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NIH Spends $400K To Figure Out Why Men Don't Like Condoms

The National Institutes of Health has given $423,500 to researchers at Indiana University's Kinsey Institute to figure out why men don't like to wear condoms. The institute will also study why men have trouble using condoms and investigate "penile erection and sensitivity during condom application." "The project aims to understand the relationship between condom application and loss of erections and decreased sensation, including the role of condom skills and performance anxiety, and to find new ways to improve condom use among those who experience such problems," reads the abstract from Drs. Erick Janssen and Stephanie Sanders, both of the Kinsey Institute.

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  1. Are you serious? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's because all men secretly want to pay child support.

    1. Re:Are you serious? by snowraver1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I didn't know my wife trolled slashdot...

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  2. Because.... by Mortiss · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because it feels like picking your nose while wearing a latex glove....?

    I will take that $400k now, thanks.

  3. Re:Easy Answer by Divebus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I could have answered that question for half of what they paid.

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  4. it interrupts the flow of things and so by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    it can make your dick go limp

    its the same as being in a sexually arousing situation and suddenly being asked to fill out form 1040A and pay your taxes right now

    (with apologies to all of the IRS fetishists)

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    1. Re:it interrupts the flow of things and so by jfengel · · Score: 5, Funny

      its the same as being in a sexually arousing situation and suddenly being asked to fill out form 1040A and pay your taxes right now

      Are you really, really bad at putting on a condom, or are you really, really good at filling out your taxes?

  5. Stimulus (spending) by TopSpin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stimulus....package

    Too easy. (not hard?)

    STOP NOW!

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  6. Re:Vasectomy by Falconhell · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeh there nothing like a stable relationship to
    stop you from having sex.

    Oh wait you meant using a condom.

  7. Because they are a con by zmollusc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Condoms are the biggest con around. You have to buy them in a three pack, you use one to test for fit, then you notice they have a use-by date only four years away!!

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    1. Re:Because they are a con by Elitist_Phoenix · · Score: 5, Funny

      Condoms are the biggest con around. You have to buy them in a three pack, you use one to test for fit, then you notice they have a use-by date only four years away!!

      It called the "hooker pack". One to test, two to double bag it.

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  8. Geeks all over the US can finally say by Freaky+Spook · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Come on baby, it's for science!"

  9. No... by RichardJenkins · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two reasons: 1. I'm too drunk to know better 2. I'm usually by myself

  10. Re:Easy Answer by Klistvud · · Score: 4, Funny

    $423,500? They must be joking. They'll never get any firm results unless they come up with some hard, pulsating cash.

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  11. Re:I'd think it was obvious to any man by Elitist_Phoenix · · Score: 5, Funny

    The cause of and solution to all of life's problems... alcohol!
    Smell - Keep drinking
    Spontaneity - If you and her are sufficiently boosed, no biggy... hell even feel free to miss the hole a couple of times.
    Sensitivity - If shes boosed, means you can pound harder.
    Can't find one? - Douche her with it later (really sorry about this one)
    Disgusting to take off and dispose of? - Drink more and then you'll be playing the awesome game of seeing how many you can get to stick to the hotel ceiling!
    Stds - Either drench if it 95% straight afterwards and if that didn't work start drinking to forget about the AIDS.

    Then for later on in life or after the mistake:
    Children - Drink more it'll numb the pain.

    This Post was sponsored by Duff beer... Ohh yeah!!

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  12. Easy solution. by B5_geek · · Score: 4, Funny

    I discovered that housepaint is made from latex. Condoms are made from latex.

    Now I keep a can of Sears Weather-beater next to my bed.

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  13. And this is how this happened... by mauthbaux · · Score: 4, Funny

    from Drs. Erick Janssen and Stephanie Sanders, both of the Kinsey Institute.

    Erick: Hey Steph, I'll give you $100,000.00 if you sleep with me a few times.
    Stephanie: How many times is a few?
    Erick: Until we reach statistical significance.
    Steph: Cash?
    Erick: Sure.

    Two weeks later, Erick pockets the other 300 Grand.

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  14. Re:I'd think it was obvious to any man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They smell bad, they distract from the spontenaity of the moment, they decrease sensitivity, they're never handy at the moment you want them, they're disgusting to take off, they're awkward to dispose of.

    That's no way to talk about women. Maybe that's your problem.

  15. Re:Perhaps by meta-monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Confucius say, "if it floats, flies or fucks, it's cheaper to rent."

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  16. Re:Here it is for 5c by Penguinshit · · Score: 4, Funny

    They BOTH had bags over their heads...

  17. Re:Here it is for 5c by 4D6963 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Aside from the finding that circumcising heterosexual men reduces the risk of HIV

    In another study (sorry can't find the link) they found that if you remove the entire penis, then risks of HIV infection drop even more dramatically!

    I say, let's emasculate babies at birth!

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  18. Re:Government by fbjon · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, you're promoting childbirth to reduce starvation? Interesting.

    Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fuck, he'll eat for a lifetime.

    It's a modest proposal.

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