Jacob Wallman
8A
Ms Medenica
4/26/12
Development of the Condom
The condom is one if not the oldest safe sex tool
to reduce the chance of un-wanted pregnancies and can prevent getting some of
the STI’s. There are many different types of condoms there are male and female
condoms both help the same cause.
The oldest record we have for the
first condoms was around 1000B.C by the Egyptians they were made to protect
from STI’s. In the 15th
century the Chinese made glands condom which covered the top of the penis these
were made of oiled silk paper or lamb intestines. They were only none by the upper class. Later Dutch traders later brought leather
condoms into Japan these ones were different because the covered the entire penis.
They were not used as much due to lack of sensation and expense, but in the 18th
century it became more widely spread throughout Russia most of Europe and
America. They were pretty much only used
by upper and middle class because of expense and lack of sexual education. In the early 19th century condoms
were introduced to the poor because the higher classes preferred other methods
of birth control. Condoms were first
made not to control unwanted pregnancy but to stop STI’s from infecting there
partner. Because In some areas it was illegal to buy or sell condoms there were
articles telling you how to make them at home in newspapers and magazines.
During WWI military’s promoted the use
of condoms to prevent infections from sexual intercourse so that the soldiers
would stay longer in battle. A new
creation is the spray-on condom which was made in 2006 but several reasons it
wasn’t been released to the market is because it takes a minute for the latex
to dry. Also the device is somewhat scary and some of the volunteers were
scared to put their penis into the device.
It also doesn’t make a reservoir tip because it use’s you penis as a
mold which is good for a man with an unusually sized penis or with a oddly
shaped penis.
Condoms have been made of many
different things over the years like animal skins/intestines and other parts,
silk-paper, and latex but the a bad part about the natural ones like animal
skins was that the sperm couldn’t get through but STD/I’s could because they
were so much smaller and could go through the pores of the skins. Also they would change in cold weather they
would harden and become stiff instead being elastic and when it was hot they
would go soft and mushy. Now a day’s there
are many different types of condoms like flavored or different textured they
also have eatable ones! They have many different
sizes and you can get spray one ones which mold to the size of your penis.
They condom was been around for 3000 years and
during this time they have improved it like by making it out of rubber and then
latex also making lube so that the friction wouldn’t tear it. If they wouldn’t have
made other ways to improve it we would probably still have sheep skin condoms.
The only problem is now a day’s people aren’t making them safer and more reliable
but more pleasurable. By adding flavors or different textures to it.
They
are not always reliable because they could rip, break or when you taking it off
it could spill. The condom fail rate in preventing teen pregnancies is 17%.Condoms reduce the risk of HIV
transmission by approximately 85 percent if they are used 100 percent of the
time during vaginal sex. Condoms can lower the risk of HPV, if used during the entire
time and if they are used correctly. This is why it is so important to teach
sexually education. Condoms may also lower the risk of developing HPV-related
diseases, such as genital warts and cervical cancer. But HPV can infect areas
that are not covered by a condom so condoms do not fully protect
against HPV. Condoms reduce the risk of the transmission of sexually
transmitted infections they cannot eliminate all of the risks.
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