Why putting a condom on a banana is an important part of sex education for boys and girls
Alternative title: If you are a family member stop reading now
I was an average to early starter when it comes to sex. I had a steady boyfriend at 15 and I was allowed to go on the pill even though I wasn’t having sex yet. And it was probably a good thing too. When it came time to have sex neither me or my boyfriend knew how to use a condom. We had been told the importance of condoms, but seeing how we were both virgins figured it wasn’t big deal that we couldn’t get the thing to work and had sex anyway.
Same story with the next guy I was with, another virgin. Another guy who hadn’t learnt there’s a right way and wrong way to put on a condom on. Another time we gave up trying to use one after three attempts.
It seems pretty stupid to look back now. Who can’t figure out how to roll on a stupid piece of latex? But at the time it seemed extremely complicated, even for this apparently smart student.
What’s even stupider though is that not one PE teacher thought it was appropriate to tell us how to use a condom correctly.
14 Responses to “Why putting a condom on a banana is an important part of sex education for boys and girls”
Agreed re the sex education. I suppose I’m lucky I was even told of the dangers of having sex without a condom instead of just being told to be abstinent!
Agreed. Once a guy handed me a condom and wanted me to put it on for him. Ummmm I didn’t know how!? They told us the theory in high school, but a practical lesson would have probably been a good idea. Sigh. At least I went to school in New Zealand where we get a fairly decent sex education.
Really? Where did you guys go to school? I learnt all that stuff in Form 3, Form 4 and Form 6. Sure it was included the whole “the best form of contraception is no sex but if you do have sex this is what you need to know”. I always thought that was the standard approach. I know for sure it is now.
We had lovely wooden phalluses to put condoms onto from 3rd or 4th form. Weird how sex ed can differ in the same country!
I went to school in Hamilton. I got all the theory, but no practical experience with a condom!
Maybe they did it in the second half of sixth form when I’d already left school and when PE wasn’t compulsory. Way too late.
Doesn’t teaching kids to put condoms on bananas give them unrealistic expectations about getting something to eat after sex?
Well I’m sure the male party involved wouldn’t mind if you ate the “banana”!
Ah this is a topic close to my heart. I’ve actually applied to volunteer at SHine (a sexual health clinic here in Australia) and am very passionate about sex ed on the whole. In my opinion, comprehensive, non-judgemental sex ed is something every teen should get from their school. Regardless of your religious background, there is definitely plenty of factual information every teen should learn about so they can subsequently make informed decisions. A chance to learn all about pregnancy/contraception/safety and trusting relationships is SO important, along with the chance for practical chances to check out condoms etc. I was lucky enough to get to slap a condom on my very own plastic penis that came sheathed in a banana skin for the faint of heart haha.
(Heads up for anyone who may click through to my blog – it is mildly NSFW, yet tasteful! I blog on the topic of sex, with a focus on reviews of body safe and sex positive products.)
we just got a demonstration of how to put on a condom using a plastic object thingy. never got to try it ourselves!
so obviously, first time i had no idea how to do it. neither did my boyfriend. we just fumbled around, wasted like 5 of them haha
It was weird, only half the kids at our school in my grade got to do the banana thing. It depended what teacher you got, I guess. Weird. So I never got to do it. Luckily my first (and only so far) sexual partner was experienced, although I never put one on him myself so not sure how I’ll go with a new dude. :s
If you can get your hands on a condom you should practice! It’s not hard really. It will only roll down properly one day so just make sure it’s rolling the right way and then ta-da!
And if any new dudes expect you to put the condom on them then you’ll appear confident and in control :]
in our sex ed class (run by a woodwork teacher) the contraceptives class consisted of a box full of the things being passed around class while our teacher sat in silence at his desk after announcing that he couldnt talk to his daughters about it so he couldn’t talk to us about it either. that left me and another virgin who also read teen magazines to explain what an IUD was…..
I don’t think we ever did the condom on banana thang at high school…. ?
sex ed was a joke
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