Study suggests women less cautious about bareback sex with men they meet online
September 12, 2007 by NML
A new study by The University of Texas School of Public Health suggests that women who meet with men that they met online are a lot friskier for bare-back sex… Whilst the study found that women are extra cautious about meeting face-to-face with men from dating sites, it seems that once they have met these men, they are prepared to make far riskier choices.
740 women were surveyed about their sexual and safety habits over a five month period and of these, a whopping 6oo of them met face-to-face with men they had met online. 30% of these women had sex on the first date and what is very telling is that more than three quarters of these women did not use a condom… Previous data from the Center of U.S. Disease Control suggested that almost 50% of women under the age of 30 use a condom on the first date, which is deemed to be in complete contrast…
Now call me picky, but neither of these statistics is great….
For a start, I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it many times again, dating sites are the homes of liars, cheats, and the great pretenders. Considering all of the stories that we hear about people being conned and people pretending to be someone they are not, it is shocking that one meeting with someone that could have been spinning a yarn and a half, doesn’t only yield sex, but condomless sex! Only 25% of those that had sex used a condom which only reinforces what I already believe about online dating - it seems to be great for leapfrogging the formalities and leapfrogging into the sack… Trust me, all you have to do is say hello to a guy online and he’s sending a shot of his penis…
But the latter figure of ‘almost’ 50% of women under 30 using a condom on the first date is just as shocking. No matter what people think that they know about someone on the first date, do they really know enough to warrant putting themselves at risk from a STD?
Ladies, we are all adults and it’s not for me to give you a sex education class that you had back when you were 12. You all know the score and it’s not just good enough to be cautious about meeting someone but you also need to be cautious about who you share your vagina with! Considering all of the tales of woe of men that mistreat, it is a shame that we are quick to mistreat ourselves by putting bareback pleasure above good judgment, our sensibilities, and most importantly, our health.
It doesn’t matter how long it is since the last time you got laid or how lonely you’re feeling, how much tension you need to release, or how much chemistry you think you feel - No glove, no love!
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I’m glad I read the rest of the post before I asked what was bareback sex. For some reason these stats don’t surprise me. Disappointing yes, surprising no.
Interesting post. Congratulations. Safer sex is care of the own health. The road to a unprotected sex only if a long relation take place, and after some and some health check-up is made, to ensure both that no risk arise from past sex incursions.