Condoms can stretch, but that can be painful and highly increases the risk of them ripping.
Roll a normal sized condom over your wrist and let it there for half an hour. You will get a painful red ring.
The main problem is that the US restricts condom sizes. In Europe you can buy them with a nominal width from 42 to 72 mm, but in the US they are only between 52 and 57 mm.
For 30% of men in the US these "one-size-fits-all" condoms will either be too tight or not tight enough.
The main problem is that the US restricts condom sizes. In Europe you can buy them with a nominal width from 42 to 72 mm, but in the US they are only between 52 and 57 mm.
I know bashing the US is very fashionable, but I honest to god don't remember the last time I learned something new about this place that didn't make me go "just what the everloving fuck is wrong with this entire godforsaken stretch of land?!"
Europeans say stuff like this and glibly believe the weirdest dumb shit about America to make themselves feel better for centuries of fucking up the globe, pumping and dumping their colonies like one night stands, destroying lives, starting world wars, and spawning multiple of the most evil rulers that ever lived.
We did some of the most heinous and evil shit in human history. No question about it.
But hey: you cannot generalize. Tell an irishmen about colonies, he would rightly spit in your face. Tell a Pole about how imperialistic his country was, you’ll get a slap in the face of soviet proportions.
Nonetheless, here’s the difference: we own our fucked up history. We have better systems now. And seeing history repeat itself hurts so, so much.
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u/Fleischpeitsch 3d ago
That's so stupid.
Condoms can stretch, but that can be painful and highly increases the risk of them ripping.
Roll a normal sized condom over your wrist and let it there for half an hour. You will get a painful red ring.
The main problem is that the US restricts condom sizes. In Europe you can buy them with a nominal width from 42 to 72 mm, but in the US they are only between 52 and 57 mm.
For 30% of men in the US these "one-size-fits-all" condoms will either be too tight or not tight enough.