![]() The scientists even checked their sample was representative of India as a whole in terms of class, religion and urban and rural dwellers. Over 1,200 volunteers from the length and breadth of the country had their penises measured precisely, down to the last millimetre. The two-year study was carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research. It has led to a call for condoms of mixed sizes to be made more widely available in India. The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises that were shorter than international standards for condoms. I don’t see the reason for using them with my wife.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. ODONG, 60: Condoms for what? Those are for young people. RONNIE, 26: How can I use condoms with my girlfriend of six years? We trust each other and every year we go for blood tests. I know my faith does not recommend it but I don’t want to get infections. I don’t like condoms I won’t wear them even if my wife asks me to.ĪBDU KARIM OKIA, 26: I use condoms. Before I marry, we shall go for a blood test. JOSEPH KYOBE, 20, STUDENT: I am saved and abstaining. PASTOR NACKLET ABARAK, 56, GRACE BIBLE CHURCH:įaithful, so I see no need of using a condom with my wife. If I don’t trust a woman, I wear a condom. Since we always go for HIV tests, I don’t wear a condom with my wife. Right now my girlfriend and I need that protection against pregnancy and AIDS.We have to stay alive to enjoy our money. SOLOMON KATEREGGA, 24, BODABODA CYCLIST: I use them to protect myself from AIDS and STDs. Dr 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. However, there have been calls for a more varying range of condom sizes for both comfort and health issues. Like Madraa says: “How can a condom that can hold a jerrycan of water be too small?†Well endowed men may not feel much of the pinch this standardisation brings because of the elasticity of the condom. In effect, the penis on which the condom is to be used, should fit within the same measurements. USAID buys condoms between 47 and 54mm wide and between 16 and 17cm long. The World Health Organisation specifies that condoms be between 47 and 55mm wide and between 17 and 18cm long. ![]() Indeed, the major condom buyers worldwide even set the sizes for the condoms they buy. Yet the condom manufacturing industry seems to favour the ‘one size fit all’ school of thought. Medical studies have also shown that men do have preference in condoms of varying sizes. He said given a choice, many men would prefer condoms smaller than the standard minimum 16.002cm long, with more than half ordering those less than 13.004cm. In October last year, during an experts’ conference on condom sizes and standards, an American entrepreneur, Frank Sadlo, whose company makes custom-fit condoms, assured the experts that size matters. The issue of condom size and whether or not one size fits all is one that raises considerable international debate. “Ever since I came to the programme in 1993, there have been such complaints but they are not true,†says Elizabeth Madraa, the Programme Director of the AIDS Control Programme. It is a complaint that health ministry officials believe is unfounded. In 2003, fishermen at Kasenyi landing site raised debate across the nation when they cited the small size of condoms as one of the reasons they do not use them. In contrast, here in Uganda, we have heard of men complaining that the condoms are too small. 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,†reported the BBC. €œOver 1,200 volunteers from the length and breadth of the country had their penises measured precisely, down to the last millimetre. Results of a survey of more than 1,000 men in India released last week tickled the world with the conclusion that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men.
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