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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...when I was 5’1”. But by far the most vivid evocation came in the form of a poster I saw in a subway station on my very first day here. It showed a bunch of bananas, each one half-covered with a differently colored condom, and, above them, a German exhortation to “Stay strong...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky | Title: Safely Makes Fun! | 7/20/2007 | See Source »

Instantly, I was back in 8th grade, on the day when the female English teacher, who for our purposes was also a sex-ed teacher, demonstrated condom use by stretching a lubricated rubber around the fist of one of the most muscular boys in the class. “Now, people used to do this with cucumbers,” she explained. “Or bananas. But I wanted to show you how big they...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky | Title: Safely Makes Fun! | 7/20/2007 | See Source »

...read about the movement for abstinence-only sex education and talked to friends who had been raised in progressive atmospheres and had attended public schools, yet had never seen a demonstration like ours. Politicians denounced the possibility that anyone under the age of 18 might ever see a condom, even demanding that condom ads be removed from television—television, which, on average, exposes children to four murders daily! Condoms were not appropriate. Promoting them was not in good taste...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky | Title: Safely Makes Fun! | 7/20/2007 | See Source »

...intention is not to make huge profits but to try to promote condom usage," says Jayaraj, who points out that global condom giant Durex has been selling a similar product of its own for about $9.50. "This is about trying to stop the spread of a disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Vibes over Indian Condoms | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

...other areas there is a more pragmatic approach. Health officials in Gujarat have distributed free condoms outside pornographic movie halls recently, despite the fact that pornographic films are illegal there. And, a few weeks ago, the Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation opened India's first "condom bar," a popular night spot featuring crystal bowls filled with free condoms. Here, at least, the buzz is for real: according to newspaper reports, the bar is packed most nights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Vibes over Indian Condoms | 6/22/2007 | See Source »

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