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...should wear a lubricated latex condom. Most brands contain the spermicide nonoxynol-9, which also kills the AIDS virus. Lambskin condoms will not do the job since the virus can pass through the porous natural membrane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: . . . But You Were Afraid to Ask | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...Studies suggest that the virus may pass more readily from woman to man during that time. A condom provides protection, but it is probably safer to abstain from vaginal intercourse during a period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: . . . But You Were Afraid to Ask | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...Males receiving it should wear a latex condom. When the woman is the receiving partner, a dental dam should be used. That is a square piece of latex placed over the vaginal area. Many pharmacies now carry dams, a nonprescription item, on racks next to condoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: . . . But You Were Afraid to Ask | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

Americans are likely to hear a lot more about condoms in the coming months. Fox Broadcasting, the fourth largest TV network, reversed a long-standing policy and became the first national broadcaster willing to accept paid condom advertising -- provided the ads stress the health benefits and not birth control. CBS is also reviewing its condom-ad policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Safe Is Sex? | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...shaped like cucumbers or bacon and eggs. On Hollywood Boulevard I saw a HISTORIC LANDMARK sign outside the site of "The First Custom T-Shirt Shop in California," flyers on the wall promoting a group called Venal Opulence and, in a store across the street, "Confucius X-Rated Mini-Condom Fortune Cookies." No wonder, I thought, that when I tell people I live in California -- worse, that I choose to live in California -- they look at me as if I had decided not to get serious or grow up; as if I had seceded from reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is It Really That Wacky? | 11/18/1991 | See Source »

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