In the NPR piece Sex Without Condoms is the New Engagement Ring, you’ll hear brilliant statements like “It’s an engagement more practical than spending money on a piece of jewelry, or a marriage that might not pass the test of time”. Man, if my friends and I had thought up a spin like this as teenagers, how different life would be. Sex without condoms? Well, it feels good, but I’m sure if we’d pursued this path in our youth, we’d have exponentially more fatherless children, friends dead from HIV-related symptoms, and a general pandemic of STD’s. NPR listeners had some thoughts on the topic too. I’m inclined to liken sex without condoms to riding a motorcycle without a helmet. While it shows a passion for the sport, the consequences can be disasterous.