By Ana Santos, Sex and Sensibilities
This article was published in Playboy Philippines’ August edition.
In a conversation with Dr. Pauline Chan, an OB GYN in Cardinal Santos, she revealed that even in this day and age of the “empowered Filipina” she is surprised by how many women come into her clinic, admit they are sexually active but are not using any form of contraception because their partners do not want to use condoms and they are afraid of possible side effects of pills.
“When I ask them what she’s going to do if she gets pregnant, they [the patients] tell me, ‘[I’ve been having sex this long], I don’t get pregnant’. I don’t understand why women still leave these things to chance,” said Chan.
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