A non-profit organisation campaigning to increase public awareness of the role condoms plays in preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS has erected a giant Santa made from condoms outside a restaurant in Bangkok.

This advertisement draws attention at the importance of showing affection and condom usage. It is bold and eye-catching program. This ad gives a very clear message, promoting safe sex by saying that “If you love your partner, use a CONDOM!

Bottom Line:Condom It’s OK

Ravi .

HIV can affect anybody. Anyone who is sexually active or shares needles is at risk of getting or passing on HIV. However in the UK most people living with HIV are gay or bisexual men and black African men and women. Over 7,000 people are diagnosed with HIV in the UK every year.

Although gay men are most affected in the UK, more heterosexual people than gay men were diagnosed with HIV last year. On average most people diagnosed are in their 30s, but more than one in 10 diagnoses are among young people (aged 16-24); and five per cent of people diagnosed are over 55. There are also over 1,000 children living with HIV in the UK. Find out more about who is affected on the NAT website.

People living with HIV:

• 33.4 million people living with HIV worldwide
• 31.3 million adults
• 15.7 million women
• 2.1 million children under 15

New HIV cases in 2007:

• 2.7 million people
• 2.3 million adults
• 430,000 children under 15

HIV-related deaths in 2007:

• 2 million total deaths

How can I protect myself and others from HIV infection?

Always use a condom when having vaginal or anal sex. You also may want to use a condom or dental dam during oral sex although the risk of transmission of HIV is much lower. You can get free condoms from a sexual health clinic. Never share needles, syringes or any other injecting equipment.

World AIDS Day

observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. It is common to hold memorials to honor persons who have died from HIV/AIDS on this day. Government and health officials also observe the event, often with speeches or forums on the AIDS topics. Since 1995, the President of the United States has made an official proclamation on World AIDS Day. Governments of other nations have followed suit and issued similar announcements.

AIDS has killed more than 25 million people between 1981 and 2007, and an estimated 33.2 million people worldwide live with HIV as of 2007,making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. Despite recent, improved access to antiretroviral treatment and care in many regions of the world, the AIDS epidemic claimed an estimated 2 million lives in 2007, of which about 270,000 were children.

Protecting from HIV is easy and cheap, just make sure to use follow them!

This is an excerpt from a longer memoir piece… click on the link below if you’d like the whole story…

“The trip up the stairwell was sticky.  It was a small cell block of stairs within cinder block walls.  It reeked of human piss – evidence of freshly marked excretions dripped down the walls to puddles on the floor.  I tip-toed and stepped side to side to assure I got as little on the bottom of my shoes as possible.  On the short journey up the stairs I counted 4 condoms, 2 syringes, 1 flip-flop, 1 ticket stub to Lion King at Pantages, a toothbrush and an empty wallet.  I wondered about the wallet.  Wondering who came in with an identity and left without.  My brown and white polka-dotted pocketbook felt heavy on my shoulder, I shifted it and completed a mental inventory. Wallet, keys, cell phone, lip gloss, tampon, sharpie, seam ripper, plastic soldier.  Some years earlier, a five year old Jaxson had frantically called me into the bathroom where he was lying in the bath on his back. “Look Mommy, look Mommy,” he said excitedly while repeatedly pointing to his erect penis that was stacked with three plastic soldiers.  I cannot be sure the soldier that found its way to the inside pocket of my purse was not one of the bath brigade.”

THE MOTEL

Another original by the Jambox Scribe….

I heard something very interesting today. Has anyone ever been to a dinner party where all the guests got party favors on their way out?

(FYI…Images after jump NSFW)

How bout this one, what if that gift bag contained candy and pot?

I know I want to go to that dinner party!

It actually makes dinner parties sound appealing.  Don’t get me wrong a dinner party can be fun and Jambox definitely attends such events, usually not by choice but I have enjoyed a few.

I just think everyone should know that this practice exists and Jambox will officially endorse any such dinner parties.

So to you all who like to throw evening shindigs with meal service, please take a tip from Jambox, give gift baskets and make them interesting and unique.

Some suggestions:

Pot,

condoms,

nips, 8 balls,

magic mushrooms, sex toys, gift certificates to the Hustler Club,

special brownies,

escort credits

and anything in the four food groups of candy,

candy corns, candy canes or syrup.

Oh and Ms. Free Hugs, Carmen, DDDairy Monroe or pretty much any of the ladies rolling through the YAKWII spot.

In occasione della giornata mondiale per la lotta contro l’AIDS, le associazioni Arcigay Palermo, Ké Palermo e Articolo 3 di Palermo si impegnano per l’informazione e la prevenzione delle malattie a trasmissione sessuale (MTS) attraverso la distribuzione di materiale informativo medico-scientifico e preservativi durante le 3 serate organizzate in vari locali di Palermo:

• Venerdi 27/11/2009 Al Rise up, via Ugo La Malfa 96;
• Sabato 28/11/2009 al Zsa Zsa Mon Amour, Piazza Campolo angolo Via Filippo Angelitti 32;
• Martedi 01/12/2009 al Gatto Nero, via Formaggi Rua 15.

Si ringraziano per la solerte e sentita collaborazione nel mettere a nostra disposizione tutto il materiale che verrà distribuito:

Arcigay nazionale
Comodo.it – il portale dei preservativi

Domani, venerdì 27 novembre 2009, saremo alla discoteca Rise Up, insieme ai ragazzi di KéPalermo.

Con noi anche Comodo.it, per sensibilizzare i giovani all’uso del preservativo. L’unico mezzo per contrastare l’AIDS senza rinunciare al sesso.

I am finally ready for the pitter-patter of little Panda paws!

Ah, but since moving to Singapore, I can leave NOTHING to chance, because it’s simply un-Singaporean to do so! Everything must be planned to perfection, from the most momentous decisions concerning national debt and security to the littlest detail about how far the sidewalk bush should extend from the centreline on the highway island. And in like spirit, I shall now begin my baby planning, bearing in mind several assumptions:

1. That I am able to conceive, nurture & bring to term a healthy baby;

2. That Mr. Panda is able to aid me successfully in my procreational venture;

3. That we have enough money in the bank to support another big mouth to feed; and

4. That the baby arrives with a nanny attached, batteries optional.

With those assumptions in place, timing is my next concern!

The wedding will be in January 2010, two weeks before Chinese New Year, which means it would be still within the Year of Buttercup! (Cow, if you want to be technical.) Now that’s an excellent state of affairs, because I can’t say I’m too fond of doing anything in the Year of the Tiger. No offence to Tigers everywhere, but I’ve always found them a bit high-strung, aggressive and stubborn. And I have heard that having weddings in the year of the Tiger isn’t quite the thing to do.

Now don’t kill me about being a Christian and still getting caught up in the Chinese zodiac hype! I really shouldn’t, but still… Had an ex who was a Tiger and that relationship wasn’t a good experience overall. Conflict, conflict and still more conflict. It’s enough to make a saint superstitious.

Suffice to say, if I can’t have the wedding in the Year of the Tiger, then no bambinos also. Not sure a little Tigger will fit in the Panda Den. Superstitions aside, do I really want to have a baby in the same year I marry? Can you imagine all the ‘pat poh’ aunties counting backwards when I start showing a bump? (Which, in my case, would be within the first trimester! Sigh. Genes.)

So I figure, to avoid having a baby Tigger born within the same year we marry, the best thing is to aim for a baby Wabbit sometime in 2011! (After the Chinese New Year, which should be anywhere between January to March; any time before Chinese New Year would still be the year of the Tiger).

Baby Bunny has to come bouncing out earliest by March to avoid accidentally turning into a little Tiger, which means that the rubber sock can come off by July 2010. When I told Dad that we’d be trying for a baby from July 2010 onwards, he perked up and asked “Does that mean you two will be celibate until then?”

Err. Sure. Dad.

And the Tooth Fairy will come and give me a gold piece for being such a good little princess, and Mr. Panda will lose 80 pounds overnight and turn into Colin Farrell, and maybe the stork might bring us triplets.

Now, it’s imperative that I have this baby EARLY in 2011 because I definitely want another one latest by the end of 2012! Why? Because that would be the year of the Dragon! My Mom’s a dragon and she has so much personality I figure it would be fun to have another one in the house! :-D So between the first baby and second one, I’d like to have at least a nine month break to replenish lost nutrients, literally transfuse myself with D.O.M. or some other kind of medicinal alcohol, indulge in bird’s nest & spa my body back into baby-making shape. (First rule of marriage; be kind to your partner and keep yourself looking good.)

By the time I’m done with the baby bunny and dragonette, I reckon I’d be done with baby-making for a while (at least for the purpose of procreation :-) ). Because it would be time to raise them toddlers, get some kind of figure back, etc. Unless of course, both are boys, in which case the search for a baby-girl continues until we get one! But if we get lucky and get a daughter by the first or second try, I figure we can wait another four years before we try again. I’d love to have a little Monkey.

Oh, why? Well, you know, the usual reasons. My sister is a Monkey, and she’s such a smart and funny girl, it would be fab to have one just like her in the house.

Ehemplo ng isang TNL?

Ilang gabi na ang nakalipas ng huli kong makita ang commercial ng isang condom kung saan binitiwan ni Robin Padilla and linyang:

“Ang tunay na lalake, gumagamit ng proteksyon!”

Habang sang ayon ako na dapat mag family planning ang mga mag-asawa bilang bantay populasyon at bantay budget na rin, at pag gamit ng condom para maiwasan ang maraming sakit, hindi ko naman mapigilang mapaisip kung ano nga ba ang isang ‘Tunay na Lalake’ (TNL).

Maraming beses ko na nakita sa TV si Robin Padilla na nabbibitaw ng mga linya tungkol sa pagiging TNL at pagiging ‘macho’. Uminom ka ng food supplement na ito kung lalake ka; Bumili ng tsinelas na ito kung macho ang iyong mga paa; Magsuot ng sando na ito para maging makisig at kung ano ano pa. Kung iniisip mo kung ano anong mga commercial binanggit ang mga yan ay tigilan mo na. Gawa gawa ko lang yan. Pero marami ang ganyan ang tema. Kung style ito ngmga mapera at demonyitong negosyante para tangkilikin ang kanilang produkto eh hindi ko na alam. Ang alam ko lang ay kung successful ang nasabing style, marahil marami sa mga kababayan natin ang naghahangad na maging TNL.

Ano nga ba ang batayan para masabing isa kang TNL?

Sapat na bang meron ka ng Ari ng Lalake (ANL)?

Kelangan mo ba ng tattoo?

Kung may tattoo ka na Kero Keroppi, isa ka bang TNL?

Ilang buwan na ang nakalipas ng magdiwang ang kumpanyang una kong pinasukan ng kung ano mang celebration yun. Tahimik lang ako. Alam ko naman ang lugar ko bilang baguhan at nasa pinaka ilalim ng ‘corporate ladder’. Basta may pagkain, keri na. Observe observe. Bonus pa ang konting inuman. Present din ang ilan sa mga bosses, at alam naman ng marami na basta boss ka, center of attraction ka sa isang company gathering, mapa social blah blah man ito o pormal na pagtitipon.

Nagsimula ang tagayan.

Boss: Haluin mo na yang alak. Matapang ba yan?

Employee: Ay opo boss! Eto try mo. *sabay abot ng alak*

Boss: *tumagay* Hindi naman matapang! Pang bakla! Pang bakla naman pala to eh!

Oh diba? TNL si boss. Alam nya na bilang isang TNL, hindi dapat binibigay sa kanya ang mga inumin na hindi malakas ang tama. Hindi ganyan ang iniinom ng isang TNL. Dahil ang TNL, umiinom ng sobra sobra hanggang sa puntong hindi na nya kayang umuwi ng mag isa. Magmamatapang habang nakainom, sisigaw sa mga tambay, mananaksak ng kainuman, magmumura ng malakas, susuka sa kalsada, at sa bandang huli, magpapatulong sa mga kaibigang babae para lang makauwi. Oh diba? Yan ang TNL.

Bakit nga ba kelangan magkaron ng TNL?

Meron bang Pekeng Lalake (PL)?

Ang pekeng lalake ba ay bakla?

Hindi ba negatibo ang konotasyon sa salitang peke?

Ibig bang sabihin nito ay negatibo ren ang konotasyon sa mga PL?

Bakit wala pa akong naririnig tungkol sa Tunay na Babae?

Hindi ba sila napepeke?

Pinoy Big Brother. Isang magandang halimbawa, o pwedeng pagkunan ng halimbawa dahil most likely, ang mga tao sa loob ay nirerepresent ang mga tao sa labas. Sa mga tao sa Pilipinas. Parang sampling method sa Statistics. Parang pagkuha ng panalo sa isang electronic raffle pero may konting bias dahil mga gwapo’t magaganda ang papasok sa loob.

Scene: Nagpalit ng bahay ang girl housemates so kailangan nilang makisama sa mga boys ng magkabilang bahay.

Mga tauhan:

1. Rica – isang transexual. Biologically male, pero counted as a girl housemate.
2. Patrick – Married, may anal, isang TNL.
3. Rocky – Model, macho, dating construction worker, SUPER TNL.

Patrick: Parang naiimagine ko pa rin sila Yuri, Mariel etc. (mga dati nilang housemates) na nandyan sa sala, nakaupo..

Rocky: Oo nga. Iba na ngayon eh. Meron na tayong She-Man (pertaining to Rica) *sabay tawa*. Hindi ako komportable pag may ganyan sa paligid eh.

Hindi eksaktong pag kowt. Pero ganyan ang laman. Bukod pa dyan ay tinawag nila si Rica na ‘Beauty and Beast’ at ‘Samson at Delilah sa isang katawan’.

Kitang kita ang respeto ng isang TNL sa tingin nilang hindi TNL. Macho.

TNL ka ba pag magaspang ka magsalita?

Pag mura ka ng mura?

TNL1: Grabe pare! P^%#^&#%! Ang gwapo ni t&^%&@*^ng Piolo sa Lovers in Parin pare! Mamatay matay ako sa P#^&$$&($&*( kilig!

TNL2: Eh ga*% ka palang hayup ka eh! Akin si p^$(@#@& Piolo eh!

Oh diba? Ang tapang ng dating. TNL.

Marami ata ang hindi nakakapansin na nabubuhay na tayo sa 21st century. Lalo na sa ating bansa. Meron na tayong electric stove, kung iisipin mo nung unang panahon hindi pa natin alam gumamit ng apoy. Napapagalaw na natin ang hagdan at tinatawag natin itong escalator. Mula abacus hanggang calculator. Ang governor, dating Terminator.

Ang punto ko lang, gaya ng pag evolve ng mga bagay sa paglipas ng panahon, sana kayanin sumabay ng ilan sa ating mga paniniwala. Lalo na kung patungkol ito sa pakikipag kapwa tao. At pagtrato sa kapwa ng tama.

Isang maiksing mensahe  para sa mga macho nating kaibigan:

Hindi natin kailangan na patunayan na tayo ay isang Tunay na Lalake dahil walang Tunay na Lalake. Kung meron man, sya ang unang dapat makaalam na wala syang karapatan para gumawa o magdikta ng basehan sa kung sino ang dapat tawaging Tunay na Lalake.

Ayos ba mga tsong? Pakiss nga.

Richard Christy explained that he has been physical with more women since his makeover than he’s let on and that the condom broke and she got pregnant. Richard went on to explain that, due to the girth of his penis, he’s broken condoms in the past, and that he now uses Magnums to prevent future problems. Order Sirius-XM and get the Howard Stern Show!

Yesterday we were all a little nervous here at bLue Blood. Nervous like you would be before you would have a sexual education class back in your schooldays. Why we felt this way? We had a presentation on a new brand of beauty products in our store. YESforLOV, costmetiques du plaisir. They offer their range of “bedroom products” outside the taboo of sexshops. An easier and more comfortable way to shop for these kinds of naughty but very nice products.

YESforLOV has created an exclusive, sophisticated range of products that are an invitation to lovemaking.

These include unscented wipes, sensuous massage oil, deluxe condoms, lovers’ hide-and-seek kit, moisturising lubricants, soothing balms, love vitamins and more.
All their products are associated with pleasure and the skin, including skincare, protection and intimate games.
Thanks to innovative packaging, candid advice and unparalleled quantity, if you’re looking for a healthy, creative and fulfilling love life, check out: YESforLOV, the experts in sensual well-being.

The line also offers lots of opportunities if you wanna surprise your lover or just wanna buy a cool gift for a good friend. A nice extra, the packaging is designed by the same designers who are responsible for Jean Paul Gaultier perfumes and Moet & Chandon champagne.

Here’s some examples;

Hide & Seek, a fluorescent marker that doesn’t stain the sheets. The writing is invisible until revealed by the indiscreet black light flashlight, which completes the kit. Write secret words or messages on bare skin and use  your skin like the trembling pages of a book.

Titillating massage oil, the light, non-oily texture does not stain clothing or sheets. To enhance relaxation, it is enriched with passion fruit, damiana, rosemary and sweet almond oils, spiced up with a dash of ginger extract for an exciting experience.

Titillating sheet fragrance, splash your sheets and pillows with this scent of love. When the time is right, plunge into its warm and sensual fragrance. And use your tracking skills to follow the trail. Its formula was designed not to stain your sheets, even your most delicate bed linens.

Delicious pearly powder, a beautiful velvet powder puff and pearly scented powder which will give your skin a sensual shimmer and hypnotizing smell.  As delicious to taste as it is to touch. Sprinkle it everywhere you want to attract attention to.

THE Condom, slipped into its precious pouch, the YESforLOV condom is presented like a jewel. It lives up to the most demanding safety and protection standards combined with an ultra-fine design that keeps your most intimate sensations intact. As safe as it is sensual, elegant and practical, this is THE condom. Transparent condom with reservoir tip, made of natural rubber latex and lubricated with polydimethylsiloxane. Average length is 180 mm, average width 53 mm, smooth surface and very thin width for greater pleasure.

We at Blue Blood offer you this tool to spice up your holidays or any other day for that matter. Prices range from 13,- euro’s for set of high class condoms till 129,- euro’s for a luxurious gift box with all kind of fun stuff!

BB

Well, cow-fiends, I went to Radio Oxford, and had a nice cup of tea in reception while I waited to be brought in to the Jo Thoenes show.

The very lovely Jo Thoenes

I did talk too fast though.

If you want to hear the show and find out what I said about my dad and what he did with a condom at the dinner table, you can for a limited amount of time on the 24 November Listen Again feature. If you want to skip straight to the interview, it starts at 09:17.

A condom for Drayton, who wants more pictures in the blog

At 18, Rebekka Armstrong became a Playboy Playmate. It was her dream.

Three years later, her doctor told her she had HIV. Her dream started to crumble and her body physically started to break down.

Armstrong’s message to students at Towson University touched on her success with Playboy, her struggle with HIV, the empowerment she now feels after overcoming her fears and an emphasis to students on safe sex.

I’ve decided to tell this story through Armstrong’s quotes. There were so many and I feel like her words describe here experience more powerfully than my own.

Living the dream

“I felt like when people knew my Playboy status that meant I needed to rock their world.”

Confirmed diagnosis: She was HIV+

“I was 22 years old. They gave me two years to live.”

‘When [the doctor] told me that I was HIV positive, I lost it. The only thing I knew about HIV was death.’

“I was terrified of people not wanting to be around me.”

“I drank and I used drugs to self-medicate.”

Sick in hospital, wasting away. “I weighed 80 lbs.”

Spiked fevers, night sweats, cramping in abdomen, diarrhea, vomiting.

“I had eight spinal taps in four days.”

Collapsed at a club in Texas. “My pancreas is rupturing form DDI.” This was her second experimental prescription, not FDA approved.

“I decided, I’m going to take my life.”

She washed down a box full of narcotics with tequila and drove into a wall near Panga Canyon.

“I was in coma for three days. Everything hurt, black charcoal was coming out of me.”

The reality of HIV/AIDS

“This is one of the many faces of AIDS. I highly doubt you’d be walking through campus and say ‘That bitch got AIDS.”

“Every hour of every day, those aged 13-24, two of you are infected.”

“We are all human beings and we make mistakes, but we don’t have to.”

“AIDS is a tricky little bastard. It works around the drug.”

Epiphany: She wanted to make a difference

“’I’m Rebekka Armstrong and I have AIDS.’ Those are probably the most empowering word I’ve ever said.”

“I will help save the life of another woman.”

“I want to make a difference and I want to prevent kids from getting this.”

“I got a web page, started writing…visited my old high school, doing real grass root stuff.”

“I’m on a journey. This is my path so I gotta make the most of it.”

When asked who she contracted the disease from, her answer: “I infected me.”

“By putting on a funny face and laughing and putting on a good vibe, it’s saving my life.”

“As far as my future is concerned, I’m definitely going to be around for it.”

Encouraging safe sex

“I think I am more open than your grandmother to talk about sex.”

“Being that sex is an important topic in college, I want people to see the repercussions of not having safe sex.”

“It only takes one time to make a decision to have unprotected sex.”

“Take the time to protect yourself. You are worth it. One of these could have saved my life.” Holding up a condom.

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I tried a condom on for the first time today. The only reason I even have one was because when I was at a pub with my mates a few months back, we ended up talking about sex and stuff for some reason and I mentioned I’d never tried a condom on. One of my friends then gave me one, with an instruction manual leaflet thingy on it, so I could then try one for the first time at some point (not right there and then obviously). Only today did I finally extract it from it’s hiding place and try it on.

All I can say is that I found it very difficult to get it on, it took me several attempts and about three or four minutes to put it on. The main problem was finding out if I had it the right way around, but even when I did, it took me a while to put it on, as it seemed to take much more strength to roll it down that I’d originally anticipated. Luckily for you I won’t go into any more detail on this point, as it’s disgusting, and even worse if my identity is ever discovered.

So yeah, it was an informative experience – I now know how to put a condom on, yay! But it also means I don’t have any condoms now. It doesn’t matter though, I suppose, since it doesn’t look like I’ll be in need of one any time soon.

Though female condoms have found no many takers, sex workers call it their diamond armour. They not only use it when their clients refuse to wear a regular condom, but also use it when they have their menses, so that they don’t have to lose out on their earnings during those days.

“Female condom is like mythological character Karna’s diamond armour for us. Before this we were at the mercy of clients, and couldn’t do anything when clients refused to wear condoms,” said Radhika (38), who was a sex worker and is now working as Field Supervisor of Suraksha, a NGO.

Though sex workers insist on condoms, some clients force them to have sex without a condom. It is then that the female condoms come to their rescue. “It is usually goondas and policemen who want to have sex without condoms. They don’t even pay us. There are some clients too who force us to have unsafe sex and pay more. There are some, who tear the tip of the regular condom and come out,” said Geetha (30), General Secreatary, Karnataka Sex Workers Union.

Geetha has herself become a victim of Sexually Transmitted Infections. “Some years ago, I was in desperate need of money, and agreed to have sex without condoms for a higher price. Later I got boils on my private part, and was healed after medication. At that time there were no female condoms too,” she said.

Besides safety, female condoms are also used by sex workers during their menses. “For some of us, periods last for a week and forgoing our earnings for a week every month is a huge loss. So we wear female condoms at that time. It blocks the blood and the clients too don’t come to know that we are wearing a condom or that we are having our periods,” said Radhika.

The other advantage of female condoms is that that the man doesn’t get to know if the woman is wearing it. “It is like a tube and goes inside the vagina, and clients don’t get to know. We either wear it before meeting the client, or go to the toilet and wear it just before the act,” she said.

Radhika says that in Channapatna taluk alone, she distributes over 150 female condoms every month. This is besides the regular male condoms. “Sex workers take three to four female condoms in a week,” she said.

While one female condom costs Rs 70 in the market, the Karnataka Health Promotion Trust distributes it to sex workers for Rs 5 per condom. “I tell them that they spend Rs 5 for flowers which dry away, while this condom can safeguard them,” said Radhika.

Nov 17, 2009 A NATIONAL Environment support officer persistently wanted to meet the mother of an underaged smoker in private and even texted her for sex, a district court heard.

The complainant, a woman in her 40s, reported Koh Hui Chong to the authority and a trap was laid when he turned up at her flat on May 6 last year.

The 43-year-old admitted to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau officers he had contacted the woman with the intention of having sex with her. He even brought along three condoms.

He had hoped that if the complainant had sex with him, he would then not take any form of action against her teenage son for smoking and littering.

The court heard that Koh had caught the woman’s 15-year-old son and another boy smoking in a prohibited area at a playground in Serangoon Central earlier on April 28. He obtained the boy’s details from his EZ-Link card and told him he would be booked for underaged smoking and other offences.

Koh, who pleaded guilty to trying to get sexual favours from the boy’s mother, is expected to be sentenced on Dec 1. He faces a fine of up to $100,000 and/or a jail term of up to five years.

 Condoms not only safeguard one from Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and prevent pregnancy, but also provide erection for a longer time. Here the reference is not to the “extra time” condoms which have anesthetic effect, but to plain condoms. Dr Jawahar Kadam has researched on the subject and found that a condom indeed keeps the penis erect for a longer time.

 Dr Jawahar Kadam is a professor of Anatomy at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli. His research paper won the Dr J V Bhatt Memorial National Award for the best original scientific research paper at the 22^nd National Conference of Sexology, held in Bangalore.

Dr Kadam conducted the research on 20 subjects for two years and concluded that the condom holds the blood in the penis for a longer time. Thus keeps it erect.

Unlike other body parts, penis doesn’t have muscles. There are no muscles contractions involved in making the penis erect. To become erect, the penis instead uses pressurized blood.

The easiest way to understand how the penis becomes erect is to think about a balloon. If a balloon has no air in it, it is limp. As you inflate a limp balloon with just a little air, it becomes elongated and rigid.

The penis contains two cigar-shaped structures, called corpora cavernosa that it uses to become erect. Arteries bring blood into these two tubes, and veins carry blood away from them. The penis can be either limp or erect, depending on the flow of blood.

When a man becomes aroused, the arteries leading into the penis open up so that pressurized blood can enter the penis quickly. The veins leaving the penis constrict. Pressurized blood is trapped in the corpora cavernosa, and this blood causes the penis to elongate and stiffen. The penis is erect.

“When a man wears a condom, the condom constricts the veins and prevents the blood from leaving the penis,” said Dr Kadam. “There is an elastic pressure put by the folds of the condom at the base. This has been happening, but we do not realise.” The more the folds, the more is the pressure.

“I want the government to use this in advertisements and promote the use of condoms.” Dr Kadam is disappointed with the government for not having backed him. Even the Anatomical Society of India did not support him. The research paper was accepted at the International Conference of Anatomy held in Turkey. “But to go to Turkey to present the paper, I needed Rs 80,000 which I did not have.”

He is sure that his research fulfills all the three parameters required to get a patent. “It will help the condom industry, it is innovative and it is also useful for the public.” Kadam has been running from pillar to post to get the funds from the government. “I am a government servant and I do not even do private practice. I only do research. Dr Kalam asks all to do research, but there is no backing from the government. I have been spending from my own pocket for the research.”

 Dr Manu Kothari, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, KEM College, Mumbai said,

“I am totally convinced with Dr Kadam’s findings and stand by it. It is another thing that people have been pooh-poohing him. That is because we Indians are shy to talk of sex. If we talk of sex openly as much as we talk of  Babas, it will help us a great deal.”

Dr Padmini Prasad, Director, Ramani Nursing Home and Institute of Sexology, Bangalore said

“Dr Kadam’s paper presentation was very good. I cannot say anything about his findings of the condom. But in cases of sexual dysfunction we ask them to give condoms with rims that hold tight at the base.”

M N Vidyashankar, then Secretary, Medical Education had said

“I have met Dr Jawahar Kadam and seen the summary of the research. I have forwarded the plan for the patent to the finance department. I cannot ensure that the government will fund the patent which will cost Rs 5 Crore. Hopefully, the finance department approves it. The minimum period to get patent is 36 months. The finance department may also release the funds in phases since it is required in phases.”

This story of mine was published in MiD DAY