A suggested reason why there is a 20 percent failure rate in India:
Condoms designed to meet international size specifications are too big for many Indian men as their penises fall short of what manufacturers had anticipated, an Indian study has found.The Indian Council of Medical Research, a leading state-run centre, said its initial findings from a two-year study showed 60 percent of men in the financial capital Mumbai had penises about 2.4 cm (one inch) shorter than those condoms catered for.
For a further 30 percent, the difference was at least 5 cm (two inches). A poor fit meant the prophylactics often didn’t do the job they were bought for, and led to some tearing or slipping off during use.
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I’m afraid to comment.
What about the ’spray-on’ prophylactics ?
We as men should DEMAND better, bigger condoms (and the technology to fill them)!
Interesting aside. In my non-monogamous past, when men would say they wouldn’t wear condoms because they were too tight or that they caused lost of sensation, I would buy them a box of Trojan Extra Large. I don’t know if the condom was actually more comfortable of it was a psychological thing about me just thinking they NEEDED extra large but I never had a complaint after they got that friendly little green wrapped rubber.
Of course. You’re in Texas.
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