Lady Gaga Quotes
You must always remember, the most important fashion accessory is the condom.
Gaga, Lady. Interview with Robin Roberts. Good Morning America, ABC, 9 Feb. 2010.
Many religious fundamentalists saw condom advocacy as basically immoral as people, in their religious view, ought not to be having sex outside of marriage. A number of programs were started where young people were encouraged (and some say pressured) to take vows of abstinence. Instead of just advocating the abstinence programs, some conservatives chose to attack condom programs by publicly telling people that condoms can break and have a failure rate of over 10 percent. Elders and others who did not think abstinence only programs sufficient, then were able to use the evidence which showed that very few condoms failed and comparatively many vows of chastity and abstinence fail much more frequently. Abstinence was always preferable if it worked and because of the polarization of American Society it was very difficult to develop programs which strongly advocated abstinence and also taught condom use in case a particular young person could not avoid a situation where they became sexually active. The 10 percent failure rate is a very misleading statistic. A couple who is sexually active—intercourse once a week—who use a condom always and properly will have about a 2 percent failure rate in an entire year of sex. That is less than 1 25th of one percent chance of failure per act of intercourse. Couples who do not use condoms always and properly will have a 10 percent or more failure rate but that is for the entire year. Per act of intercourse, the failure rate can be as high as one fourth of one percent—and not the one out of 10 chance of failure that condom opponents sometimes state or imply. The important fact is that there is always a chance of failure with a condom but it is relatively small and far smaller than the failure rate of teen agers who take a vow of abstinence. Abstinence, however, is the only perfect way to prevent pregnancy.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəni ˌdʒɜːrməˈnɒtə/ STEF-ən-ee JUR-mə-NOT-ə), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights and acting in school plays. She studied at Collaborative Arts Project 21, through New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, before dropping out to pursue a career in music. After Def Jam Recordings canceled her contract, she worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing, where she signed a joint deal with Interscope Records and Akon's label, KonLive Distribution, in 2007. Gaga rose to prominence the following year with her debut studio album, The Fame, and its chart-topping singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". The album was later reissued to include the EP, The Fame Monster (2009), which yielded the successful singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro".
