WHAT
      GUYS
      SAY
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘They
      [condoms]
      make
      guys
      numb.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘‘Condoms
      are
      artificial,
      but
      they
      are
      needed.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘’Sex
      isn’t
      as
      free
      as
      it
      was.’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘‘Putting
      on
      a
      condom
      isn’t
      all
      so
      bad-if
      it’s
      approached
      right.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Free
      Willie
     
    
   
   
    
     
      if
      you
      put
      3t.
      on;
      if
      vou:
      pur
      2tton
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Grace
      Kimpinski
     
    
   
   
    
     
      et’s
      be
      frank.
      It
      is
      a
      well
      known
      fact
      that
      many
      men
      hate
      the
      thought
      of
      wearing
      a
      condom.
     
     
      Not
      only
      do
      they
      cost
      money,
      but
      they
      are
      also
      bothersome,
      uncomfortable,
      .numbing
      and
     
     
      messy.
      Seriously,
      who
      wants
      to
      ruin
      an
      intense
      moment
      by
      taking
      time
      out
      to
      put
      on
      a
      con-
     
     
      dom?
      I
      can
      see
      it
      now:
      ‘’Please
      excuse
      me
      while
      I
      put
      on
      my-layer
      of
      prophylactic.’’
     
     
      Believe
      it
      or
      not,
      most
      men
      now-a-days
      really
      do
      not
      mind
      wearing
      a
      condom.
      They
      may
      make
     
     
      things
      awkward,
      but
      it
      only
      takes
      a
      minute
      to
      be
      safe.
     
     
      Men
      today
      are
      becoming
      more
      cautious
      than
      they
      were
      in
      the
      past.
      There
      are
      many
      risks
      one
     
     
      takes
      while
      engaging
      in
      the
      unmentionable
      act...
      SEX.
      Not
      only
      is
      the
      danger
      of
      pregnancy
      a
      con-
     
     
      cern,
      but
      there
      are
      many
      STDs
      (sexually
      transmitted
      diseases)
      people
      have
      to
      watch
      out
      for
      as
     
    
   
   
    
     
      t
     
    
   
   
    
     
      well.
     
     
      I
      took
      a
      few
      hours
      out
      of
      my
      day
      wandering
      around
      campus
      asking
      men
      what
      they
      thought
      about
     
    
   
   
    
     
      condoms
      (HI
      guys,
      hope
      you
      are
      having
      a
      great
      lunch),
      and
      to
      my
      surprise,
      they
      didn’t
      think
      they
     
     
      were
      all
      so
      bad.
     
    

    
     
      The
      men
      I
      spoke
      with
      think
      that
      safety
      means
      a
      lot
      when
      it
      comes
      to
      engaging
      in
      sex.
      Shock-
     
     
      ing,
      isn’t
      it
      ladies?
      Not
      only
      is
      the
      thought
      of
      impregnating
      someone
      scary,
      but
      disease
      is
      even
     
     
      scarier.
      The
      reality
      of
      life
      is
      that
      no
      one
      can
      be
      completely
      sure
      of
      who
      their
      partner
      has
      been
     
     
      with.
      Nobody
      knows
      what
      sort
      of
      disease
      another
      might
      have.
      So
      is
      fifteen
      bucks
      all
      so
      much
      to
     
     
      spend
      on
      life?
      I
      think
      not.
     
    

    
     
      One
      concern
      which
      was
      expressed
      throughout
      the
      conversations
      was
      ‘‘Why
      should
      all
      the
      pres-
     
     
      sure
      be
      put
      on
      the
      men?’’
     
    

    
     
      Ladies,
      not
      only
      do
      the
      men
      have
      to
      wear
      the
      condoms,
      but
      by
      the
      sounds
      of
      it,
      most
      of
      them
     
     
      have
      to
      pay
      for
      the
      condoms,
      too.
      Is
      that
      right?
     
    

    
     
      Most
      men
      really
      do
      not
      mind.
      Who
      wants
      to
      have
      a
      woman
      walk
      up
      to
      them
      with
      a
      condom
      in
     
     
      their
      hand
      saying,
      ‘‘I
      went
      shopping
      today,
      I
      hope
      it
      fits.’’
      Men,
      for
      the
      most
      part,
      are
      not
     
     
      embarrassed
      to
      do
      the
      purchasing
      themselves.
      Not
      only
      will
      they
      get
      what
      fits,
      but
      a
      little
      ego
     
     
      boost.
      comes
      along
      with
      it.
      The
      thought
      of
      having
      someone
      know
      they
      will
      be
      ‘‘getting
      it
      on’’
      does
     
     
      wonders
      for
      some
      men’s
      pride.
      But
      what
      about
      the
      woman
      wearing
      the
      condom?
      Yes,
      there
      is
     
     
      such
      a
      thing
      as
      women’s
      condoms;
      however,
      no
      Island
      pharmacies
      questioned
      said
      that
      they
      stock
     
     
      these
      new
      condoms.
      Obviously,
      for
      the
      time
      being
      they
      ate
      out
      of
      the
      question.
      What
      about
      the
     
     
      future?
      When
      P.E.I.
      actually
      catches
      up
      to
      the
      rest
      of
      the
      world,
      will
      women
      try
      these
      things
     
     
      out?
      3
     
    

    
     
      Yes.
      The
      majority
      of
      the
      women
      I
      spoke
      with
      were
      willing
      to
      give
      women’s
      condoms
      a
      try.
      They
     
     
      feel
      that
      it
      isn’t
      and
      should
      not
      be
      just
      the
      man’s
      responsibility.
      As
      one
      woman
      stated
      ‘’...a
     
     
      baby
      I
      can
      live
      with,
      but
      AIDS
      will
      kill
      me.’’
      So
      what
      if
      the
      condoms
      are
      extremely
      ugly;
      who
     
     
      really
      thinks
      about
      that
      while
      engaging
      in
      sex?
      Seriously,
      they
      might
      not
      be
      all
      that
      bad;
      and
     
     
      who
      knows,
      guys?
      Give
      it
      a
      few
      years,
      and
      you
      might
      not
      have
      to
      wear
      such
      a
      confining
      piece
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      rubber!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      WHAT
      GIRLS
      SAY
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘‘They
      [women’s
      condoms]
      might
      be
      an
      exciting
      change.
      ’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘’‘You
      can’t
      rely
      on
      guys,
      so
      I
      buy
      the
      condoms.
      ’’
     
     
      ‘‘It’s
      the
      nineties,
      women
      have
      to
      be
      careful.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘‘I
      like
      putting
      the
      condom
      on
      my
      partner,
      it’s
      erotic.’’
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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