Unusual Condom Ads Promote-Use Condoms

Here is an unusual Condom Ad promoting condoms with banana flavor…

Most people know that to use a condom it will prevent the spread of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as genital warts or herpes…yet, why don’t they use them? Here are some unique and unusual condom ads and video, that promote-use condoms…

These unusual condom ads or campaigns are used to promote “USE CONDOMS.” They are being launched in places where condoms are less popular, then in the United States.

In many parts of the world, condoms aren’t very popular. That is why Health Agencies are trying the unusual condom ads approach to promote “use of condoms.”

Here are five very different campaigns, launched by nonprofit organizations and condom companies to encourage wider use.

1. A ring tone to remember…where…In India. People stigmatize condoms with prostitutes. Who came to the rescue? The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated money for a national condom ring tone.

An a cappella group sings “Condom, Condom”…in the style of doo~wop like the contagious pop song “Barbara Ann”…when one receives a phone call.

Health officials hope that the people who have the condom ring tones will appear smart and responsible. The ring tone was launched in August and more than 60,000 people downloaded it.

2. Perks you right up…Ethiopians hate condoms because the smell like latex. To combat the odor, DKT International, a United Sates nonprofit, created coffee condoms. They made dark brown condoms that taste and smell like the favorite coffee of Ethiopia, the macchiato, an espresso with cream and sugar.

The condoms bolster national identity because Ethiopians claim to have invented coffee. But for other parts of the world, DKT International (Condom maker) also created flavored and scented condoms for Indonesia (durian fruit) and China (sweet corn).

3. Condom trees

In western Australia, the rate of HIV infection is the highest in the nation. When public health nurses were looking for an effective way to distribute condoms, someone suggested trees.

Young people in the countryside hang out under trees, so the shady spots are the perfect places for nurses to hang condom filled canisters.

Over 3,000 condoms are taken each month. Residents said grabbing condoms from trees was convenient and private.

Additionally, officials in Australia piloted programs where Aboriginal teens sold packets of condoms and kept half of the proceeds. Officials tout these programs as a success because STD rates have fallen, yet nurses wonder how they will convince people that they shouldn’t have multiple partners.

Maybe a monogamy tree is in the Outback’s future.

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4. Scare tactics

Perhaps some safe sex programs skirt the issue, “unprotected sex” causes HIV, which leads to AIDS and often death.

It’s not surprising that a condom company would resort to scare tactics. The Tulipan Company launched its “Be Careful” ads in Argentina.

Showing skeletons positioned in flagrante delicto, these ads make no bones about how important it is to wear a condom while engaging in coitus.

No word if the skeleton ads have had the desired impact, though the graphic skeletons appear more popular than recent Trojan ads, which depict men as swine.

5. Spray-on protection

Since his teens, Jan Vinzenz Krause struggled to find a condom that fit correctly. He thought the pursuit of the perfect prophylactic was hopeless — until he went to the carwash.

Inspired by the spray-on soap and wax, the German Krause developed a spray-on latex condom, which he claims always fits perfectly and feels natural.

However, many men find the design off-putting; the spray-on condom comes in a hard phallic case.

Men slide themselves into the cylinder and layer on the latex, providing full coverage.

The Jolly Joe, as Krause dubbed it, frightened many men during the testing phase — they only put the case on their fingers. (Spray on gloves anyone?)

Others felt the loud hissing wasn’t sexy and the latex takes too long to dry — three minutes.

Krause explains to Time, “It needs to be ready in five to ten seconds.” So for now, Krause is looking and waiting for a quicker drying latex.

Here is a European Condom ad, that says it all…the best reason to use condoms!

Speaking of an unusual condom…there are condoms for women. That makes you double safe, if both of you use condoms. Can you be too careful with the spread of genital warts, herpes, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)?

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