Do Celebrities Shun Safe Sex?

Ok, maybe the headline is off, but seriously, it’s amazing how many of Hollywood’s top players are pregnant or recently gave birth shortly after beginning a new relationship. Some are pregnant and the other half is already in another relationship. Some of the men are fighting paternity suits with former lovers… It just leaves me wondering if they pay attention to little details such as safe sex.

At last count there is quite a long list of well-known soon-to-be-moms and moms in Hollywood, none of whom are married. Now, I’m not saying that being married is an indication of faithfulness, but the way some celebrities play musical chairs with their love life…don’t they wonder about HIV? Two of the ways promoted to decrease the incidence of HIV are to use a condom and having one faithful partner. I have noticed that for many celebs, they are in a relationship for a year or less and wham, they are expecting. The pregnancies certainly indicate that condoms are not a part of the package.

As Spiderman often states, with ‘great power comes great responsibility’, or something similar; our celebrities do have great power. They influence the lives of many persons, especially teenagers. I’m sure some these couples did not set out to get pregnant, but by not practicing safe sex it happens.

Being a mom and having experienced the joys of motherhood myself, I’m happy for them. I am also happy for the fathers and fathers-to-be as well.