Gas Station Condom Dispenser Preaches Abstinence and Monogamy
April 19, 2008 by Kristen King
Filed under Women's Health
Updated with a photo!
Well, this was a new one! I’m not usually big on using service station rest rooms, but I got caught in traffic on the way home from a meeting (followed by a Panera-based work session, yum!) in Northern Virginia today, and I had to pee like you wouldn’t believe. As I was wrapping things up at the Valero that saved me from what would have been a very embarassing story, I came face to face with the most unusual personal care product machine I have ever seen.
From a distance, it looked pretty standard. Metal. Silver knob. Slot for quarters. Tampons (ob). Condoms (ribbed and multicolored).
It was the label that was odd:
Although no contraceptive can provide complete protection, Hygeia Condoms, when properly used, may prevent the transmission of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. The best method of AIDS prevention is abstinence before marriage and a monogamous relationship during marriage. Hygeia Condoms are available here for your privacy and convenience. This dispenser serviced at frequent intervals.
Uh, okay.
Is this a Southern thing, or what?
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I wish you’d gotten a picture of that, haha.
Of course, if they were going to be totally accurate…
“The best method of AIDS prevention is abstinence before marriage and a monogamous relationship during marriage. Of course, to truly prevent AIDS, it must be a monogamous relationship with someone who will a) never develop a life-threatening condition that will require a potentially infected blood transfusion, and b) will never become addicted to drugs and share needles. Oh, and c) someone of the opposite sex, because if you’re gay, you’re surely going to catch it.”
*rolls eyes*
Whoops, scratch that, there’s a pic up now
LOL, Alicia, I had a permission request out when I posted it.
Seriously! I bought Abstinence..the Condom for my teenage son! It gave me the chance to discuss both being safe and having choices…No really….Abstinence…the condom!
For those who are interested, Onga was referring to this:
http://abstinencethecondom.com/
check out the Presidential Condom Challenge at one condoms.com