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It is important that you read the label. Tests have shown that latex condoms can prevent the passage of STDs while natural (lambskin) condoms may not do this. The package should say that the condoms are effective in preventing disease. If the package doesn’t say anything about preventing disease, the condoms may not provide the [...]

I know that a lot of guys don’t really like the idea of using condoms, but it is the best way to avoid becoming a victim of HIV and other STDs.
Having sexual intercourse with an infected person is the most common way of becoming infected. Majority of those infected are teenagers or young adults. [...]

Ever thought of flushing your condom? Better not do that in reality!
Flushing condoms is not the way to deal with them. Condoms can clog the plumbing in your house (or the plumbing wherever you happen to be). This can be an expensive and embarrassing situation. If the condom manages to make it through [...]

What kind of safeguards do condom manufacturers have in place?
All brand name condoms are subjected to rigorous quality control tests at every stage of the manufacturing process. In the US, each condom is electronically tested for holes and defects. Samples are taken from each lot and visually examined using a water leak test. In this [...]

This was the time when the need for a term to define the difference between “protected” and “unprotected” sexual acts arose. Barebacking as a practice is declared to have become increasingly particularly again for same sex in the mid-1990s. Reasons for this are diverse, and include correlations based on: an “upswing” in the level of [...]

Before the mainstream wakefulness of HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s, anal sex with and without condoms was not as widespread in communications among men who had sex with the same sex. Sexually transmitted disease (STD) deterrence campaigns persuaded condom use but an importance arose once spread of HIV/AIDS was somewhat understood. Researchers promoted condom usage [...]

So how do you dispose your condoms the right way? Even if your latex or lambskin condoms are biodegradable, it is best not to try to compost or bury your condoms. Animals will smell the human scent and try to dig up what you have buried. This means that there will be unsightly used condoms [...]

Condoms that are biodegradable are called Lambskin Condoms. Don’t run out and get lambskin condoms just yet though! Lambskin condoms do not protect against sexually transmitted diseases. The pores in the lambskin are small enough to stop sperm, and so prevent pregnancy, but the pores are large enough to let sexually transmitted diseases and infections [...]