Size does matter

So says Consumer Reports in their overview of condoms. Who knew they rated birth control?



I gotta hand it to CR; this is a pretty progressive set of articles. They have brief information about abortion on one page including this:

In the U.S., the fatality risk with mifepristone is slightly less than 1 per 100,000 cases, compared with 0.1 per 100,000 for surgical abortion at 8 weeks or less. Pregnancy itself carries a fatality risk of 11.8 per 100,000.

And they slam the CDC for a no doubt fundy-inspired revision of their fact sheet on condoms:

The online fact sheet on condoms by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at www.cdc.gov, used to begin with this statement: “Condoms are effective in preventing HIV and other STDs.” The fact sheet was removed from the site in 2002 and was later replaced with one that states, “The surest way to avoid transmission of sexually transmitted diseases is to abstain from sexual intercourse ...” or be in a long-term monogamous relationship with someone whom you know is not infected.

The new fact sheet also omits descriptions of the various condom types, information on which lubricants are safe to use with latex, instructions for how to properly use a condom, and references to anal and oral sex, for which public-health groups recommend condoms. A CDC spokesperson said the new fact sheet is more science-based than its predecessor and is meant for health professionals, but critics, including experts on reproductive health, charge that it puts ideology before science and encourages distrust of condoms.

For plain-language instructions on using a condom, use the Web site of the nonprofit American Social Health Association, which the CDC recommends as a resource: www.ashastd.org.

And then there's this: "If you obtain condoms from Planned Parenthood, avoid the low-rated scented Honeydew," which I'm here to tell you is good advice aesthetically speaking as well. I cannot imagine why any of you boys would want your dick to smell like a melon really.