He1XidongHeInstructorKatherineMurrinWriting18October2013OneoftheGreatestInventionsCanyouimaginewhatwoulditbelikeiftherewerenocondomsinthisworld?Everythingwouldbetotallydifferent,suchasthepopulation,diseases,sexuallivesofpeopleThat’swhycondomsareoneofthemostimportantinventionsinthisworld.First,condomscancontrolthebirthratesefficiently.Forexample,intheUnitedStates,thebirthratehasfallensteadilysincethebabyboom,from3.6birthsperwomanin1960to2.0today(Navarro).Orjustunderthereplacementlevel,atwhichapopulationreplacesitselffromonegenerationtothenext.Thisentirereasonisbecauseofthecondoms.Thepopulationwouldbe1.5-2timegreaterthannow.Thisworldwillbeverycrowdediftherewerenocondoms.Maybetherewouldbe14kidsinafamily.ParentscouldonlyaffordforsomeofthemtogotoschoolandevensomeofsomeofthemwoulddieofhungerinAfrica.Therewouldbenotenoughseatsforallthekidswhentheygotoschool.Youwouldneedwaittothreeweekstomakeanappointmentwithyourdoctor.Thetrafficwouldbeunbelievablyhorrible.So,condomsdochangetheworldandmakeeveryone’slifebettertoday.Diseaseisaverytoughtopicforallhumanbeings.Condomsactuallygiveasecondlifetohumanbeings.Itprotectssexualpartnersfrominfecteddiseases.SuchasHIVandhepatitisHe2B.Sexuallytransmitteddiseasesaffect12millionmenandwomenintheUnitedStateseachyear.(CondomsandSexuallyTransmittedDiseases,Brochure.U.SDepartmentofHealth&HumanServices.December1990.)Abouttwo-thirdsofthepeoplewithAIDSintheUnitedStatesgotthediseaseduringsexualintercoursewithaninfectedpartner.Expertsbelievethatmanyofthesepeoplecouldhaveavoidedthediseasebyusingcondoms.(CondomsandSexuallyTransmittedDiseases,Brochure).Anyonecouldbecomeinfectedthroughsexualintercoursewithaninfectedperson.Iftheyhavemanysexualpartners,itwillincreasetheriskofmorepeoplebecominginfected.Acondomactsaswalltokeepblood,orsemen,orvaginalfluidsfrompassingfromonepersontotheotherduringintercourse.Thesefluidscancarrymanyviruseswiththem.Thus,condomsareimportantforpreventingthespreadofsexuallytransmitteddiseases.”Condomsarealsoimportantforsexuallifeofcouples.Condomsareagoodwaytoprotectyoufromunplannedpregnancy.Insomesituationsbetweencouplesorsexualpartner,unplannedpregnancyhappenedsometimes.TherearetoomanybabiesborneveryyearinAricabecausetheydon’thaveaccesstocondomsandbirthcontrol.Condomsarecheaperthanbirthcontrolpills(Forexample,60durexcondomspackis$18.99onAmazon.Onetabletbirthcontrolpillis$20).So,condomsareacheapandefficientwaytodealwiththisproblem.Overall,sincethecondomswerecreated,ithadhelpedhumanstohaveabetterlife.Andmostpeoplealwaysignorethemeaningofcondoms.Theworldwouldbetotallydifferentwithoutcondoms.Thisisthereasonwhycondomsareoneofthemostimportantinventions.He3WorkCited“Navarro,Mireya.EnvironmentalGroupBreakstheSilenceonPopulationControl.NYTimes.com,Published:October31,2011.”CondomsandSexuallyTransmittedDiseases,Brochure.U.SDepartmentofHealth&HumanServices.December1990.CondomsandSexuallyTransmittedDiseases,Brochure.U.SDepartmentofHealth&HumanServices.December1990.