Find the Best Condom Size and Save Your Sex Life
It's simpler than you may think. If you or your partner
really dislike condoms, it's likely that finding the right condom size
will dramatically improve your sex life.
While the concept of
correct condom size is rarely taught in schools, it is the most critical
factor to both increasing your safety -- and your pleasure with
condoms.
Just as you wouldn't wear the wrong size shoe and just as
you may fully understand the subtlety of a perfect fitting bra, a
well-fitting condom will take your (and your partner's) mind off of the
condom and on to giving and receiving pleasure.
How to determine the best condom size for you or your partner.
First, you need to know that condoms are available in three basic sizes.
If
you have ever had a partner where the condom slipped around, or even
came off inside of you (and yes, that does happen) -- that partner
probably should switch to using a smaller than standard condom.
While there is a lot of stigma around smaller penis size, I'd like to clarify that ongoing international research
by Lucky Bloke of over 3,500 participants in 28 countries indicates
that 35% of men require a smaller than "average" condom. (And by
"average," I only mean what is most available in conventional retail
stores.) Thirty-five percent is a rather large "minority," don't you
think?
Especially when you recognize that on the other end of
the penis size spectrum, also according to Lucky Bloke's survey, only
15% of men actually require a larger than standard condom. If your
partner has a history of broken condoms and serious discomfort when it
comes to wearing condoms, he has likely been wearing condoms that are
too small for him.
If only more men understood that one out of
three men likely requires a small condom, and about one out of seven men
require a larger condom, we might begin to witness a critical shift in
male body image insecurities. (You'll find this topic is well-covered in
"Smaller Package, Better Lover?")
Now,
let's get back to our previous footwear and bra analogies. Once you
have a general idea on what condom size you need to buy, there are
subtleties to pay attention to. Just as one shoe rubs your heel and some
bras, even in your correct size, are more comfortable than others,
condom quality is often the next step in ensuring better sex with
condoms. As in so many things, with condoms, you get what you pay for.
Free
condoms are generally lackluster, and splurging an extra dollar or two
will generally, greatly improve your pleasure. (Yes, we are only talking
a few dollars separating you from mediocre to truly fantastic safer
sex.)
My best advice (once you've determined the best size to use)
to those committed to improving their sex with condoms is to get ready
to explore a variety of condoms. Yes, your homework assignment is to
have more sex. But before you think you need to run out and invest in
procuring a plethora of condom boxes, I'd like to save you time and
money with an important suggestion.
Premium condom samplers
provide an inexpensive way to begin your detective work. You'll get a
great condom variety and not have to buy numerous boxes to find the
condoms that work best for you and your partner. Another benefit? When
you have a sampler and you find that one of the condoms isn't so great,
simply stop and switch to another.
Declare your days of suffering through mediocre condoms officially over.