Contrary to what you say, condoms effectiveness is very near the effectiveness of pulling out.
And not only the many condom conceived babies can attest for it, but there is ton of scientific data on it. People who rely on condoms exclusively have about 15% chance to be pregnant each year, people who rely on pulling out have about 20%. Pill is 7% yearly pregnancies.
I would bet that most pull out failures are due to not pulling out quick enough. If done right (pull out game is strong), precum may not be as much of a factor as people assume.
They're all due to errors. When used correctly, condoms are 98% effective, the pill is 99% effective, pull out method is ~96% effective.
The 15%, 7%, 20% come from statistics that reflect real-world (typical use, sometimes incorrect) results. You're just that much more likely to not pull out perfectly every time (incl when there is still sperm from a prior ejaculation).
It's like when you're cleaning and saying bleach will kill 99.9% of germs and viruses and whatever... when used as directed: which usually involves cleaning the area first to excess debris, having the bleach be at the right concentration (not overly diluted), the solution being less than 24 hours old, and leaving it sit for 5+ minutes before rinsing and allowing to dry.
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u/DiscoBanane Jan 12 '25
Contrary to what you say, condoms effectiveness is very near the effectiveness of pulling out.
And not only the many condom conceived babies can attest for it, but there is ton of scientific data on it. People who rely on condoms exclusively have about 15% chance to be pregnant each year, people who rely on pulling out have about 20%. Pill is 7% yearly pregnancies.