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Good news! The people at Guttmacher Institute, a well-respected reproductive organization, found that the withdrawal method (dude pulls out before he ejaculates) is actually waaaay better than no birth control at all.

The study found that 18 percent of couples using the withdrawal method will become pregnant, compared to 17 percent of couples using condoms.

While that's a fantastic revelation, the real reason we're happy about this study is because researchers have finally given us some stats to justify what we've been doing all along. No, we're not proud to fess up to the countless time we've forgotten to wrap it up. Or the fact that we haven't restocked on birth control since sophomore year of college. But at least we're owning up. And at least this study backs up the fact that pulling out is better than nothing, which contradicts everything our sex-ed teachers taught us.

Read more about playing reproduction roulette after the jump.

But pulling out is probably just for couples in monogamous relationships who trust and love each other right? Errr, sort of. The boyfriend-less hook-up after a bar crawl? Pulled out. The third-date-one-too-many-cocktail f*ck? Pulled out. Point is: We're all guilty.

And yet we know withdrawing doesn't protect from STDs, and that no matter how you spin it, the pill and condoms are still safer options. But we do it anyway. (Apparently, we're not the only ones either: 21 percent of well-educated women were using withdrawal, said the folks at Jezebel.) So despite that making us "irresponsible," "selfish" or "unaware," at least nobody can say we're not honest.

What's especially irksome is that women are notorious for oversharing their sex details, yet we've been hesitant to put this out there. Not anymore.

Full disclosure: We pull out. A lot. Thank you, researchers, for acknowledging that. Not guilting us. And giving us straightforward stats we can actually use.