Is the low rate of condom use really related to the time demands of putting one on? I've seen a few things like this and it seems rather more likely that any reason like that is dwarfed by cultural ones.
Is the low rate of condom use really related to the time demands of putting one on?
I suspect it is not related at all, this article is just a piece of very silly marketing. Condom use in developing countries seems to be hampered by several factors: most prominently religion, access to the condoms, and basic knowledge of how to use them. You'd assume the last point isn't a problem, but it turns out they do really weird stuff with free condoms in the absence of training courses, like hanging them on a wire over the bed instead of putting them on (as a kind of talisman) and re-using them multiple times.
Oh, I don't know. In developed countries at least, condom use is sometimes hampered by the fact that putting one on "breaks the mood", so shaving valuable seconds off the process would seem to be helpful there.
I have no idea if it will work for African subsistence farmers, but I can certainly see it increasing condom use among horny American college students.
but I can certainly see it increasing condom use among horny American college students.
Most likely. Although, to be fair, condom use is a lot easier after multiple applications. The first time is difficult, but after a while you get pretty fast at it.
If you're on the fence about condom use, and your first few times are failures, it might lead you to high risk behavior or in a country like South Africa you may contract HIV in these first few times. The Pronto condom could be a huge invention.
there was a fascinating tedX talk about marketing of condoms in africa a while back. people in DR Congo were avoiding the free condoms given out by aid groups in lieu of the marketed commercial ones (with names like rough rider, pleasure maxx, etc). There was also something about guilt or displeasure with the free ones as well.
