1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve camera. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: It's ready. Are you welcome to Stuff Mom Never Told You? 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: From housetop Works dot Com. Hello, and welcome to the podcast. 4 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: This is Molly and I'm Kristen. Kristen. We have decided 5 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: to title this podcast Condoms Condoms Condoms, perhaps the most 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: clever episode title and the Mom Stuff catalog. Clever or lazy, yes, 7 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: but you know that's what we're gonna talk about. It 8 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: really does sum up what what I think this episode 9 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: is gonna cover. Yeah, because we're gonna touch you. We're 10 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: gonna touch on a lot of different aspects of condoms 11 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: and uh we we didn't know how else to sum 12 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: it up except for gandoms, gandoms condoms. So let's start 13 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: off with the thing that kind of sparked my interest 14 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: in this podcast, particularly at this time of the year. 15 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: Is the World Cup is going on. Yes, the World 16 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: Cup happening in South Africa. And one thing that you 17 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: might have noticed if you've been following World Cup news 18 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: online at all, is that a lot of the coverage 19 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: either deals with who has beaten whom on the field 20 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: or condoms. I know those are the two main trends 21 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: emerging from this World Cup in South Africa, especially in 22 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: the lead up to the games, in which they were 23 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: talking about you know, how can we are public health 24 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: officials were like, how can we bring attention to the 25 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: to the AIDS epidemic that is raging in South Africa. Right, 26 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: I didn't realize that South Africa has the world's highest 27 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: incident of HIV and AIDS, with five point seven million 28 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: out of its nearly fifty million residents afflicted, which is 29 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: roughly twelve percent of the population, and in some regions 30 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: one in five adults is HIV positive. So kind of 31 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: the public health goal with the month long World Cup 32 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: is to distribute one billion condoms throughout South South Africa, 33 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: and different countries have donated condoms. For instance, the UK 34 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: has sent over forty two million condoms UM and even 35 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,399 Speaker 1: the President Jacob Zuma has gotten involved with this by 36 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: a by getting tested for HIV earlier the spring and 37 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: publicly disclosing you know, his negative status to try to 38 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: UM you know, remove the stigma from getting from getting tested. 39 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: Because not only do they need to distribute more condoms, 40 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: they need to have more people getting tested UM and 41 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: more people treated so with the eyes of the world 42 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: on South Africa for this month, that was sort of 43 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: the impetus for, you know, making this big condom push. 44 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: They're trying to get a lot of soccer stars involved 45 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: with pushing for testing, pushing for using a condom. Some 46 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: people are criticizing the effort a little bit though, because 47 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: of the immense number of prostitutes that are descending on 48 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: South Africa. Uh, in case the soccer games are enough 49 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: entertainment for you, I guess you could use prostitute. But 50 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: you know, then people are saying, is this just going 51 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: to encourage prostitution? Uh? Is it only helping the tourists 52 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: and not helping the South Africans Because what they were 53 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: hopings that when South Africa had all this you know, 54 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: attention on them, they would be the ones to be 55 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: learning more about safe sex. Right because South Africa's Central 56 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: Drug Authority estimated that about forty thousand prostitutes were expected 57 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: to arrive. And these aren't even prostitutes who were already 58 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: in South Africa. These are actually prostitues coming in specifically 59 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: for the World Cut Molly, like you mentioned and um 60 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 1: and we we found a blog post on the f 61 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: word by Amy Claire, and she made a good point 62 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: that while you know, it's it's a good thing that 63 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: the South American South African, I should say, government is 64 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: trying to distribute one billion condoms and we have the 65 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: male soccer players out here, you know, preaching the gospel 66 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: of safe sex, but at the same time it's ignoring 67 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: the fact that women in South Africa are actually far 68 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: more likely to contract HIV UM not just because it's 69 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: easier for a woman to contract it, but also because 70 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: of the higher incidents of um, you know, force for 71 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: sex and if we're talking about prostitution and sex trafficking 72 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: going on as well, there's you know that it's a 73 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: it's a more complex social issue than just getting men 74 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: to to wrap it up right. And since rape is 75 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 1: such a big problem in South Africa, there has been 76 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: one interesting condom story coming out with all this World 77 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 1: Cup stuff, and that is the distribution or the potential 78 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: distribution of the rape Ax condom. This is a condom 79 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: that was developed by Dr Sennett Eller's in two thousand 80 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: seven and she's been kind of fine tuning it and 81 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: she wanted to distribute thirty thousand of them. Essentially, a 82 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 1: woman puts uh this condom, it's it's kind of shaped 83 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: like a tampon into her vagina and then if she's raped, 84 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: these um like claws clenched onto the man's penis and 85 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: stops the rape in progress. Although this has been again 86 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: obviously you might imagine somewhat criticized because that just teaching 87 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: women to expect to be raped. Is this really the 88 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: most effective form of you know, stopping rape. And if 89 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: a woman is being attached by multiple men, won't this 90 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 1: just cause more violence for her in the long run. 91 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: It's very controversial, but you know, it's a problem. The 92 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: rape is a problem in South Africa. So, like we said, 93 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: there's just a whole host of condom stories from the 94 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: mild manner, by which I would count the uh, the 95 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: story that after South Korea one, uh, they just condoms 96 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: sales skyrocketed. And the stories have really ranged from these, 97 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: you know, very violent stories about rape acts condoms to 98 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 1: the even more mild mannered stories such as the one 99 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: that came out about skyrocketing condom sales when South Korea 100 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: beat Greece. Yeah, apparently fans bought five times more condoms uh, 101 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: when South Korea beat the euro two thousand four champions 102 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: Greece than during their lack luster two thousand six World 103 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: Up performance. Well, they also bought a lot of fried chicken, 104 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: according to the paper. So you know, condoms and fried chicken. 105 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's a way to celebrate, a way 106 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 1: to celebrate, and I can't dison that. But but going 107 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 1: back though too, Really the crux of the whole South 108 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: Africa World Cup condom story, if you will, it all 109 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: relates back to AIDS in tackling this issue of controlling 110 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: HIV and controlling AIDS and bringing those numbers down. And 111 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: if you look at the history of condom use um, 112 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: condoms really became i guess, far more widely used and 113 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 1: more popular in the eighties when the threat of AIDS 114 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: really came to the forefront. But if we go far 115 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 1: back in time a few centuries, it was another std 116 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: that actually brought condoms to UH into more prominent use, 117 00:06:54,640 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 1: and that was syphilis. Yeah, syphilis came from the New 118 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: World in the Western Hemisphere to Europe and Asia during 119 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Now, at the time, 120 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: syphilis had no cure and it was causing problems like dementia, 121 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: sores and death. So obviously people are like, we've gotta 122 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: gotta get control on the cyphlis problem. And they finally 123 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: figured out that it was the sex that was causing it, 124 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: and that's when the condom first became a tool for 125 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: disease prevention. UH. In fifty six, Gabriel A. Fallopio, the 126 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 1: same fellow who discovered the fallopian tubes, penned the oldest 127 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: known written description of the condom to recommend it as 128 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: a siphilis preventive that we have other other fellows at 129 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: the time saying that it's just a sign of immorality. 130 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: It's basically the same argument that's going on today if 131 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: you give out a condom doesn't encourage promiscuity or as 132 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: a protective and that debate was going on as earliest 133 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: fifty six, right, But the actual existence of you know, 134 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: condom like prophylactics goes back way beyond full O Pio uh. 135 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: And in fact, the oldest known image of a sheathed 136 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: penis is found in cave painting Steadiu as far back 137 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: is fifteen thousand BC. So even even the cave folk work, 138 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: we're practicing safe sex. Well, now that's the thing is 139 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: they're not sure they were sheathing their penis specifically for 140 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: some sort of sexual protection, whether it was just ornamental, 141 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: if it was some form of costume. They do have 142 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: all these pictures dating back, as he said to, you know, 143 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 1: just centuries and centuries ago, but they're not sure exactly 144 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: when people figured out exactly what the condom could do 145 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 1: in terms of protecting against UH, pregnancy and other diseases, right, 146 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: because it hasn't been that long in medical history that 147 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: we've really understood how we go from intercourse to having 148 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: a baby, small baby. It's not a stork. What it's 149 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: not a story. It's not a stork, Molly. You heard 150 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: it here and now on the podcast. But I do 151 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: like this little tidbit. And ancient Japan some men used thin, 152 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:07,719 Speaker 1: rigid sheaves called kabuto gata, which were made from horns 153 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: during intercourse, and that just sounds painful. I don't really 154 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: I can't really work out of my head how exactly 155 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: that worked, but I'm sure it's on the internet somewhere. Yeah, 156 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: maybe we should google probably not safe for work image. Yeah, um, 157 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: but you know, they do know despite the fact not 158 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 1: knowing exactly when people figured out that you know they 159 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: were protecting against sperm ing an egg. We do know 160 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: that condoms were wide spread in Europe by the time 161 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: of let's say Shakespeare. Yes, the first documented condoms were 162 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 1: actually handstone pieces of linen that fit over either the 163 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: entire penis, over the tip, or into the urethra, and 164 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 1: they would be held together with a with a little 165 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: draw string like ribbon. That's my favorite fun fact about 166 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 1: ancient condoms. Draw strings. Yeah, if they would tie their 167 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: condoms up with ribbons and uh. And then by the 168 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: mid seventeen hundreds, people started using condoms made from animal 169 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 1: membranes that were again still tied with men. Uh, still 170 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: tied with ribbons and condom makers oftentimes we're also glove makers, 171 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: which explains why you know they were able to make 172 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: such fine fitting condoms. I wonder if they were the 173 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: first ones who came up with no glove, no love. 174 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: Probably not. Just thought I'd throw that off, But you 175 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: know what, it was kind of an intense process we're 176 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: reading about, and we should mention that. Right now, we're 177 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: using an article it's on our website, how Stuff Works 178 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: dot com, written by Tracy V. Wilson, and uh, we're 179 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:34,719 Speaker 1: sort of just going through it because it's got so 180 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: many condom fun facts like in this one that making 181 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: uh you know, they were using animal guts. Making guts 182 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: into condoms required cleaning, scraping, exposure to burning sulfur, inflating, drying, molding, cutting, 183 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: and sewing. Yea. Quite it was quite an expensive product 184 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: to make, which is why. And it was also you know, 185 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: not the best product because they're still fine tuning their 186 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: technique and uh and they were often full of holes, 187 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:04,719 Speaker 1: right and uh, people reuse them, which you know, it's 188 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: sort of a big no no in in the condom world. Yeah. 189 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:11,319 Speaker 1: But then once we have the discovery of the vulcanization 190 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: of rubber in eighteen thirty nine and we have the 191 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: arrival of rubber on the scene. Uh, men started getting 192 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: these custom fit condoms, reusable rubber condoms from their doctor, 193 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: which were considerably thicker and rougher than condoms used today. 194 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: And some of them would actually just cover the tip 195 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: of the penisum. But they were often like you said, 196 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: with those uh, those old kind of the glovemakers condoms, 197 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: no glove, no love um. They were reusable and wash 198 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: and war but because of the use of oil based lubricants, 199 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: it often broke down the rubber because, as you can imagine, 200 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: they needed assistance with the actual intercourse mechanics, you know, 201 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: considering the of the roughness and thickness of these rubber condoms. 202 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 1: So that was eight thirty nine. Let's skip ahead to 203 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: nineteen nineteen when we've got old Frederick Killian to thank 204 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: for using uh latex instead of rubber. Frederick Killian, the 205 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: father of the latex condom. I would love it if 206 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: that was on my gravest stone. I mean, my name's 207 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: not Frederick Killian. Everything that that part Molly Advincive, father 208 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: of the latex condom, I'll remember that. I mean, I'm 209 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: just throwing it off there. Seems like I could be 210 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: fun So yeah, we have. We've got the thinner, cheaper 211 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: latex condoms that also have a longer shelf life and 212 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: fun fact, the expiration period today for latex condoms, Molly, 213 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 1: do you know, uh ten years, five years throw away 214 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: all those old Denier condoms you got, Molly. Um. But 215 00:12:54,679 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: even today, we still have developments in the condom material goals, 216 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: which include polymers like Polli Supreme and Polly You're a thing, 217 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: But doctors still recommend you going the old latex route 218 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: unless you have some kind of latex allergy. And of 219 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: course you can also always use the quote unquote cheap 220 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 1: skin condoms that are actually made from intestinal linings, not 221 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:23,079 Speaker 1: not sheep's, not actual sheep skin. But you know, by 222 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 1: and large, it seems that in the world we're using 223 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 1: latex condoms. They make up more than of condom sales worldwide. Now, 224 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 1: the average condom I was interested in this. I was 225 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: kind of curious about this, Molly. The average condom is 226 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: six point two nine inches long and two inches wide. 227 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: And what I did not know, Molly, is that many 228 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: nations actually set standards that govern those exact dimensions and materials. 229 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: Governments take condoms very seriously. And I also didn't realize 230 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: that and not and it makes sense once I read it. 231 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: Many nations actually classify condoms as drugs because of their 232 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 1: role in preventing diseases. So that's the reason why you'll 233 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: see condom ads and packaging um carrying specific language or 234 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: warnings in the same way that you know what, like 235 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: Adville or Thailand all might. But you know what, Crystal, 236 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: let's take a step back. Let's look at condoms before 237 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: they get into the store before they've got all that 238 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: packaging and specific language. I want to go back to 239 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: when you've just got some rubber from a tree, some 240 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: some un you know, just a bat of latex. You'll 241 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: do with it. You want to find out where condoms 242 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: come from? My idea. You're blown my mind with where 243 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: babies come from, so I might as well cover where 244 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: the condoms do well. Get ready, Molly, it's a stork 245 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: the condom store. The condom store brings the condom. No, 246 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: it doesn't. They're made in factories. Is all of our 247 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: smart listeners? No, So, just like in the early days, 248 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: we've got latex that comes from tapping rubber trees in Brazil, 249 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: Southeast Asia or West Africa. Now it's mixed up with 250 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: some other things like anti fungal and antibacterial compounds, zinc 251 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: oxide which will accelerate the vulcanization process, UH stabilizers, anticoagulants, preservatives, 252 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: maybe some pigments. If if you're just going crazy with things, 253 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: but when you add all these things, that's what makes 254 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: it uh not natural. You know, if you're using like 255 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: an intestine, then you know it breaks down, but you're 256 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: adding all those essentially preservatives, it makes the shelf life 257 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: of the condom longer. But it also means that you 258 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: shouldn't flush it down the toilet because it cannot break 259 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: down on its own right. These are not condoms are 260 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: not biodegradable, So like your tampons, keep your condoms out 261 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: of the toilet. Uh. And some people have said, you know, 262 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: we need to figure out how to make sex greener. 263 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: We need to figure out how to make you know, 264 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: safe sex not something that hurts the environment. But that's 265 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: it's a topic for another day and time. But to 266 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: continue on the condoms journey from batom latex to the 267 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: to the store. Uh, They've got these things called formers, 268 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: and they're all suspended from a conveyor belt and essentially 269 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: it's like a glass or ceramic old that comes down, 270 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: is dipped into the vat of latex that kind of 271 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: turns around so it gets coated evenly and it comes 272 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: back up. And I kind of compare this in my head, 273 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: Cristin to like when you go to Dairy Queen and 274 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: you're getting a dipped coney, You know how you just 275 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: kind of have to dip it real fast into the 276 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: chocolate and come back out so it'll dry all evenly. 277 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: That's sort of how I picture this part of the 278 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 1: process going in in a factory. It's like a bunch 279 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: of ice cream cone is just dipping down getting the covering, 280 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: and they do a few a few dips so that 281 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: they've got enough enough thickness right there, and then they'll 282 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: put them in an oven and dry them. Yeah. And 283 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: so once we have basically the you know, the condom prototype, 284 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: they will have lublicants applied to them. It's usually the 285 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: last step before the condoms go into their foil wrappers, 286 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: and they're actually sandwich between the two layers of laminated 287 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: foil so as to keep out air and ultraviolet light 288 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: or else the condoms will deteriorate. And because you know, 289 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: even though they're not naturally biodegradable, they will degrade after 290 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: a period of time. And that's why condoms have expiration 291 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: dates that you should pay attention to unless five years. Yes, 292 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: so five years unless you want breaking, slipping, leaking, or 293 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 1: more terrible things happening. Um. And you also, even though 294 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: you want to be careful when you're opening up a 295 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: condom package, shoe and the heat of passion will just 296 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:23,880 Speaker 1: just tear it open with your teeth or your hands. 297 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 1: You might rip the condom, you know, and take It's 298 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: all right, things, just take your time open that coon delicate. 299 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: But one thing that men, especially you need to stop 300 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: doing is carrying your condoms around in your wallet. Yeah. 301 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: It'll lead to degrade. Yeah, because their heat sensitive and 302 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 1: so you know, if it's hanging out in your wallet, 303 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,360 Speaker 1: your wallets, in your back pocket, there's extra heat there. 304 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: It's just it's not you know, keep them, keep them 305 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: tucked away in a drawer in a in a cool, 306 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: dark place for maximum quality assurance. But speaking of quality assurance, 307 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: only one thing we haven't said is quality testing. Because 308 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but I've heard those horror 309 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: stories about condoms. You know, you put them under a 310 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: microscope and they're just full of holes, and you know 311 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: this is it's just a condoms sort of hoax. Um. 312 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: But they actually go through some pretty rigorous testing. Yeah, 313 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: I think it'd be pretty fun to be a condom 314 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,360 Speaker 1: tester if I can't be the father of the latex 315 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 1: condom like Frederick Killian. They do a lot of uh 316 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 1: strength testing to to test how far it can stretch, 317 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 1: how far it can inflate. They fill them with water 318 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: to see if any any it springs any leaks. Yeah, 319 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 1: and unfortunately I don't have water bloom fights after that, 320 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: but instead they will visually inspect for leaks as well 321 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: as rub them on absorbent paper so that if it's 322 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: just such a miniscule link, but when they see that 323 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: drop of water on the paper, they'll know this batch 324 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: is a no go. So now that we've gotten we've 325 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: got the condoms in the packages. You know, we've gone 326 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 1: to the drug store. We picked up the pack of 327 00:18:56,080 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: insert brand name here condom. Well, no, wait, let me 328 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: stop you there, Kristen, because I do know that a 329 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: lot of people get really nervous about going to the 330 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: drug store to get the condoms. Do you think between 331 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: the two of us we have any tips on how 332 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: to make that a less stressful experience. Well, first of all, 333 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: you want to drive about ten miles out of town 334 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: and uh, I have a large pair of sunglasses on. No, 335 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: you know, it's just like it's like ripping off a 336 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,439 Speaker 1: band aid. You go in there and you buy and 337 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: you buy some condoms if you need to write, and 338 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: you know, you can always do that method. You'll see 339 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:32,959 Speaker 1: on talk shows and movies where you've got like some 340 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: gum a magazine and it's like some condoms. Yeah, you know, 341 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: and I and I also recommend looking the drug store 342 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: clerk directly in the eye as they're bringing out the condoms, 343 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: because they're expecting you to be weird and nervous, and 344 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: then you can just actually make them uncomfortable if you 345 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: just look them straight in the eye. And I think 346 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: that's always I'm about to go home and practice incredibly 347 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: safe sex, but I'm not going I'm only going to 348 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: use these one at a time because Molly, as we 349 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: learned in the r well how condoms work. Double bagging 350 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: is not a good idea. It can actually lead to 351 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: additional ripping and tearing. Right, you're gonna use them one 352 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: at a time, and you're gonna use them only once, 353 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: So that maybe why you're buying a box of fifty Like, 354 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: just go ahead and look him in the eye and 355 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: be like, be like sending him a subliminal message of yes, 356 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: I know how cons work, I know why I'm using 357 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 1: them to prevent STDs and pregnancy. So what you gotta 358 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: say about a Mr. Convenience storeman, Yeah, I'm just buying 359 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 1: some capodis, which is my favorite nickname for condoms, some 360 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: French letters, some Jimmy hats, some Jimmy had, some raincoat. 361 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,159 Speaker 1: We went through a lot of old slang words for 362 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: condoms and get ringing for this podcast. Okay, so you've 363 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: gotten over buying the condoms. Oh one more tip if 364 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: you if you really just freaked out about it, use 365 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: cash because some people get weirded out that like a 366 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: debit carter credit card, people will always know who bought what. 367 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: And I don't think it matters, but that's just another 368 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: way if you're nervous about it, to get over. It 369 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 1: can never be traced back to you. All Right, you're 370 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: home from the drug store. You're in the heat of 371 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: heat of the moment. It's time for the condom. Take 372 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 1: us through that chaosly that moment, Christen, oh man, I 373 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: thought you were going to do this. Molly now something 374 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,199 Speaker 1: you might be thinking right now, My god, why are 375 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,160 Speaker 1: Molly and Kristen taking us back to condoms one oh 376 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: one with how to put on a condom? It's because 377 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: a lot of people, men and women, don't actually understand 378 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: how to properly use a condom. And as we'll talk 379 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 1: about in just a minute, Um that can make a 380 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 1: huge difference in whether or not a lady's gonna get 381 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 1: preggers from having condom sex. Okay, so the first thing 382 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: you want to do is make sure the sucker is 383 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: right side up, all right. The tips should stick up 384 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 1: from the center of the condom, and if it's upside down, 385 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: it won't unroll correctly. And then if it doesn't unroll correctly, 386 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 1: then someone's gonna get panicking, and then the whole thing 387 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: is just fault pieces. And you know, people do get 388 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: kind of panicky about putting on a condom, and it's 389 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 1: important just to do it, you know, early on in 390 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: the process. If it freaks you out, then just buy 391 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: box of condoms and practice, you know, just be ready 392 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: for before you were with your special lady or if 393 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 1: you're a woman, you know, before you get with the guy, 394 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: know like what you should be looking for in terms 395 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: of how he puts it on. And then you're gonna 396 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: want to squeeze the end of the condom so there's 397 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,160 Speaker 1: no air in the little little reservoir at the end 398 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: at the tip of it, and then place it on 399 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: the tip of the erect penis. Now, speaking of erect penises, 400 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: remember people that we should do this before there is 401 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 1: any sexual contact, if you really want to prevent a 402 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: CD transmission. Yeah, not halfway through now. It's it's kind 403 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: of hard to do to describe like the unrolling process 404 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: without a visual, but you know, if you go to 405 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: our website how Stuff Works dot com, there's a a 406 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: graphic of it, which is kind of weird for our 407 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,920 Speaker 1: site because we don't normally have graphics of things like that. 408 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: We're a family website. But you know, sometimes you want 409 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 1: to control your family planning, and that means every now 410 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 1: and then you've got to throw a penis graphic up there. 411 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: All right. So many condumns come with lubricant, but if 412 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: you need additional lubricant, it's important use one that is 413 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: water based because anything that is oil based will break 414 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: down the condom. And then once you're finished, hold the 415 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 1: rim of the condom to keep it from slipping off, 416 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 1: withdraw the penis, remove the condom to throw it in 417 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: the trash. Yeah, I remember, don't toss of the toilet. 418 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 1: I don't want to clog up those ulo this pot. 419 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 1: Don't want your landlord knowing what you've been up to. Row. So, yeah, 420 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: it is very important that as basic as it sounds, 421 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 1: you understand how to wear a condom properly. Because check 422 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:35,919 Speaker 1: this out, a woman who is having sexual intercourse with 423 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 1: a man over the time period of a year has 424 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: a three percent chance of becoming pregnant if the couple 425 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: is using a condom correctly with every act of sexual intercourse. Now, 426 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: with typical use, because typically we don't use condoms correctly, 427 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 1: the risk of an unplanned pregnancy is twelve. We're into 428 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: double digit s molly now. But see, I don't think 429 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 1: we want to are people too much because I could 430 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: see some people being like, well, I f M, are 431 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,639 Speaker 1: you gonna get pregnant with perfect use? So why use 432 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: a condom? And that's what I'm gonna throw out, this number, 433 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,200 Speaker 1: which is using nothing at all, you have a chance 434 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,640 Speaker 1: becoming pregnant having sex every year. So don't don't let 435 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: the three percent thing get in your head and psych 436 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: you out. It's important to use a condom every time 437 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 1: you have sex, and it you know, it's three percent 438 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: meant much better than a percent. And there's also something 439 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,199 Speaker 1: that we should mention that you know, condoms can't protect 440 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: you against everything. For instance, some s t I S, 441 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: including genital warts, genital herpes, and pubic life are present 442 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: in and on infected person's skin or hair in areas 443 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: that aren't covered by condoms, and these kind of conditions 444 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: can be transmitted even with the perfect condom use. So again, 445 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 1: that's why it's important to not only practice save sex 446 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: in terms of using condoms, but also being tested, knowing 447 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: your partner and all of those glorious things. But not 448 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 1: to be not to be totally negative on this because 449 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to come down on condoms, Molly, I 450 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: just you know, we need to know, we need to 451 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 1: arm ourselves with all of the facts. But on the upside, 452 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 1: according to the World Health Organization, condoms do protect against 453 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 1: thirty more than thirty actually different types of bacteria, viruses 454 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:24,159 Speaker 1: and parasites and babies and babies um including things like 455 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:29,679 Speaker 1: chlamydia and gonorrhea, hepatitis, the old syphilis that got us 456 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: interested in condoms in the first place. So condoms are 457 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,719 Speaker 1: we cannot stress enough how valuable they are. Yet you 458 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: know we still you just gotta you gotta be smart, 459 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: you gotta play it safe. Now, Kristen, you are worried 460 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 1: about the std s and st guys that live on 461 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 1: the skin, perhaps you'd be more interested in a female condom. Yes, 462 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 1: the female condom, which was introduced to us in three actually, 463 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: as the name implies, is inserted into the vagina and 464 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 1: actually covers the the labia and protects that kind of skin, 465 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: not just um. You know, the blocks the cervix from 466 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: from sperm implantation. So now it's more um again. This 467 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 1: is something you can see in the article. You can 468 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: see a graphic of the two next to each other. Basically, 469 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 1: the female condom is a lot wider and so some 470 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: men say that it doesn't cut off sensation the way 471 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: that male condoms do. But they're not as in wide 472 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,200 Speaker 1: US as male condoms because they're more expensive. Uh, they 473 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: don't have as good a rate as preventing pregnancy and 474 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 1: s t I s still safe for the unprotected sex, 475 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: and it's kind of hard for for newbies to get 476 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 1: the hang of putting it in correctly. So it's an option, 477 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: especially if you're worried about all those scary things Christian 478 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: told you about things living on your skin. But it 479 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,439 Speaker 1: has become as widespread as they had originally hoped. So 480 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: whether you prefer to call them capodis or raincoats or 481 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 1: Jimmy hats, filthy slippers, French letters, by whatever name and 482 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: by whatever um you know, exact type female condoms, male condoms, 483 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: dental dans, etcetera. Molly and I would just like to 484 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: urge all of you out there to practice safe sex. 485 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 1: Very true. Yes, So if you have any questions or 486 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 1: comments about condoms and condom usage, you know where to 487 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 1: direct your inquiries Moms stuff at how stuff works dot com. 488 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 1: And let's uh end things off with some emails from 489 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: people who have writtenessed to that that address. First of off, 490 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 1: I go one from Amanda, who wrote about the men 491 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,719 Speaker 1: and women friends issue. She writes while listening to your 492 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: podcasts on if men and women can be friends, one 493 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 1: of the sided comments was that a great type of 494 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 1: male friend was a black belt. I wanted to point out, 495 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: as a girl who will be getting her black belt 496 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 1: in just a few weeks, that I feel just as 497 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 1: capable of defending my friends, both perbectly and from perfectly. Sorry, 498 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 1: Amanda did not write that both verbally and physically. As 499 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: a male martial artist, can the stereotype of males being 500 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 1: more able to defend females than other females it's rather absurd. 501 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 1: Although I'm aware that males do tend to have more 502 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: upper body strength, I feel at this point it's not 503 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: stressed in society. All right, Well, I've got one here 504 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,439 Speaker 1: on the same episode. This is from Leah and she said, well, 505 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 1: you did touch upon the gay issue. I feel that 506 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 1: something major was overlooked, namely on this issue is a 507 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: huge oversight to lump gay men and lesbians into the 508 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 1: same category. Lesbians are hit with a double whammy of 509 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 1: homophobia and sexism, and the same does not hold true 510 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: for gay men. As a gay woman, my potential relationships 511 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: with straight men have been compromised by sexual undertones in 512 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: a way that is never the case with gay men. 513 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: Uh you know the whole lesbians cool? Can I watch? Furthermore, 514 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 1: the gay male straight woman friendship media frenzy that you 515 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: discussed is strictly a gay male phenomenon and not something 516 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: most lesbians can relate to. If anything, the media portrays 517 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: lesbians in the lesbian slash straight male dynamic is stuck 518 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 1: up or even man hating. Don't get me wrong, I 519 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: totally appreciate this podcast. I just wanted to point out 520 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: that when it comes to this topic, the gender friendship 521 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: complications face by game and lesbians are not one and 522 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: the same, so thank you for putting that out, Leah. 523 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: And again, our email is mom Stuff at how stuff 524 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,479 Speaker 1: works dot com. Head on over to Facebook and make 525 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: us your friends like us please we are at Stuff 526 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: I've never told you there, and then on Twitter we 527 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: are moms Stuff Podcast. Sorry for all the names you 528 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 1: have to keep up with, just the way the Internet 529 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: works sometimes. 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