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Condoms 'too big' for Indian men
By Damian Grammaticus
BBC News, Delhi


A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men.

The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises that were shorter than international standards for condoms.

It has led to a call for condoms of mixed sizes to be made more widely available in India.

The two-year study was carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research.

Over 1,200 volunteers from the length and breadth of the country had their penises measured precisely, down to the last millimetre.

The scientists even checked their sample was representative of India as a whole in terms of class, religion and urban and rural dwellers.

The conclusion of all this scientific endeavour is that about 60% of Indian men have penises which are between three and five centimetres shorter than international standards used in condom manufacture.

Doctor Chander Puri, a specialist in reproductive health at the Indian Council of Medical Research, told the BBC there was an obvious need in India for custom-made condoms, as most of those currently on sale are too large.

The issue is serious because about one in every five times a condom is used in India it either falls off or tears, an extremely high failure rate.

And the country already has the highest number of HIV infections of any nation.

'Not a problem'

Mr Puri said that since Indians would be embarrassed about going to a chemist to ask for smaller condoms there should be vending machines dispensing different sizes all around the country.

"Smaller condoms are on sale in India. But there is a lack of awareness that different sizes are available. There is anxiety talking about the issue. And normally one feels shy to go to a chemist's shop and ask for a smaller size condom."

But Indian men need not be concerned about measuring up internationally according to Sunil Mehra, the former editor of the Indian version of the men's magazine Maxim.

"It's not size, it's what you do with it that matters," he said.

"From our population, the evidence is Indians are doing pretty well.

"With apologies to the poet Alexander Pope, you could say, for inches and centimetres, let fools contend."

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[Beau]

It sounds to me as if they may want to start heating the water before taking showers.

Coincidentally, I believe India also just announced a new national symbol. I am told it is "pretty hard to see with the naked eye", but that they refer to it as the "Angry Inch".

[Jayhawkk]

I didn't know I was part Indian.

[thesinner]

And to think the asians have been taking the heat on this stereotype, when it was the indians this whole time.

[Beelzebub]

Originally Posted by Jayhawkk

I didn't know I was part Indian.

bastard. stole my idea.

<-------half indian

[yeahright]

This is just bad in so many ways....if I hadn't read it on the BBC website I'd think it was an article from The Onion.

[bpmartyr]

Thank god. I've been getting my inchie bitty condoms custom made from Crowler. Or maybe they were from his personal stock? What a guy! Thanks Crowl 'ol boy!

[DazzlinJack]

well, ya know, what's size anyway. i mean, lesbians don't even have anything down there and they still love each other so! take this news article with a grain of salt.

[somewhatgifted]

I got three magnums the gun the car and the rubber. L.B

[Iron Warrior]

Originally Posted by DazzlinJack

well, ya know, what's size anyway. i mean, lesbians don't even have anything down there and they still love each other so! take this news article with a grain of salt.

But you should see the size of those dildos the lesbians use LOL. I guess if you got like 3 inches then you better know how to use them and you better know how to find the clit