There's just something about major sporting events that makes people wanna do it. Exhibit A: The brisk sales of (unofficial!) special edition World Cup condoms, which are Brazilian green and yellow and taste like a Caipirinha, the country's national cocktail. » 6/18/14 12:20pm 6/18/14 12:20pm

The CEO of condom company LuckyBloke is raising a fuss, after she tried to participate in Twitter's ad program and was rejected. Apparently, she'd run afoul of the company's "adult sexual products and services policy." Now she's rallying fans and calling on Twitter to adopt more liberal advertising policies. » 6/04/14 4:30pm 6/04/14 4:30pm

Researchers at Indiana University are working on a new female condom, designed to be easier to use. » 6/04/14 10:00am 6/04/14 10:00am

On Tuesday, a bill requiring actors in pornographic films to wear condoms passed the California Assembly.
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It’s tough to promote safe sex while also instructing police to confiscate individuals' condoms as evidence that they're sex workers, but New York City has finally figured that out. Almost. » 5/13/14 10:20am 5/13/14 10:20am

Condoms are useful, but they're associated less with convenience and more with bros in bars, bodegas and college basement giveaway boxes. Women who carry them often face bullshit pushback. Several companies are attempting to make the old French letter friendlier to the ladies, but the question is whether it'll ever… » 4/08/14 10:40am 4/08/14 10:40am

What do you picture upon hearing the name, "The Cocksman Club"? Is it an exclusive Victorian club for gents who enjoy the company of gents, or perhaps a cheeky society for the discussion of rooster breeding? Wrong on both counts: It's a subscription service for condoms. » 3/04/14 4:20pm 3/04/14 4:20pm

Come May, many drugstores will be carrying a new brand of sustainable male condoms that is being marketed specifically towards a female audience. The prophylactic — called Sustain — is made from non-toxic latex that has been produced on a fair-trade/fair-wage rubber plantation in India, a fact that company founders… » 2/28/14 3:00pm 2/28/14 3:00pm

Get your sex and marijuana fix all at once, thanks to the new weed-flavored condoms, thanks to Cannadom. Their slogan is "Cannadom - The Cannabis Flavoured Condom. Green in colour, and smells and tastes like the real thing!" » 2/25/14 9:25pm 2/25/14 9:25pm

A batch of new Trojan ads are playful and unexpectedly emotional — in a a good way. When was the last time you saw a condom ad and though, awww, sweet? » 1/28/14 1:25pm 1/28/14 1:25pm

A studio that specializes in the making and distribution of man-man sex movies has announced that, thanks to computer magic, the upcoming epic love story California Dreamin' 1 will be the first ever digitally bareback-ified pornographic film. In other words, the actors will shoot using condoms, but the condoms will be… » 1/20/14 1:50pm 1/20/14 1:50pm

Condoms are a cheap, simple solution to a whole host of problems. And yet, trying to talk men worldwide into using them is worse than trying to get a sleeping bag back in its original packaging. Which is why back in March, Bill and Melinda Gates—two cool parents who just want you to know that you can come to them… » 11/21/13 6:40pm 11/21/13 6:40pm

Here's some 90's nostalgia we can all get behind: back in those halcyon days, the condom use of youths was on the rise. A decade ago, condom use amongst 15-19 year-olds reached its peak at around sixty percent. Since then, the rate has stalled; alarmingly, its even declined in certain demographics. Although a study… » 11/12/13 6:20pm 11/12/13 6:20pm

Seriously, dum-dums, how many times do we have to go over this? Condoms do not cause sexy intercourse any more than seat belts cause car accidents. Adding yet another voice to this "conversation," which has seemingly been raging since the invention of penises, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on… » 10/28/13 8:30pm 10/28/13 8:30pm

According to reports coming out of the adult film industry, a second porn performer has tested positive for HIV, prompting the Free Speech Coalition/PASS, a trade organization for the industry, to call for yet another moratorium on all production until further notice. » 9/07/13 12:30pm 9/07/13 12:30pm

As industry wide fights over California's porn condom law rage on, the Free Speech Coalition, a trade organization for the adult film industry, calls for a moratorium on production in light of an actress testing positive for HIV. » 8/25/13 9:30pm 8/25/13 9:30pm

The September issue of Cosmopolitan has a very thorough 12-page guide to contraception, which includes two pages about all the options and their efficacy; two pages dedicated to the Pill and its side effects, and two pages on condoms. In a sidebar on the condom spread, the mag teaches "sexy" ways for a woman to put a… » 8/13/13 4:00pm 8/13/13 4:00pm

If you're gonna get to kids, do it through music. About sex. » 8/12/13 11:10am 8/12/13 11:10am

Adweek has (rightly) praised this spec ad written for Durex, a cautionary, slow-mo montage of fathers having their testicles smashed by careless toddlers set to the Moonlight Sonata. All of this nut violence could have been avoided if these dudes just practiced safe sex and avoided procreation. Humanity has had a… » 8/04/13 12:00pm 8/04/13 12:00pm