Citations:condomlessness

English citations of condomlessness

Noun

condomlessness (uncountable)

1. (rare) The condition of being condomless.
   • 1998, Victor C. De Munck, Romantic Love and Sexual Behavior: Perspectives from the Social Sciences‎^[1], page 210:

     Condomlessness was directly described as “a sign of trust” and of “honesty” and “commitment.”

   • 1998, Merrill Singer, The Political Economy of AIDS‎^[2], page 89:

     But if men do generally refuse condoms, as data so far indicates, many of the myriad reports of jointly decided upon condomlessness may represent strategic efforts to recast that which must be (i.e., unsafe sex) as that which is chosen.

   • 2007, Susan M. Moore, Doreen A. Rosenthal, Sexuality in Adolescence: Current Trends‎^[3], page 139:

     ‘Disinclined to experience pain or lose status, women deny the possibility of adultery in their relationships. Condomlessness helps them do this as it implies fidelity’ (Sobo 1993:471).

   • 2010, Sobo Sobo, E. J. Sobo, Choosing Unsafe Sex: AIDS-Risk Denial Among Disadvantaged Women‎^[4], page 93:

     A clinic focus-group participant saw the male partner as the immoral one, particularly if he required condomlessness as part of the bargain: “What kind of mate would use a condom like that?” A fellow participant said, “A [man] like that is an immature person who can't see”.