How to not get pregnant

After living in Montañita for five weeks, I thought I knew enough about the people that nothing would suprise me. I was wrong. After talking with one of the profesoras, I learned some shocking "safe" sex practices that are widely believed and people still use. All of the practices listed below are used by at least one friend of the profesoras, despite their repeated warnings.

• Immediately after sex, jump up and down several times so the sperm cannot swim up and impregnate the woman
• Immediately after sex, scoop out the semen before one impregnates the woman
• Pull out before ejaculation
  

What is more surprising is what some of the profesoras believe about condoms. Because condoms can break, they are not an effective way to prevent pregnancy. They are only useful in preventing STDs and therefore are not commonly used in Ecuador. Unfortunately, it was surprisingly difficult to argue against this, and their opinions remain unchanged.