Condoms Not Always One Size Fits All

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For the most part, condoms are used all over the world. There are varying styles and varying sizes, but some people claim that this doesn't work for everyone. According to a recent survey of over 1,000 men in India, the main brands of condoms simply aren't small enough for most of the men in that country.

Condoms have international standards when it comes to sizes. These standards are followed by all of the companies that are making condoms in order to ensure that they are all the correct size and that people can find the size and type that they need. However, this study was done on men in India and found that more than half of the men were not large enough to fit into the sizes that are the international standards. The study shows that the condoms that are widely available in India simply don't work on the men that are supposed to be using them.

The study has led for most people to call for more different types of condoms and different sizes of condoms to be used in India. The study took two years to complete, and was done by the Indian Council of Medical Research. It was conducted by methods of measuring. More than 1,200 men volunteered for the study. They were measured precisely, even down to the millimeter. This measurement allowed the researchers to compare them to the general and standard sizes of condoms that are available on the market in India.

The study was done in such a way as to ensure that the sample was representative. They used men from all over the spectrum – all of the classes of religion and income were selected, and they also used a sample from all over the country as a whole. They included men who lived in urban areas as well as men who lived in rural areas.

The general conclusion in the study was that sixty percent of the men in India have a penis that is between three and five centimeters too short for the condoms made according to international standards. The call now in India, according to Doctor Chandar Puri, who specializes in reproductive health, is to have condoms that are made especially for Indian men, because most of the condoms that they can currently buy are simply too large for them.

It isn't simply a matter of looking good, however. This is a serious issue because the general assumption is that one time in every five that a condom is used in India, it falls off or breaks. This leads to a very high failure rate of condoms, which are supposed to be extremely good at preventing things like unwanted pregnancy and disease. In a country that already has one of the highest HIV rates – condoms that are too big don't add anything to the push for protection. There need to be condoms that fit the men who are using them. This is the best way to allow these men and the women that they are having sex with, to protect themselves against anything that they do not want.

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