History: Reusable Condoms Used By Our Legends
Happy Hats as some internet users call them, their presence have made life joyous and enjoyable in our streets.
Condoms as they are known, have reduced early pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases at a high percentage in the society.
However, little is known about its historical evolution and revolution in scientific invention.
Ahead of Valentine’s Day, an Asian country – Thailand distributed 95 million condoms to its citizens in preparation to curb STDs and early pregnancies among the youth.
In Kenya, there have been cases concerning the Dawa Mashinani as KEMSA refers since the emerging of COVID-19.
The shortage of the happy hats led to some people start reusing the available happy tools to bit their sexual urges.
Historically, condoms were first used by the Egyptians and Romans back 3000 BC.
The Egyptian coloured – printed condoms are recorded to have been made from goat and sheep intestines as those of the Romans made from “muscle tissues” of death humans.
This has however not yet proven by historians but King Minos of the Egyptians is widely known to have used the old condoms.
Legends have recorded that King Minos’ semens contained serpents and scorpions thus had to use condoms made from goat bladder and sheep intestines.
Other legends say King Minos wife Pesiphae used the legendary condoms to protect her vagina from being attacked by small wild animals walking on the surface like snakes.
This literally referred to sexually transmitted diseases especially syphilis which is an old age STI to have been in existence for centuries.
In the ancient Roman, King Charles 11 after getting upset by the increasing illegitimate number of children around him at the palace, he ordered Doctor Condom to research and help him curb the manase.
Dr. Condom, his real name researched and came up with a sheath made from softened lamb intestines and advised his master to be putting on during sex to avoid impregnanting his mistresses.
Around mid 1800, an American inventor Charles Goodyear discovered the process of vulcanizing natural rubber with sulphur to form more malleable durable and elastic products – condoms.
At the period of invention, Condoms were largely produced and by 1920, latex had revolutionized the condom industry.
Currently, condoms are non-reusable and largely used globally to prevent STDs and early or unwanted pregnancies.
According to Planned Parenthood, US; condoms are 98% effective to prevent pregnancy when correctly used but due to incorrect use, condoms are 87% effective to 13 out of 100 users.
The UN statistics notes that in 2019, 189 million people globally used condoms. This season recorded a new history since annual condom statistics started to be recorded.
Recently, the World Condom Day was celebrated globally on 13th February, an international condom day established by the AIDs Healthcare Foundation US, founded in 1987.
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