Condoms: All the cool kids are Doing It

Alright, so I submitted an article to my school newspaper about condoms and their beauty, and it was very well received... at least by the people I spoke with who read it, and me.

So I have decided that since it is not in like Cosmo or elsewhere easily accessible to people NOT at UBC Okanagan campus, I am going to post it here... like a wonderful person.

Enjoy <3

The Good, the Bad, and the Sexual
Condoms: All the cool kids are doing it

You know what is so great about university? Condoms. Not just condoms, but the friendly, open atmosphere surrounding vaginas and the like. Some people can be really uptight when it comes to sex. When I was a kid, I thought sex was a swear word. Hilarious. Now, I say it hourly (mainly because of my research, but sometimes just for fun on the streets to make people turn their heads in shock). I’m just a regular sexuality enthusiast preaching the idea of safe sex and sex-positive education. You know why? Because sex is inevitable. You are a sexual being. I am a sexual being. Let us embrace this similarity by rejoicing in the existence of condoms: nature’s way of saying “worry less about chlamydia”.

I am here to tell you that condoms are “in”. All the cool kids are wearing them! Like baggy pants and fashionable belts, condoms are just hip.



There are a plethora of cons associated with unsafe sex. In this day and age, there are condoms everywhere (especially on a university campus), so there really is no excuse for gonorrhea. Did you know that the birth control pill, although acting as a satisfactory baby repellant, actually increases the risk of STIs? WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY?! A great way to keep the sperm at a distance, but the pill needs a helping hand in keeping the STIs from coming out to play.
My motto: If you want to get on him, use a condom. (I love things that rhyme). If Dr. Seuss said this, kids would NEVER have unprotected sex. One day, I hope to be as famous as Dr. Seuss. Green Eggs and Ham? A classic. Green Eggs and Condoms? Next best seller. Wait for it.

I’m a big fan of condoms. So simple. So compact. So effective. I often walk the streets throwing them at teenagers who look ‘excited’. Go to the health centre right now and grab yourself a condom. Keep it on your kitchen table like a centrepiece to entertain (freak out) guests. You do not have to be a sexually active person to appreciate condoms. Give them as gifts! Don’t have any stamps and want something to collect? You read my mind: condoms!
Multipurpose. Decorate your Christmas tree. Have yourself a sexually safe Christmas!

Keep yourself protected. There’s no excuse not to. Safety first! Think of it like wearing a seatbelt in a car. Necessary.

Sarah’s words of wisdom:

People often complain that having to stop in the middle of foreplay to grab a condom is unromantic and takes the spontaneous component out of sex. Spontaneity? Please! Here’s an idea: Keep the foreplay going by talking dirty whilst your guy fumbles through his sock drawer for some contraceptive! Patience is a virtue. If you think you are mature enough to have sex, you are definitely mature enough to wait 15 seconds for the unwrapping of a condom. It’s like unwrapping a present, and who doesn’t like presents? Condoms are beautiful. Use them, and use them wisely.

So here’s the deal:
The good: condoms
The bad: chlamydia
The sexual: STI-free sex with a condom!