sexpositive-advice: measureyourlifeinfruitcake: bittersilver: kawaiiflowerchild: This is why I do

sexpositive-advice:

measureyourlifeinfruitcake:

bittersilver:

kawaiiflowerchild:

This is why I don’t believe guys who tell me that the condom is too small.

When I was in middle school, we had a woman come teach us about contraception, and literally the first thing she told us was ‘Ladies, if a guy ever tells you he can’t wear condoms because they’re too small, he’s lying’ and then proceeded to open a condom and stretch it up her forearm up to her elbow.

My health teacher did the same thing, but she put the entire contents of a 2-liter bottle of soda into a condom and said, “So girls, if a boy ever says that he’s too big for condoms, you run. You run so far.”

This is one post we often see and really dislike. The message seems to be that no penis is too big for any condom and that the statement “my penis is too big for this condom” is never a valid one. And this is not true.

As you you can see in the first pictures and read in the quoted posts above, a condom can be stretched out to fit a foot, a forearm and 2 liter of soda.This does not mean that this is safe or comfortable.

Condoms that are too small for you can partly cut off blood circulation and are prone to break. While carefully putting it on a foot or hand doesn’t necessarily tear it (but can - like it did in the second/third pictures), rubbing it against skin (which is what happens during sex) can easily do that.

Condoms are not “one size fits all”. It’s important to find condoms fitting you. Check out this site http://www.condom-sizes.org/condom-size-chart/condom-size-chart and look at “MY.SIZE” condoms http://www.mysize-condoms.com/. They promote finding the right size and offer “try out” packages which include condoms in three different sizes with which you can find your optimal choice (since MY.SIZE condoms are rather expensive, I suggest searching for cheaper brands as soon as you know your size). 

There seem to be men that would tell lies about non fitting condoms to get unprotected sex. This is - obviously - a very immature behaviour. Nevertheless, this is a relevant claim.

Please stay safe and spread the word, this is so important!