Word: condom
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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...
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...
...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...
...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...
...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...