NIH Funds $423,500 Study of Why Men Don't Like to Use Condoms

Submitted by anthony on Fri, 2009-06-19 20:28

Story here. Excerpt:

'The federal government is spending $423,500 to find out why men don't like to wear condoms, a project government watchdogs say is a nearly-half-a-million-dollar waste of taxpayer money.
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"The project aims to understand the relationship between condom application and loss of erections and decreased sensation, including the role of condom skills and performance anxiety, and to find new ways to improve condom use among those who experience such problems."
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"This government is so out of whack with what the priorities are that this actually makes sense that we'd be wasting money on a condom study rather than the real problems facing the country," said David Williams, vice president for policy at Citizens Against Government Waste, which tracks wasteful spending in the federal budget.

For American men -- many of whom have already undergone years of awkward sex ed in the care of gym teachers -- the study might not offer much of a boost, Williams said.'

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Haha!

This cracks me up! I wish they would pay me to tell them why people don't like condoms. Here are my reasons:

1. In first-time sex, by the time the guy gets a condom and puts it on, the girl might change her mind.

2. If your having great foreplay, who wants to be interrupted? Foreplay should just flow right into sex.

3. Reduced sensation. This goes for girls as well.

4. This reason is a personal bias: Condoms are just unnatural. It is not the way nature/God intended sex to be!

5. Too embarrassed to purchase

So there you have it. I could have saved them $423,500. Do you think they will come up with any other reasons?

I have only used a condom twice in my life, so maybe I don't have enough experience to form an opinion, but it was bad both times. I can't imagine condom use getting any better. BTW the first time the condom broke!

According to the article, here are some more studies:

"to find out why gay men engage in risky sexual behavior while drunk; a $2.6 million study dedicated to teaching prostitutes in China to drink less while having sex on the job; and a $178,000 study to better understand why drug-abusing prostitutes in Thailand are at greater risk for HIV infection."

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Submitted by Kris on Fri, 2009-06-26 07:25