Dominicanas & birth control?

Okay, so I did a search of past posts and had all but one of my questions surrounding birth control (BC) answered.

Are Dominican women... the "respectable", average, every day goes to work or school, non-sankie, non-putana types... open to forms of BC other than condoms? Are they by and large open to the idea of oral/intravenous BC? Is it a taboo subject to even bring up? Or, am I giving the ladies not enough credit in assuming that Dominicanas are "not keen on/ ignorant of the practice", and are actually quite open-minded regarding the topic? I don't know, hence why I'm asking.


I know, I know... many people don't like these kinds of questions, but let's be honest in saying the number of guys quoted throughout history for having said, "Condoms? Yeah, I like condoms. They really do make sex that much better." are few and far between! In fact, there is a small chance I am the first person to ever put those particular English words together in that exact order!

I ask because I am under the impression that there are probably some strong Judeo-Christian/Catholic morals in the DR, and birth control is a big no-no for many people... both men and women alike. I would especially appreciate replies from any mature (be that in age or attitude) Latinas.

For the record, I myself have a tendency to think that when two people (in my case an man and a woman) who are "committed" to each other and to a shared future ideal... well, if "Daddy Warbucks" is paying for the weekly visits to the salon... I'm sure same said daddy could throw down for an extra purchase at the Farmacia (SP?) when needed.

And because I do see a potential back lash here, I would like to make one final statement... If I wanted to live like a rock start and bed multiple women every week... I would go back to Japan, Korea or Malaysia where all of that is 100% free of charge! I just want a quiet life where I can buy some decent property on the cheap, live a "comfortable expat lifestyle" and make the most of my current/future income and savings.

Thank you,
Dennis

Dragonfly32837 said:

Sure, there are some really religious people. But if you can have sex before marriage than I don't see how you should be against birth control. It is all a matter of personal preferance.

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I get that, the personal preference thing. What I am trying to get is a sense of the prevailing winds, so to speak.

Charlielyn said:

Condoms are given out free here so that men don't get AIDS from women. I had this discussion yesterday with a Dominican man. He says that SIDA (AIDS) is very prevalent here. Sure she might not get pregnant if on birth control pills, but what might you get if you don't use condoms. Play safe in this country at all times.

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Good thinking. Though I have no intentions of dating virgins... I can't say I have antentions of trolling for street-meat either. I figure there has to be a happy medium some where, and once a couple (ie, me and "her") has decided to become intimate on a regular basis, I always try to sneak in the "blood test" topic.

In the imortal words of the female lead in the movie Fight Club "The condom is the glass slipper of our generation." Sure, they work for the night of the big dance, but who wants to walk the rest of their life in glass shoes when sneakers are a popular alternative!

Thank you for the replies. Not trying to get off-topic here, but don't condoms work for women not getting AIDS from men as well? I was always under the impression that AIDS was "far easier", and by that I mean in a pure statistical sense, for men to spread than women. Don't get me wrong, I understand that any individual who has the virus can spread it, but what with the amounts of body fluids exchanged during intercourse, I was always told/ have read that it was "far easier" for men to pass it on the women folk or other men. One reason why some called it the "gay plague" for so long.

las2137 said:

You're correct in that statistically and biologically, it is "easier" for men to transmit HIV to their female parters, but not for the reasons you list. I won't get into the details since it deals with a "taboo" subject, but this site gives a few reasons why. Number 1 on the first list is a similar reason as the why male to male transmission is also high.

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Thanks for posting that... very informative web site there.

Learned something new today? CHECK!