Outlawing Condoms

Somalia has deemed condoms illegal.

Santarinas?

Apparently just before Christmas the Playsafe Condom company had skimpily clad female Santas parade around Lucky Road in Singapore giving out 50,000 condom samples to Christmas shoppers. Which is all well and good but how come we can't find any pictures of these Santarinas?

Questions On Condom Sizing

Ken,

I appreciate your note. Actually you are getting some different measurement standards confused.

You cannot use the lay flat measurement standard which we use on the normal condoms on the site as a comparison. Lay flat measurement does not actually use pie as part of the formula.

The actual range of the width for the size 22 TheyFit condom is between 158mm & 200mm if you use actual circumference size as the standard. The reason this range is so large is because we have no sizes larger than this. At some point the size for the 22 may be adjusted if we bring larger sizes into the mix.

When you apply lay flat standards to the condoms you'll find that the lay flat size for size 22 is 64mm. Which is substantially larger than the average condom. The 64mm size, while not quite as large as the Magnum XL at the head, is consistant throughout the entire length of the condom so it proves to be a much better condom for most guys who need such large condoms. Our experience has shown that the issue of the base size on larger condoms will make condoms like Magnum XL unusable for many guys because the bottom of the condom, 54mm for the Trojan Magnum XL, simply won't comfortably go over the glans.

Hopefully this makes sense. If you have any further questions please feel free to ask.

- That Other Condom Guru

Plan B Clears Another Hurdle

Panel backs over-the-counter 'morning-after' pill. We at Condomania give our appreciation for this important ruling. Let us hope the FDA follows normal protocol and follows its panel's suggestion.

Thick Condoms

Dear Avoiding,

Condom manufacturers strongly suggest you do not wear more than one condom at a time. If they are not adequately lubricated there is an increased likelihood that one or both of the condom will burst from the friction of latex on latex. If they are lubricated well enough to avoid that then one will likely slip off.

So as a general rule please do not waer more than one condom at a time.

Now while this advice may be sound it doesn't really help you with your problem. Perhaps there are a few things you can try. One is this numbing jell you refer to. You probably are referring to the Maintain product from Durex. It is very easy to use too much of this product. And if you do, well, that it's for pokey!

Look at it this way: as in anything else in life practice makes perfect. If you have a problem with premature ejaculation then it will require effort and practice to get over it. If Maintain causes you to lose your erection then try cutting down the amount you use. Or if you want try to use the Durex Performax condom which contains some of the same substance but in a small premeasured amount.

Put a condom on without your partner and practice being able to stroke yourself without bringing yourself to climax. Get your partner to help. Don't look at when you climax as a problem. Look at it as a process. The more you practice holding your climax the better you will. Here's an article we dug up on Kegel exercises for men. Read through it and practice and I'm sure you feel the results.

Now in this process you may find it helpful to use a thicker condom. We have just the one for you: Trojan Extra Strength. At .09mm in thickness it is far thicker than pretty much any other condom available in the United States. If you couple this with a bit of Maintain and a heaping of practice with the kegels I suspect you'll be on your way to outlasting all but the most devoted partners!

- That Other Condom Guru

Additional TheyFit Sizes?

Dear Looker,

We do carry the largest sizes and the largest variety of sizes.

There is a good chance that S66 will be one of several new sizes of TheyFit Condoms we hope introduce in the next year or so. We are currently maintaining a list of sizes which fall outside of the current range and will hopefully augment the line soon.

The proper size for you at this point would be the E66 size. It will be a tad short but should still fit better than any other condom on the market.

I hope this helps.

That Other Condom Guru

Banning Russian Condoms?

In the last election, in 1999, his Liberal Democrats — who favor banning condoms to increase the numbers of native Russians and legalizing polygamy — had fallen to only 6 percent. But the encouragement that Putin has given nationalist sentiment breathed new life into [Vladimir] Zhirinovsky's appeal.

This sounds like a stupid paranoid idea but hey with the quality of Russian condoms this may not be such a bad thing.

More Women Than Men Now Contracting HIV

If you think AIDS is a disease mostly of young men, think again. Women are the fastest-growing segment of people to contract the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS.

Slovak Spectator

While it doesn't seem apparent why this editorial is titled: Are condoms evil? it does serve as a good introduction to current issues in HIV/AIDS in Slovakia.

DC Gives Out Condoms in Public Offices

To stem the nation's highest incidence of AIDS, the [District of Columbia] Health Department will soon install 50 plain white condom dispensers at the departments of Human Services, Motor Vehicles and Public Works, among others, the Washington Post reported. "They're going to be as common as water fountains," Ivan O. Torres, interim director of the city's HIV/AIDS Administration, said of the dispensers. "This is no longer something to be ashamed of. It affects all of us." The administration plans to pass out in the next year: about 550,000 male condoms, 45,000 latex dental dams and about 30,000 female condoms in the government officers but at beauty salons, barbershops and nightclubs. The district's public school system currently gives out about 50,000 male condoms a year.

Robert E. Rector, a family-issues researcher at the Heritage Foundation questions the effectiveness of the government program.

"The No. 1 determinant of whether a person will catch a sexually transmitted disease is the number of lifetime sexual partners," he said.

Obviously Rector is correct but what that has to do with the availability of condoms is beyond me. Just because condoms are readily available doesn't mean someone is going to have a large number of partners. Here I sit surrounded by condoms but I haven't had a partner in years.

Pope Says 'Yes' to Flavored Condoms

Pope John Paul II has advocated the used of flavoured condoms after Vatican researchers discovered they are technically classified as "novelty toys" rather than contraceptives.

We just knew he'd come around around! Wink, Wink! Of course flavored condoms sold in the United States are no longer considered "novelty" condoms and now must pass the same stringent quality controls as normal condoms.

Joy to the World

Our own Miss Joy will speaking at the Joy to the World Gala in New York City tonight.