Condom Club Video
Transcript
Welcome to condom club, we're glad you're joining. We're going to be your demonstrators today and we're going to go over how to properly use a condom, what benefits you get being a member of the condom club, why you should use condoms, the free stuff you get, and how you can use it, and other potential services you can use that the Student Wellness Center offers.
These are the Condom Club procedures. With your condom club purchases, you can pay with your Buck ID and you can pay for it with cash. When you use your Buck ID to purchase the card, it shows up just as a RPAC fee, so your parents or anyone paying your fees or putting money on your card they won't know you purchased condoms with it. We offer polyurethane and latex condoms. Also we have flavored condoms and we offer oral barriers such as the dental dams, we have other latex barriers such as latex gloves and finger cots. We also offer lubricants, the lubricants we offer are non petroleum lubricants so we do not offer petroleum-based products. We have the silicone-based lubricants and water-based lubricants. The lubricants, you can either get them flavored or unflavored.
As you've heard, we give away free dental dams. You can get 2 per day and we give away free finger cots, you can get a bag per day and you can get 2 latex gloves every single day, just by coming in and showing your Condom Club card (they come in different colors - it may be cream, it may be green, it may be blue, you'll just have to find out).
So far as dental dams go, it's just a latex sheet. They are flavored, to be used for oral-anal or oral-vaginal sex. You just want to place it up against your partner; you don't want to stretch it out as it increases the pore space; you don't want to switch from one surface to another and you don't want to switch side-to-side or partner-to-partner as that's all cross contamination sort of defeating the point of using it in the first place. Use once and get rid of it. If you get confused, there are directions on the back of the package. If you don't have a dental dam and would like a barrier for oral sex, you can use (plastic) wrap, we recommend non-microwavable because it's less porous. You can also cut up a glove that we give you. Just cut a rectangle into it or you can cut the top off of a condom and cut it lengthwise, open it up and you have a nice latex rectangle.
And then we have finger cots and latex gloves that can be used for digital sex on a smaller and larger scale. The finger cots are just little mini condoms for your fingers. Roll on, use as necessary, roll off and discard. As these are all latex products, if you or your partner has a latex allergy, don't use them. We do offer polyurethane condoms, they are equally effective as latex condoms.
The other thing we mentioned we offer is free lubricant, both flavored and non. So flavored lube, here's mint, we have peach, chocolate raspberry, vanilla, banana, tantalizing tangerine, kiwi strawberry, a whole assortment of them. We also have non-flavored lubricant. The non-flavored lubricant can be used for anything, flavored should only be used for oral sex because the extra chemicals can be an irritant with penetration. That also goes for the flavored condoms that we offer.
Here's Mr. Woody, campus favorite. Here's a condom. We want to make sure you know the proper steps of using a condom. First thing for any sort of sexual interaction - get consent. You have to know that you and your partner are both interested in pursuing whatever it is that's on your minds. Then once you have your condom, you want to make sure it's still good. So, to make sure it's good, one, there's an expiration date on the back; two, there should be an air pocket. The pocket lets you know that the vacuum seal it has from the company is still good, that the package hasn't been compromised in any way. If there isn't a bubble, get rid of it. The third way is you're going to do a visual inspection once you open it up. So, to open it properly you want to take the edge of the condom and slide it into the middle and you just tear down the side, careful of nails and rings, no macho using the teeth and just rip down. A condom only rolls on one way, if you start to put it on the wrong way it's not going to roll down. Don't flip it over and put it on because the pre-ejaculatory fluid contains sperm and any potential diseases you would be exposing to your partner so, you would get another one. To put it on properly, you would want to go ahead and pinch the reservoir tip and put it on the tip of an erect penis and just roll down to the base. You want to make sure you pinch the reservoir tip to have a little room to catch the ejaculate, but the pinching of the reservoir tip is really important otherwise you're going to have a big air bubble that will pop upon penetration. So, after ejaculation, the male should withdrawal from his partner and turn away. Don't wait awhile, because after ejaculation the erection will go down and fluid can leak around the edges. Make sure you hold the base so the condom doesn't fall off and turn away to remove it and just slide it off. What do you do with a used condom? Trash it. Don't flush a condom; they are not water soluble, therefore, it can get caught in that little "u" of your pipe and the more frequently you flush the higher risk... calling a plumber out to dig condoms out of your toilet is awkward and it's expensive, so just don't do it. Just roll it up in tissue paper, trash it, and wash your hands.
We don't offer any oil-based lubricant, like you heard before. That is because oil breaks down latex. So, if you or your partner is interested in using any food products, no chocolate sauce or whipped cream if it's going to be coming in contact with a latex product. If you want to use food products, we can recommend honey or seedless jam or jelly.
It's also important to know the proper place to store condoms. It's important to store them in a cool, dry place, not in a wallet or purse (overnight is alright, but not for extended periods of time). It's also important to remember not to store them in cars or in places that can have direct heat that will reduce the efficacy of the condom. Speaking of the efficacy of condoms, it's important when you're looking to use a condom to prevent pregnancy to consider 2 major factors: typical condom use and perfect condom use. These two differ in that typical condom use is not using it perfectly correctly, however, perfect condom use is going by the strict protocol on how exactly to use a condom as described. With perfect use and with typical use the efficacy of condoms changes. With perfect use, male condoms are 98% effective; however with typical use that efficacy reduces to 85%. So there is a big difference and it is very important that you know how to use a condom perfectly and to use them perfectly every single time. In a 2006 OSU study, they surveyed OSU students that have been participating in vaginal sex and over 48.8% of the students reported that they did use male condoms during sex. So, that's about half of the students that are engaging in vaginal sexual activities. So, as you can see condoms are a very popular means of preventing pregnancy, so that makes it even more so important that they're used perfectly, 100% of the time.
It's important to know that condoms only protect the area that they cover. So, you could still have the possibility of getting herpes, genital warts, and other STIs because these can be found at the base of the penis and on other areas the condom does not fully cover (i.e. partner's body). Also, a majority of people that have STIs are asymptomatic, meaning that they do not show any visible symptoms of having any illness or any kind of infection. Because of that it's important to know your partners sexual history and to get tested at regular intervals. Lucky for you we do free and anonymous HIV Testing here (Student Wellness). It's a very quick, easy procedure; it's a quick oral swab of the gum line and you receive the results in 20-40 minutes. You can call or come in and make an appointment; you receive an identifying 4-digit number that identifies you and your test. You come back in at the time of your appointment and you'll receive your results (at the end). You can refer to the Columbus Public Health or Planned Parenthood for other STI testing - price range is based on income and other factors (i.e. insurance).
There's also an important method we did not discuss as far as contraception goes and that's the pull-out method or the withdrawal method. This is when the male withdrawals or pulls out prior to ejaculation. Unfortunately, this method requires a ton of self-control and is rarely done 100% perfectly. Pre-ejaculate or pre-cum, which can appear at the tip of the penis also contains millions of sperm and so this is a likely possibility of impregnanting your partner. There's also no way for a man to determine how soon or how close to ejaculation that this pre-cum or pre-ejaculate will appear. It's very important to know that the efficiency and effectiveness of the withdrawal method is very, very low and once again, it does take tons of control and it doesn't count for the pre-cum that appears at the tip of the penis. In fact, for exact numbers, it's only about 73% effective, so, that's very important to keep in mind and to use proper protection when you engage in any kind of sexual activity.
As we mentioned, consent is the most important thing when you and your partner decide to engage in any sort of sexual activity, however when under the influence of alcohol, people are less likely to use barriers and if they do use barriers they are less likely to use them effectively. As we had mentioned, typical use versus perfect use, the efficiency and effectiveness of the condom reduces greatly. So, that should be definitely kept in mind when under the influence. It's also important to know that you cannot give consent if you're under the influence of alcohol or any other drugs in the state of Ohio.
Thank you for watching the demonstration, please take time out to go up front and take the quiz at the front desk.