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1、3HeXidongHeInstructorKatherineMurrinWriting18October2013OneoftheGreatestInventionsCanyouimaginewhatwoulditbelikeiftherewerenocondomsinthisworld?Everythingwouldbetotallydifferent,suchasthepopulation,diseases,sexuallivesofpeopleThat’swhycondomsareoneoft
2、hemostimportantinventionsinthisworld.First,condomscancontrolthebirthratesefficiently.Forexample,intheUnitedStates,thebirthratehasfallensteadilysincethebabyboom,from3.6birthsperwomanin1960to2.0today(Navarro).Orjustunderthereplacementlevel,atwhichapopul
3、ationreplacesitselffromonegenerationtothenext.Thisentirereasonisbecauseofthecondoms.Thepopulationwouldbe1.5-2timegreaterthannow.Thisworldwillbeverycrowdediftherewerenocondoms.Maybetherewouldbe14kidsinafamily.Parentscouldonlyaffordforsomeofthemtogotosc
4、hoolandevensomeofsomeofthemwoulddieofhungerinAfrica.Therewouldbenotenoughseatsforallthekidswhentheygotoschool.Youwouldneedwaittothreeweekstomakeanappointmentwithyourdoctor.Thetrafficwouldbeunbelievablyhorrible.So,condomsdochangetheworldandmakeeveryone
5、’slifebettertoday.Diseaseisaverytoughtopicforallhumanbeings.Condomsactuallygiveasecondlifetohumanbeings.Itprotectssexualpartnersfrominfecteddiseases.SuchasHIVandhepatitis3HeB.Sexuallytransmitteddiseasesaffect12millionmenandwomenintheUnitedStateseachye
6、ar.(CondomsandSexuallyTransmittedDiseases,Brochure.U.SDepartmentofHealth&HumanServices.December1990.)Abouttwo-thirdsofthepeoplewithAIDSintheUnitedStatesgotthediseaseduringsexualintercoursewithaninfectedpartner.Expertsbelievethatmanyofthesepeoplecouldh
7、aveavoidedthediseasebyusingcondoms.(CondomsandSexuallyTransmittedDiseases,Brochure).Anyonecouldbecomeinfectedthroughsexualintercoursewithaninfectedperson.Iftheyhavemanysexualpartners,itwillincreasetheriskofmorepeoplebecominginfected.Acondomactsaswallt
8、okeepblood,orsemen,orvaginalfluidsfrompassingfromonepersontotheotherduringintercourse.Thesefluidscancarrymanyviruseswiththem.Thus,condomsareimportantforpreventingthespreadofsexuallytransmitteddiseases.”Condomsarealsoimportantforsexuallifeofcou
