HIV.
This links in quite nicely with an article in the NewScientist I read last week, about making condoms a more desirable approach. Researchers were finding ways to make use of condoms more pleasurable- the main idea was an origami-style condom, which received very good feedback from both partners in having intercourse. Might an entirely new condom style contraceptive be more attractive, more pleasurable, be more popular?
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