| A | B |
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| T/F: STD's can be contracted from a toilet seat. | F: STD organisms dies shortly after leaving the body, so you need skin-to-skin contact. |
| T/F It's difficult to tell if you have an STD. | T: In many cases, infected people have no symptoms at all...need to be tested! |
| T/F: STD's can be contracted by people younger than 21. | T: By the age of 21, about 1 in 5 people have already caught an STD. |
| T/F: The highest risk for infection from STD's is in older, more sexually experienced people. | F: Teenage girls are at the highest rish, as they have fewer STD-fighting antibodies. |
| T/F: STD's can be avoided by using a condom. | F: They help in most instances, BUT they can't prevent all STD's...herpes & HPV infect genitals and the area around them, so a condom may not prevent the spread of such diseases. |
| T/F: The cheapest method of birth control is the pill. | F: Condoms are cheaper. |
| T/F: The most expensive form of birth control is Norplant. | T: it costs between $500-$600. |
| T/F: Chances of rips and tears in condoms can be reduced by using a lubricant. | T: they do this & increase sensitivity during sex. |
| T/F: Condoms can be reused. | F: NEVER reuse them, even if rinsed out! |
| T/F: With less that 1% failure rate, the most effective birth control methods are Depo-Provera & Norplant. | F: abstinence is 100% safe!!! |
