For pleasure, ease, and effectiveness, both partners should know how to put on and use a condom. To learn without feeling pressured or embarrassed, practice on your penis or a penis-shaped object like a ketchup bottle, banana, cucumber etc.

Remember: practice makes perfect

1) Put a drop or two of lubricant inside the condom.

2) If not circumcised, pull back the foreskin before rolling on the condom.

3) Place the rolled condom over the tip of the hard penis.

4) Leave a half-inch space at the tip to collect semen.

5) Pinch the air out of the tip with one hand. (Friction against air bubbles causes most condoms to break.)

6) Unroll the condom over the penis with the other hand.

7) Roll it all the way down to the base of the penis.

8) Smooth out any air bubbles.

9) Lubricate the outside of the condom.

10) For contraception, put the condom on before the penis touches the vulva. Men leak fluids from their penises before and after ejaculation. Pre-ejaculate ("pre-cum") can carry enough sperm to cause pregnancy. It can also carry enough germs to cause STD.

Taking Off a Condom

Pull out before the penis softens.

Don't spill the semen - hold the condom against the base of the penis while you pull out.

Throw the condom away.

Wash the penis with soap and water before returning to any form of sexual intimacy.

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