How do you use this thing?Women often put condoms on their partners, but they do not always do it properly. (1) In a survey of 102 college students who had put condoms on their partners at least once in the previous three months, 83% said that they had not checked the condom 1. condom - The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch microfloppy diskettes. Rarely, also used of (paper) disk envelopes. Unlike the write protect tab, the condom (when left on) not only impedes the practice of SEX but has also been shown to have a high failure for signs of damage, and 71% reportedly had failed to check the expiration date Expiration Date The day on which an options or futures contract is no longer valid and, therefore, ceases to exist. Notes: The expiration date for all listed stock options in the U.S. ; roughly half had put the condom on too late (51%) or had not left space at the tip (46%). Of the 49% of women reporting that they and their partner had switched between vaginal, oral and anal sex Noun 1. anal sex - intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman anal intercourse, buggery, sodomy sexual perversion, perversion - an aberrant sexual practice; during a single encounter, three-quarters had not put on a fresh condom when switching. Most other errors and problems were reported by about 15-30% of respondents; these included putting a condom on the wrong way and flipping it over, using a condom without a lubricant Lubricant A gas, liquid, or solid used to prevent contact of parts in relative motion, and thereby reduce friction and wear. In many machines, cooling by the lubricant is equally important. , removing a condom before finishing intercourse and having a condom break or slip. Women who had never had instruction on using condoms, who used another contraceptive contraceptive /con·tra·cep·tive/ (-sep´tiv) 1. diminishing the likelihood of or preventing conception. 2. an agent that so acts. , who reported condom breakage or slippage Slippage The difference between estimated transaction costs and the amount actually paid. Notes: Slippage is usually attributed to a change in the spread. See also: Spread, Transaction Costs Slippage , or whose partner had erection problems while using condoms reported more than the average number of five errors. Noting that women "may play a substantial role in condom use," the researchers remark that efforts to educate them about correct use and how condoms work "could be an important public health strategy." (1.) Sanders SA et al., Condom use errors and problems among young women who put condoms on their male partners, Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, 2003, 58(2):95-98. |
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