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Teenagers know about condoms ... so why don't they use them?

A review of research has revealed striking similarities in the influences on young people's sexual behavior across the world. The review of qualitative studies, published today in the Lancet, looked at 268 studies of the sexual behavior of under-25-year-olds from South Africa to Sweden. It reveals how, in all countries, social expectations of how men and women should behave frustrate campaigners' efforts to encourage safer sex.

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