It is interesting :: First records of preservation means such a condom date from Ancient Egypt, where condoms were made of animal skin. Nowadays there is a great variety of condoms, which differ in color, texture and smell. | | Masturbation and the attitude :: of some Americans to it roots in history. There exist many evidences proving that just few centuries ago some parents thought the masturbation is a sin or leads to man diseases. They compelled their daughters to wear gloves made of special material called steel wool (like scourers) at night. In addition, they forced them to pour a powder on genitals that made all touches to them very painful. The boys were forced to wear at night metal chastity belts. Of course, the erection is such "clothes" was also painful. Sometimes their methods were very brutal, they new no bounds. To prevent masturbation they pieced the foreskin of their sons with a wire and soldered the ends. Thus the foreskin didn't move. Parents really believed masturbation leads to madness, illness, blindness, impotence and sexual pathologies. In our days it was already proved that it's not true. | | The only lubricant you can :: use with latex condoms is water-based lubricant. Oil-based lubricants have oil in them that reacts with latex. Knowing ingredients is important to determine if you will have a bad reaction to a water based lubricant. There three types of ingredients people are most likely to react to: Preservatives and antiseptics. These are the ingredients which long names end with -parabens. People can and do react to these, and increased exposure to them increases the allergic reaction. Paraben-free water based lubricants include: Probe, Hathor Aphrodisia Glycerin. Many educated sex stores tell their customers who are prone to yeast infections to avoid lubricants with glycerin. While research hasn't been done on this yet, glycerin, is very sweet, and that sweetness could feed the yeast that is naturally occurring in a healthy vaginal canal. Glycerin-free water based lubricants include: Liquid Silk , Maximus. |
