Sex Education
Delay Spray Side Effects: What to Expect and How to Avoid Them
Most delay spray side effects come from the numbing agent, not the spray itself. Anaesthetic sprays containing lidocaine, prilocaine or benzocaine can cause genital numbness, reduced sensation, skin irritation and difficulty keeping an erection, and they can transfer to a...
Best Ribbed Condoms UK: Which Textures Actually Make a Difference
Before you spend any time choosing between ridges and dots, there's a fair question worth asking: do those textures actually do anything, or is it clever packaging? Plenty of people are quietly sceptical. One popular review of Durex Extra Dots...
Oral With Condoms: Everything You Need To Know
Yes, you can get an STI from oral sex, and using a condom or a dental dam substantially reduces that risk. Herpes and gonorrhoea are the infections most commonly passed on this way, but chlamydia, HPV, syphilis and HIV can...
Why are Condoms Flavoured? A Guide to Flavoured Condoms
Condoms are flavoured to make oral sex more pleasant by masking the taste and smell of latex, which many people dislike. The flavouring sits in the lubricant on the outside of the condom, usually a glycerin base with a sweetener...
Can Condoms Cause Yeast Infections?
If you keep getting thrush after sex, it is natural to wonder whether condoms are behind it. Condoms themselves do not cause yeast infections. What can is what gets added to them: spermicide, flavourings and some lubricant ingredients can all...
Durex vs Trojan: Which Condom is Best for You?
Durex and Trojan are the two names most people can bring to mind when they think about condoms, and the question of which one is better has been asked for decades. There is a straight answer, and it is probably...
How Long Do Condoms Last? Why Do They Expire?
Condoms have a shelf life, and most people never think about it until they find an old box in a drawer and have to decide whether it's still any good. How Long Do Condoms Last? A latex condom lasts five...
Can You Get Pregnant With A Condom?
Yes, but it is unlikely if the condom is used correctly. Male condoms are around 98% effective with perfect use, meaning 2 in 100 couples would have an unplanned pregnancy over a year. With typical use that falls to about...
Why Are Condoms Called Johnnies?
Condoms have picked up a lot of nicknames over the centuries - johnnies, french letters, rubbers, sheaths. Each one has a story behind it, and most of those stories stretch back further than you'd expect. The most widely cited explanation...
