{"id":3622,"date":"2010-05-23T02:48:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T10:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/?p=3622"},"modified":"2010-05-23T05:33:22","modified_gmt":"2010-05-23T13:33:22","slug":"and-hed-know-better-if-he-needed-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/?p=3622","title":{"rendered":"And He'd Know Better if He Needed One"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 1em ; padding-bottom: 0 ;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/05\/20\/AR2010052003980.html\"><q>D.C. to begin using more-expensive Trojan condoms in HIV prevention program<\/q> by Tim Craig of <cite>the Washington Post<\/cite>, 21 May 2010<\/a> <blockquote style=\"font-size: smaller ;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">&#91;&#8230;&#93;<\/span> D.C. officials have decided to stock up on Trojan condoms, including <u>the company's super-size Magnum variety<\/u> <span style=\"font-style: italic ;\">&#91;&#8230;&#93;<\/span><\/blockquote><\/div> <p>(Underscore mine.) Actually, the Magnum&reg; variety is <em>not<\/em> super-sized.  It is not much different in size from various other condoms.  It is simply marketed in a manner that yields an <em>impression<\/em> of being super-sized to those who don't actually <em>check the facts<\/em> &mdash; such as journalists.  An ordinary-sized Trojan condom is 5<em>2<\/em><abbr title=\"millimeter\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">mm<\/abbr> wide and 200<abbr title=\"millimeter\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">mm<\/abbr> long; the Magnum&reg; is 5<em>4<\/em><abbr title=\"millimeter\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">mm<\/abbr> wide at the base, widening to 60<abbr title=\"millimeter\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">mm<\/abbr> at the head, and 205<abbr title=\"millimeter\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">mm<\/abbr> long. (The Magnum&reg; XL differs in that it widens to 65<abbr title=\"millimeter\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">mm<\/abbr> at the head.)<\/p> <p>(The Durex&reg; Avanti&trade;, on the other hand, has a width of 64<abbr title=\"millimeter\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">mm<\/abbr> along its length.  It is, however, only 180<abbr title=\"millimeter\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">mm<\/abbr> long, which might be of concern if the condom is being used to prevent the transmission of disease and the anatomies of the sexual partners allow penetration to a greater depth.)<\/p> <p>When the subject of condom size is raised, many women and various men with small penes make the point that condoms <em>stretch<\/em>, so that a regular-size condom <em>can<\/em> be put on a larger penis.  Indeed, but elastic substances produce greater <em>counter-force<\/em> when stretched farther.  The fact that someone might be able to fit a <em>spring<\/em> around his-or-her cranium (as occasionally condoms are stretched around heads for one reason or another) doesn't mean that one can <em>comfortably<\/em> wear that spring around one's penis.  So larger condoms are quite appropriate for some men.<\/p> <p>But, with the Magnum&reg;, Trojan is selling a mere 0.08<abbr title=\"inch\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">in<\/abbr> in additional width, just 0.2<abbr title=\"inch\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">in<\/abbr> in extra length, and fantasy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"D.C. to begin using more-expensive Trojan condoms in HIV prevention program by Tim Craig of the Washington Post, 21 May 2010 &#91;&#8230;&#93; D.C. officials have decided to stock up on Trojan condoms, including the company's super-size Magnum variety &#91;&#8230;&#93; (Underscore mine.) Actually, the Magnum&reg; variety is not super-sized. 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