Thin is in!

I remember the "good ol' days" when I was young and dating and wearing a condom was a necessity (and a curse). The problem was that, in my experience anyway, having that rubber between me and the woman pretty much killed any if not all of the pleasurable sensations that went with the actual act of intercourse. So it was to my great pleasure when I got married and we decided that we no longer need to use those disease-preventing, pregnancy-reducing, pleasure-killing "dubes" as they used to so lovingly be called.

Apparently I'm not the only one who has complained about this deadening of sensation. I can't speak for the women out there who are with partners who use condoms, but I do know that many other men have said (and still say) the very same thing: that wearing a condom pretty much kills the pleasure derived from intercourse.

Now if removing those "thick" rubber sheaths dramatically increases the pleasure when there is direct skin-on-skin contact, then one might possibly conclude that the thinner the latex in the condom, the closer that "skin-on-skin" sensation. Of course in the old days, when condom technology was not so very far advanced, a thinner condom was much more prone to malfunction due to friction.

But what if.... what if a company could develop an ultra thin condom that was strong and yet safe? Might that not bring a lot of smiles to a great many number of couples' faces, and enhance the throes of passion? Let's get it on!

I love you!

Cam

P.S. Is black sexy? Hell, yeah!

Ultrathin Condoms Heading Overseas
Nikkei Weekly, Jan 19, 2009

Fuji Latex Co. has decided to sell its ultrathin condoms overseas, where many markets carry only thicker varieties.

As a first step，the company will begin sales in Brazil this summer. If that goes well，it will also export to the seven regions of Asia and Europe where it already has a presence.

Fuji Latex has a manufacturing subsidiary in Taiwan for condom sales in that market，but otherwise it has outsourced production to regional makers for its sales in South Korea，Thailand，the U.K, Germany，Australia and Russia. Partly because makers do not have the technology to produce condoms that are both thin and durable，and partly because customers in these markets tend to care more about cost, Fuji Latex has up until now only sold thicker condom types overseas.

Two factors pushed the company to launch exports of its thinnest condoms，which are only 0.03mm thick. First，Fuji Latex is keen to develop foreign markets for condoms because the domestic market is shrinking due to the declining population. Second，overall condom use is on the rise worldwide for protection against AIDS，so the compny anticipates growing demand for its thinner, but more expensive，condoms.

For Brazil, Fuji Latex will make the 0.03mm condoms in Japan and export them to sales agents for marketing. The price will be set at around JPY 400 for a package of three. This works out to be some 50% higher than the per-unit price in Japan, but the company believes there will be demand for the condoms，since most products available in Brazil and elsewhere overseas are 0.07mm - 0.08mm thick.

(The posting of this article is dedicated to Jen's son, Colin, who is one of the premier advocates of safe sex at Yale University. Way to go, Colin!)