When we talk to/about men and condoms, we say ‘Use protection’, but when we talk to/about women about various options, we say ‘Use contraception’. The difference is NOT insignificant.
In the second case, we’re talking about preventing conception, about not becoming pregnant, about not becoming a parent.
In the first case, we’re talking about protection from disease. THAT’S what men are concerned about. Not becoming a parent. (I guess because they have no intention of being a responsible one.) (And, what, they assume that any woman who has sex with them is having sex with dozens of men and so is infected? From one or more of those dozens of men, I’ll point out. And they assume that women are promiscuous because they themselves are?)
