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1. Handle with care:
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The condom comes rolled up in a small package.
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Open the package carefully.
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Teeth, fingernails or sharp objects can damage the condom.
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Once you have taken it out of the package, look to see which way
it unrolls.
2. Put the condom on:
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Put the condom on as soon as penis is hard and erect.
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Pinch the top of the condom between your thumb and first finger
to keep air out.
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Leave about ½ inch of room at the tip. This allows space to
catch semen, so the condom will not break.
3. Roll it down:
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Hold condom against head of the penis.
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Use you're your other hand to carefully unroll the condom over
the penis, all the way down to the base.
4. After sex:
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After ejaculation, take the penis out while it is still hard.
- Hold
the rim of the condom at the base of the penis while it is being
removed.
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Be careful not to spill any semen.
5. Take it off:
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Make sure the penis is away from your partner's body before you
remove the condom.
- Throw
the used condom away. Never use a condom more than once.
Fun Facts about Condoms
18th
century condoms were fashioned from sheep, lamb and goat
intestines, and sometimes fish skin.
It is estimated that 5,000,000,000 condoms are used every year
worldwide.
A condom can hold about 4 quarts of milk.
When
young Malcolm X worked shining shoes at a Boston dance hall in
1940, he supplemented his income by selling condoms.
There are over 100 different brands of condoms on the market.
About 99% of condoms are made of latex, the rest are made from
lamb intestines.
The Egyptians in 1350B.C. reportedly used condoms. They were most
likely made of animal bladders or intestines.
In the 1920s, vending machines made mass distribution of condoms
possible “for protection against disease,” even though there was a
federal law prohibiting the sale of contraceptives.
In the 16th century, condoms were made of linen. A ribbon sewn
into the open end drew the condom snuggly around the penis.
In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent on a crepe
rubber condom.
Women purchase 40-70% of condoms.
Italian anatomist Gabrielle Fallopio, after whom the Fallopian
tubes were named, claimed to have invented the condom in 1564. Its
original purpose was to protect from syphilis.
In 1977, the Supreme Court ruled that no state could bar minors
from purchasing condoms
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