Men need education around condoms, erections

A Kinsey study finds that when men lose their erections due to putting on or wearing a condom, they often whip the thing off and continue sex without it. The study followed 278 men who attended a clinic for treating sexually transmitted infections. Which tells you something about the effectiveness of tossing the condom aside […]

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A Kinsey study finds that when men lose their erections due to putting on or wearing a condom, they often whip the thing off and continue sex without it.

The study followed 278 men who attended a clinic for treating sexually transmitted infections. Which tells you something about the effectiveness of tossing the condom aside the minute it annoys you. No wonder abstinence teachers can smugly claim that condoms don't work. They can't work if you don't let them.

[from Matt Sparkes]