Undergraduate students at an urban, public university were asked if they had ever attempted to dissuade a sexual partner from using condoms. Over 17% of the men and nearly 15% of the women admitted to having done so, and twice as many said that a sexual partner had attempted to dissuade them. Responses to a questionnaire indicated that individuals who had attempted to dissuade use of condoms did not show a greater tendency to engage in nonsexual risk-taking behaviors. Despite their claims that attempts to dissuade partners from using condoms occurred in committed relationships, condom dissuaders did show evidence of engaging in other high-risk sexual behaviors, e.g., greater number of sexual partners, greater number of sexually transmitted diseases.
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