http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/taxonomy/term/545 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/487 The female condom has kind of been like the Betamax of safer sex. Despite its debut being heralded with a lot of hype and hopes, it never caught on, either in the United States or elsewhere. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/health/13cond.html?_r=1&amp;ref=health&amp;oref=slogin" id="agdt" target="_blank" title="Now the makers have redesigned it">Now the makers have redesigned it</a>, hoping that it&#39;ll live up to its potential the second time around. I do know women who like the female condom: at least two have told me that they didn&#39;t like using it unless they were serious about a guy, because it felt much more intimate than a regular condom. But no matter what they do with the shape and design, I don&#39;t think that the female condom&#39;s ever going to become competitive unless they can do something about the price, which has always been up around $4 per female condom as opposed to .50 to $1.00 for the old-fashioned kind.<br /> <p><a href="http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/487">read more</a></p> http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/487#comments condoms contraception quickies safer sex women&#039;s health Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:00:35 -0800 Chris 487 at http://sexinthepublicsquare.org http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/291 Fact sheets, detailed commentary on policy and legislation, and checks on the &quot;reckless rhetoric&quot; that sometimes prevails in the debates over important issues of reproducitve health. http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/291#comments Legislation and Policy Health care reproductive freedom reproductive health women&#039;s health Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:48:02 -0700 Elizabeth 291 at http://sexinthepublicsquare.org