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Condoms 'too big' for Indian men

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6161691.stm

Condoms 'too big' for Indian men
By Damian Grammaticus
BBC News, Delhi

Condom factory
There is a "lack of awareness" over condom sizes
A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men.

The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises that were shorter than international standards for condoms.

It has led to a call for condoms of mixed sizes to be made more widely available in India.

The two-year study was carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research.

Over 1,200 volunteers from the length and breadth of the country had their penises measured precisely, down to the last millimetre.

The scientists even checked their sample was representative of India as a whole in terms of class, religion and urban and rural dwellers.


It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters
Sunil Mehra
The conclusion of all this scientific endeavour is that about 60% of Indian men have penises which are between three and five centimetres shorter than international standards used in condom manufacture.

Doctor Chander Puri, a specialist in reproductive health at the Indian Council of Medical Research, told the BBC there was an obvious need in India for custom-made condoms, as most of those currently on sale are too large.

The issue is serious because about one in every five times a condom is used in India it either falls off or tears, an extremely high failure rate.

And the country already has the highest number of HIV infections of any nation.

'Not a problem'

Mr Puri said that since Indians would be embarrassed about going to a chemist to ask for smaller condoms there should be vending machines dispensing different sizes all around the country.

"Smaller condoms are on sale in India. But there is a lack of awareness that different sizes are available. There is anxiety talking about the issue. And normally one feels shy to go to a chemist's shop and ask for a smaller size condom."

But Indian men need not be concerned about measuring up internationally according to Sunil Mehra, the former editor of the Indian version of the men's magazine Maxim.

"It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters," he said.

"From our population, the evidence is Indians are doing pretty well.

"With apologies to the poet Alexander Pope, you could say, for inches and centimetres, let fools contend."

:rofl:
 
Having small ones hasn't stopped them having huge families...
 
Heard a great expression the other day:

"Big enough to fill a pram".

Hehehe.
 
It's not always the biggest barrel that fires the best shot ...
 
"God is on the side not of the big battalions, but of the best shots."

Just a bit of Voltaire there.
 
Also makes you wonder about the chinese and their obession with things that increase potency. If they have such a problem with potency, how did they ever manager to get to one billion people?
 
Xanatico said:
Also makes you wonder about the chinese and their obession with things that increase potency. If they have such a problem with potency, how did they ever manager to get to one billion people?

By trying really hard?
 
This reminds me of one of those schoolyard songs sung to the tune of Stangers In The Night.... :shock:

White-text to protect the guilty :twisted:
Strangers in the night
Exchanging rubbers

This one's too tight
I need another

This one's too loose
it's spilling all of my juice...
 
Mythopoeika said:
Xanatico said:
Also makes you wonder about the chinese and their obession with things that increase potency. If they have such a problem with potency, how did they ever manager to get to one billion people?

By trying really hard?
Altogether now: twenty minutes later, you want another one.




Yes please, that batman cape in the corner.
 
OMG!!! :madeyes:

This reminds me of a story posted in--guess what!--our very own beloved "Fortean Times" magazine a few years ago.

A gentleman from I forget which country :oops: was accused of raping a woman. When brought into court he pleaded "not guilty" even tho the victim had identified him.

How then could he say he was not guilty of rape?

Because--according to this gentleman and his lawyer--his whatsit was too short to penetrate any woman of "normal" size.

:heh: :rolleyes: :wow: :blah: :eek!!!!: :_omg: :laughing: :wince: :hah: :twisted:

I suppose I need not add that the judge was unimpressed by this line of defense.

As the judge remarked:

"Any degree of penetration is rape."

Nice try, Shorty. :twisted:
 
As Jay Leno quipped regarding this just a few evenings back, "So the next time the guy in tech support starts getting a little snippy...."
 
MrRING said:
This reminds me of one of those schoolyard songs sung to the tune of Stangers In The Night.... :shock:

White-text to protect the guilty :twisted:
Strangers in the night
Exchanging rubbers

This one's too tight
I need another

This one's too loose
it's spilling all of my juice...

Nice poem. :yeay:



how did they ever manager to get to one billion people?

One billion Viagra tablets? :D
 
Heard on cartoon network this week-
"It's not the size of the fish that counts but how you cook it!"
Hmmmmm....
 
glamour_dust said:
Heard on cartoon network this week-
"It's not the size of the fish that counts but how you cook it!"
Hmmmmm....

Yeah it what you do with it but do you really think most women think men with small wangs are skilled for that?
 
Cooking fish is a strange metaphor for that.

As Hitchcock said, it is a sad day when they try to measure sex appeal in inches.

However, Indians aren´t particularly tall though are they. All things being equal I would expect a short person to also be... well shorter. So I´m sure they also require different sized condoms in Japan or among the pygmy tribes of Africa.
 
Xanatico said:
Cooking fish is a strange metaphor for that.

As Hitchcock said, it is a sad day when they try to measure sex appeal in inches.

However, Indians aren´t particularly tall though are they. All things being equal I would expect a short person to also be... well shorter. So I´m sure they also require different sized condoms in Japan or among the pygmy tribes of Africa.

Sadly, most women seem to measure sex appeal in inches (whether they do this consciously or not).

A man's height isn't always an indicator of his endowment - there are plenty of big guys with small ones, and plenty of dwarves with big ones.
 
Yes but I was talking in general. in biology there is no rule without exception.

To me it seems women do really not care that much about size, compared to a lot of other things. they´re more concerned about the money, social status and such things of the man in question.
 
Mythopoeika said:
Sadly, most women seem to measure sex appeal in inches (whether they do this consciously or not).

As do men except they are usually pretty open about it.
 
Oh yes, I certainly wouldn´t say men aren´t much worse when it comes to looks.
 
min_bannister said:
Mythopoeika said:
Sadly, most women seem to measure sex appeal in inches (whether they do this consciously or not).

As do men except they are usually pretty open about it.

That's true, but men are honest about it, by and large.

If you compare the situations of men versus women, it's easier for a woman to get bigger boobs than it is for a man to get a bigger penis (the operations currently available are pretty risky and not that good, so I hear). So under-endowed men have to adopt a philosophical attitude, whereas under-endowed women simply have to save up.
 
Mythopoeika said:
min_bannister said:
As do men except they are usually pretty open about it.

That's true, but men are honest about it, by and large.
Thats what I said.
If you compare the situations of men versus women, it's easier for a woman to get bigger boobs than it is for a man to get a bigger penis (the operations currently available are pretty risky and not that good, so I hear). So under-endowed men have to adopt a philosophical attitude, whereas under-endowed women simply have to save up.

Or decide that any bloke that is only interested in them for their boobs anyway can f*** off...

(that works both ways)
 
Indians use condoms as toys
By Rahul Bedi in New Delhi
Last Updated: 3:28am BST 30/06/2007

India is struggling to prevent millions of condoms from being made into toys or sold as balloons.

The contraceptives were distributed free to control the country's population and restrict the Aids virus.

However, they are being used instead to strengthen roads, provide extra waterproofing for houses and to carry water.

Health activists said millions of condoms were melted down for their latex and made into toys. Others were dyed and sold as balloons.

In rural areas, villagers used them as water containers. India's soldiers covered their gun barrels with condoms as protection against dust.

Only a quarter of about 1.5 billion condoms made each year were "properly utilised", the activists said.

Health planners are trying to control India's population of more than 1.2 billion. In 2005 the HIV epidemic afflicted more than 5.7 million people. Of the 891 million condoms meant to be handed out free, most were used by road contractors, who mixed them with concrete and tar to create a smooth surface.

Most Indians are hesitant to talk about sex openly.

The National Aids Control Organisation chief, Sujatha Rao, said yesterday that Indian attitudes had to change.

A campaign in nearby Thailand has led to a sharp rise in condom use and a fall in new HIV infections.

http://tinyurl.com/3dewln
 
Condoms're great for rolling carefully onto your dog's bandaged foot, to protect it from getting wet, with another layer of dressing on top.

Your kids can watch and say, right, so that's how you put a condom on, OK, but what if when you grow up and want to have sex your dog runs off?

:roll:
 
And now, swinging the other way (as it were..):

Large condoms for S African men

A range of extra-large condoms has been launched in South Africa, to cater for "well-endowed" men.
"A large number of South African men are bigger and complain about condoms being uncomfortable and too small," said Durex manager Stuart Roberts.

Aids activists say the new condom could encourage men to practise safe sex in South Africa, where some 6m are HIV positive - more than any other country.

Some South Africans are reluctant to use condoms, says activist Thandi Xolo.

Mr Xolo, from the National Association of People Living With HIV/Aids (Napwa), said both men and women fear being labelled as promiscuous if they are seen with condoms.

"This could help condoms become cool," he said. "Men will buy them to boost their ego."

Even more importantly, it will remove the excuse made by some men for not using condoms - that they are too small.

However, Mr Xolo said he was not sure how many of the millions of condoms sold each year in South Africa were being properly used.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4155390.stm
 
I've always enjoyed teasing Americans by alleging that all condoms are individually serial-numbered, but Yanks just don't realise it because they don't have to roll them back as far as we Brits do...

:twisted:

maximus "XXL" otter
 
Now here's what I'd like to see from this: a study between penis length & semen motility.I'd bet good money that shorter penis length equals increased semen motility & that ....,that explains the birthrate in places like China & India.

Ps...all is not lost..I'd further bet that the Chinese & Indian ladies would (if given the choice) prefer us European guys...if you know what I mean.Besides if Chinese & Indian female genitaila is designed for the smaller Chinese/Indian male genitalia...well,then that's all the better for us too!Right?
 
maximus_otter said:
I've always enjoyed teasing Americans by alleging that all condoms are individually serial-numbered, but Yanks just don't realise it because they don't have to roll them back as far as we Brits do...

:twisted:

maximus "XXL" otter

What?you thought you were teasing?!They are!!maybe you've just never had occasion to roll yours back far enough!...


Signed..A Yank!
 
You'd think they'd make condoms long enough to cover the whole penis not just over half way down causing them to slip off during intercourse :?
 
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