As we all know, condoms have a bad reputation. There are two major reasons for our aversion to condoms. Years ago, they tended to be thick, smelled of rubber and tasted terrible. If that wasn’t awful enough, they often broke due to the old-time manufacturing conditions. Times have changed. There are condoms on the market, particularly the Japanese imports, that are thinner, more sensuous and without taste or smell.
Modern day condoms seldom break . . . . “The production tolerance for defective condoms is 0.25 percent. The best estimate of present-day failure rate due to manufacturer’s error is one in every 1,000 good-quality condoms. The shelf life of condoms is