![]() ![]() "This is the Energizer of lubes it's a wonderful lube. "It was stinging, stinging, stinging."įrom Womyns' Ware, Liquid Silk made an impression on Michelle, although she did report that it looks like semen. Sarah said she would use Durex's warming lube on her own, but "it burned the heck out of me" during her research with a partner. "It was like I had put on menthol." But Sindy liked its flavour and smell. "I put it on and immediately ran to the shower," Lyndsey remembered. Durex's Tingling lube caused the biggest sensation. Trojan's Elexa "intimacy gel" was passable, according to testers. Lubricants, which the researchers said are a pretty essential part of condom use, got a better reception. "I thought I would feel liberated being the one wearing the condom," Michelle reflected, "but I felt more like I was being prepared for the dentist's office." Womyns' Ware sent the Straight a polyurethane female condom designed for insertion. ![]() The other women agreed, saying the studs were tactile, unlike those of most textured condoms. "It's very thin it feels like nothing," Sindy raved. The notable exception was the classic Beyond 7 studded-the old-school rubber wrapped in a plain, unappealing package. Nothing textured, flavoured, or coloured impressed anyone on the panel. "I don't want something pink or strawberry-scented it negates the experience. "They smelled synthetic, like a Strawberry Shortcake doll," added Rose. I don't think of them as fun," Lyndsey said succinctly, after she diligently tried all the dots, ribs, and studs. Sindy, who also conducts sex-toy parties for the Love Nest (119 East 1st Street, North Vancouver), said both the Durex and Trojan condoms felt thick, and smelled. That said, both big condom companies missed their mark with Elexa and Play, according to the panel. For women to have good condoms in their bedside tables, and taking care of themselves, they need to make more informed choices about buying them." "Guys are usually buying them at a gas station at the last minute. "For me, there's no question you use a condom, and obviously a good one would be more appealing," she said. However, as Sindy noted, they're key to empowering women to enjoy their sexuality safely. But all the testers agreed-Santa is welcome to stuff their stockings with almost any of the products. CONDOM ELEXA FULLInspired, the Straight filled seven goody bags with silicone and latex goodies, and sent the staffers home.Ī sample of what happened: a pet dog chewed up a cock ring another dog leapt four feet in the air, aching to explore the new toys hidden on the top shelf of a closet a particularly intense lube sent three researchers running for the shower to rinse it off everyone had more sex because of the bags full of toys and one staffer still prefers her Oral-B vibrating flosser to any sex toy on the market. If all that's not incentive enough to practise safe sex, perhaps the evolution of condoms could be. Among women, new HIV cases rose from 85 in 2002 to 114 in 2004. ![]() The 457 new HIV cases in Canada in 2004 represent a slight increase. British Columbia is Canada's syphilis capital: since 2000 the rate has almost tripled, to 7.3 cases per 100,000 residents. Gonorrhea incidences spiked 48 percent across the country this year, to 1,013. In 2004, Canadian chlamydia cases climbed about 10 percent over the previous year, to 8,721 women are more than twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with the bacteria, according to the BC Centre for Disease Control. It's an important question from a public-health perspective. The staffers' mission was to answer this question: For a woman, can hetero sex with a condom be better than with no condom at all? Local toy stores Womyns' Ware (896 Commercial Drive) and the Art of Loving (1819 West 5th Avenue) also sent samples. Beyond 7, with no equivalent campaign, sent their usual condoms. At the Straight's request, Trojan and Durex sent their new wares for some not-so-expert product testing in time for stocking-stuffer season. The new condoms, lubricants, creams, cock rings, and vibrators are supposed to be female-friendly, geared to add sizzle to contraception and disease prevention. That's the attitude the two big condom companies are tackling with their new product lines, Elexa and Play, both of which showed up in Canadian drugstores this year. "Putting them on, taking them off, seeing them in the alley. ![]() So she, along with six other Straight staff, felt a little cynical about Trojan's and Durex's new marketing schemes to sell safe sex to women. Georgia Straight staffer Sarah is generally disgusted by the whole concept of condoms. ![]()
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