Girls Carrying Condoms: Why the Taboo?

Well yes, this is a big ole’ collection of condoms. Don’t act like I haven’t caught your attention, because I know I have.

Don’t fear though, you are not about to read a condom review from yours truly. If that’s the sort of thing you’re after then there are plenty of blogs out there to cater for you (a rather eye watering amount actually, believe me), but I’m far too prudish for that – no, instead you have to listen to me getting on my soapbox again – hurrah!

One of our friends works at the PR agency currently behind the launch of the Geordie Shore gang’s collaboration with condom brand Skins. After all, who better to guide us through the world of sexual health than the Buck Squad? Now, a condom release wouldn’t usually make its way into this blog but to coincide with the collaboration, the company conducted a good old bit of market research into sex in the UK and people’s attitudes to condoms, and it really got me thinking.

Here are just a few things they found out:

• Nearly 80% of Brits would consider casual sex
• However 48% of those don’t carry condoms with them
• 63% of people admitted to having unprotected sex in the past
• 45% have gone ahead with unprotected sex simply because they didn’t have a condom on them
• 26% reported that they were too drunk to remember to use one

All of these figures mean that it’s little surprise that 10% of the people asked admitting to having had contracted an STI at some point.

Now, I don’t want to point the finger at my fellow vajayjay owners, but I would put quite a significant sum of money (maybe as much as £12) on a large portion of that 52% of people that don’t carry condoms being female. I think even today, when a lot of us generally believe that as long as you’re single and not hurting anyone then you can get yo’ freak on with whoever you want, that there’s still a bit of a taboo about girls carrying condoms.

A lot of people still think of it as being the boy’s responsibility, since he’s the one with the penis and all.  But the fact of the matter is that it’s YOUR body it’s going into, so we should definitely be taking some more responsibility too. I’m sure we’d all recoil in horror if our dentist went to put his fingers in our mouth without a pair of gloves on – we would say “ERGH get off me you vile creature”… so why don’t more of us say the same thing to our gentlemen callers?

I think some girls probably worry about it looking a bit slaggy to carry condoms, or they think the man in question will judge them if they’re the one to produce it before the magic moment. FYI, having condoms does not make you a slag – it makes you a sensible woman with a strong mind, a woman who prefers Gucci to Gonorrhea.

There will also undoubtedly be cases where a condom will be available, but the man in question might try to avoid using it. It’s a pretty common complaint that condoms lessen the sensation for men, and I know there are plenty of girls who don’t really like them either. However, just stock up on a pack of the bad boys below and tell the man in your life to shut up and pop one on.

Yes, in an ideal world we’d all have regular STI checks by law and would all carry around a little card that shows we safe from all of those non-sexy sexual diseases. However, I’m not Prime Minister yet so this doesn’t happen – and do we really want to risk taking people’s word for it?

I’m aware I’ve come across a bit man-hatey in this post, which wasn’t my intention at all. I know they’re not all evil villains whose sole mission in life is to run around putting their willies in things without a condom. I know there are plenty of upstanding gentlemen out there who always carry protection and insist on using it – and to those men, I salute you! But to make up for the other men who aren’t quite as strict or responsible, I think it’s definitely time for girls to take rubber responsibility.

What do you all think on the topic of girls carrying condoms? Do you think we need to start being more responsible?

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