Maybe It's All That Yoga

by L. J. Williamson

Ethnic joke writers, take note. Usually, stories about size and ethnicity don't have research to back them up, but this one's on the level. In a story carried by Reuters and other news services, the Indian Council of Medical Research found 60 percent of men in Mumbai had penises at least 2.4 centimeters (one inch) shorter than international condom sizes. Compounding the risk of HIV transmission, it was reported that "Many men in India, which has the world's highest HIV positive caseload, were too shy to ask for condoms." The Times of India headline, "Indian Men Don't Measure Up" might make them shyer still.

Ill-fitting condoms contribute to a higher failure rate, so the problem is a serious one. Proposed solutions are more condom vending machines and greater availability of a range of sizes.

| 12/26/06 | Love and Sex