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by jkestner 4006 days ago
Condoms have lower compliance and higher failure rates.
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Check out this series of charts. Each method of contraception in its own chart, and "perfect use" and "typical use" are both plotted.

Out of 100 couples using a condom as birth control, 55 will have an unplanned pregnancy in 4 years with typical usage (8 out of 100 with perfect usage).

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/14/sunday-review/...

Circumcised men especially do not like to use condoms because it greatly reduces pleasure as their glans is already number and more worn than a normal penis.