February 2012
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Controversial Condom Campaign to Deliver Free...
A new federally funded program is delivering free condoms to teenagers in many California counties. The orders are taken online and delivered straight to the teens’ homes in a nondescript envelope.
This free mail-order condom program is supported by the California Department of Public Health and was launched by the non-profit California Family Health Council (CFHC). The initiative,...
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Weekly Links Roundup 2/16/12 - Condoms, Safe Sex,...
It’s Friday and that means it’s time for our ONE® Condoms weekly links roundup. ONE® is here to keep you in the know and up to date with all news relating to condoms, safe sex, and sex education.
During this #nationalcondomweek, how will you be spreading the safe sex message? Will you be sharing where you wore it during your last sexual experience?
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Condom Designs by Keith Herring in Garage Magazine
A recent issue in Garage Magazine, an art and culture publication, is devoted to the theme of sex and relationships. Among the topics of the legalization of gay marriage, the development of fertilization treatments, and internet dating, is a section of artist designed condoms.
The featured artists behind the condom illustrations are none other than Keith Herring, Mat Collishaw, Tim Noble,...
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Happy National Condom Day and Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone and more importantly happy National Condom Day! National Condom Day comes at an ideal time to encourage condom use when love and passion is in the air. National Condom Day serves to remind people of the risks associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unplanned pregnancies and to take necessary precautions by practicing safe sex. By taking...
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Feb 13 is International Condom Day kicking off...
To kick off the informal holiday of International Condom Day, in conjunction with Valentine’s Day tomorrow, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest global AIDS organization, will be launching its “Condom-Nation” tour. This tour will consist of a groundbreaking 6 month long 20-state big rig truck tour that will stop in various cities handing out millions of free condoms and...
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Win a 40 Pack of ONE's® New Tantric Pleasures...
Valentine’s Day mix challenge
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, 8tracks.com and ONE® wants you to make us a sweet, sexy mix to share with all the lovers out there.
So how do I enter?
Just sign up for 8tracks, create a mix with 8 or more songs and cover art, then tag it with “Valentine’s Day”*. The 3 mixes with the most Facebook likes published...
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Weekly Links Roundup 2/10/12 - Condoms, Safe Sex,...
Hello ONE® Condoms enthusiasts! Happy Friday! ONE’s goal is to keep protected with everything related to your sexual health, from condoms to safe sex to sex education . As you make your Valentine’s Day preparations this upcoming week, don’t forget to practice safe sex and remember to think with your head; the one on your shoulders that is!
Please submit any other...
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Randi Zuckerberg Takes on AIDS with Social Media
Your social media feeds are most likely filled with messages about #superbowl, #tombrady, or #justinbieber, but soon it might be filled with messages about AIDS in Africa.
Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook’s former director of marketing, recently launched a new “social media syndicate” intended to push out important messages to raise social issue awareness. She plans on...
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Love's Impact on Your Health
Valentine’s day just around the corner. But before you consider it a Hallmark Holiday, consider some real science behind these feelings of love and romance.
U.S. researchers have conducted many small studies recently presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology investigating love. One study from Florida State University found that love brings out the...
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Weekly Links Roundup 2/3/12 - Condoms, Safe Sex,...
Today is Friday and that means it’s time for our weekly links roundup. ONE Condoms is here to bring you the most up to date information on everything related to condoms, safe sex, and sex education. A lot happened this week from NYC’s mandatory sex education classes taking effect to “Sex Ed Vincent” leaving SNL.
If you have any articles or stories that we missed please...
January 2012
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NYC Sex Education Mandate Taking Effect
Announced in August 2011, New York City has mandated lessons on sexual health and sex education starting today. Public middle schools and high schools are now required to introduce sex education lessons into health classes.
At least one semester of health education is required in 6th or 7th grade and then again in 9th or 10th grade. Previously, the health classes did not include sex education....
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Weekly Links Roundup 1/26/12 - Safe Sex, Condoms,...
Happy Friday ONE condom enthusiasts! Today we’re here to cover safe sex, sex education, relationship advice, and condoms in the news. Our goal is to keep you up to date on anything sex related this past week. Be sure to check out the articles on the fantastic groundbreaking law requiring condom use in porn!
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More Americans practicing safe sex, CDC reports
‘Safe sex is...
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It’s Official - Condoms Required for Porn Actors
Actors in adult movies in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms in all future adult films to be made. The city’s law was singed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa yesterday.
The law will take effect 41 days from it being signed.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation president, Michael Weinstein, has pushed for such a measure for 6 years. “The city of Los Angeles has done the right thing for the...
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Weekly Links Roundup 1/13/12 - Safe Sex, Condoms,...
It’s Friday everyone! That means it’s time for our weekly links roundup regarding everything related to safe sex, condoms, and sex education. ONE® Condoms is here to keep you in the know with recent news developments regarding the importance of sexual health and sex positive behaviors.
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Safe Sex Web Series Too Racy?
Teens reject ‘safe sex’...
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GOP's War on Sex
Anti-sex opinions are hardly new to the Republican Party. Candidates have passionately shared views against premarital sex, gay sex — even non-procreative sex within marriage. Has the US turned into a culture of killjoys or is this just the view of the ultra conservative right?
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum has compared gay sex to bestiality, while another candidate Rick Perry has...
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Anal Sex More Popular Than Expected Among...
Anal intercourse among heterosexual couples under the age of 45 is on the rise in the the United States, according to a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.
The report, entitled “Sexual Behavior, Sexual Attraction and Sexual Identity in the United States polled thousands of people aged 15 to 44 from 2006 to 2008. The study revealed that 44% of heterosexual men and 36% of...
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Weekly Links Roundup 1/6/12 - Safe Sex, Condoms,...
Friday, Friday! Hello ONE® Condoms Followers. This is our first weekly links roundup of the new year and with it comes great articles in the news this first week of 2012. Be sure to check out the new advances in sex education via text, the importance of practicing safe sex despite HPV vaccinations, and the porn industry’s mandated condom ballot measures. ONE® Condoms is here to keep...
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Why Gay Sex is the Last Taboo in Hollywood
If you’ve seen any blockbuster gay-themed movies in 2011 you’ll notice that not one film from Beginners to J. Edgar portrays gay sex openly. It is done in the dark and behind closed doors. Why could that be?
Illustrating gay sex is the last Hollywood taboo that directors are seemingly frightened to cross. Even as many sitcom stars including Ellen DeGeneres, gay co-creator...
December 2011
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Weekly Links Roundup 12/30/11 - Condoms, Safe Sex,...
Happy Friday ONE® Condoms Enthusiasts. Today is our last post of 2011 and we want to bring you into the new year with the most up to date news regarding safe sex, sex education, and condom use. Be sure to practice safe sex this holiday season with ONE® Condoms!
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Porn Film Condom Proposal Qualifies for Los Angeles Ballot, But City Objects
California’s Condom...
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Latest Teenager Trend - Multi-Person Sex ?
A recent Boston University Study has found 1 in 13 teenage girls have reported engaging a multi-person sex experience. Many respondents to the survey felt pressured into initiating a multi-person sex experience by the influence of boyfriends who have been watching pornography.
The average age of girls partaking in multi-person sex was just 15.6 years old, under the age of legal consent in all...
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Holiday Season = Baby Making Prime Time
Did you know that the most common birthday in the US is September 16? What does this mean? Most babies are conceived during the holiday season.
9% of all U.S. conceptions occur during the peak month of December. Most babies are born in late September while the fewest are born in April. A multitude of studies has illustrated this to be true due to end-of-year holiday festivities, and the fact...
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Weekly Links Roundup 12/23/11 - Condoms, Safe Sex,...
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Putin’s Talk Of Condoms, Beer May Not Appeal To Protesters
Porn condoms vote splits L.A. attorney, council
LA city attorney tries to block condoms-in-porn vote
Students demand condoms
Sexy walking sticks, 19th-century condoms… going, going, gone!
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Safe Sex Viral Tops Half a Million Hits
Thinking About Sex: How Men And Women Differ (Or Not)
Safe Sex Starts...
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Porn to Replace Sex Education? A Call for...
L.A., home to the multibillion dollar U.S. porn industry, will soon be forced to decide whether condoms should be required in adult films to reduce sexually transmitted diseases. If and when the vote is held, should LA residents vote for adult film producers to require the use of condoms on porn sets as a condition for getting movie permits?
Currently most adult film companies there shoot films...
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Safe is Sexy Pillow Fight Campaign by Designers...
In Antwerp, Belgium, Designers Against AIDS recently used interactive billboards for passers-by to join in on a virtual pillow fight with Belgian supermodel Hennelore Knuts.
Travelers and commuters enjoyed groundbreaking entertainment as thy waited for their trains by partaking in a larger than life pillow fight. As people passed the massive projection screen, they would see themselves hit by...
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Friday Links Roundup 12/16/11 - Condoms, Safe Sex,...
Happy Friday ONE® Condoms supporters! Each friday we like to keep you in the loop with everything related to condoms, sex education, and safe sex in the news. Stay protected this holiday season with ONE® Condoms.
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LA Fights Condom Law for Porn Actors
Louis Vuitton Condoms, Designed By Irakli Kiziria, Debut (PHOTOS)
Church & Dwight Loses Bid to Keep Condom Probe Data From...
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Risky Sex Behaviors Due to Alcohol
This holiday party season, it’s important to remember when drinking that if you don’t stay sober, stay safe by carrying a condom and using ONE®. Unsafe sex is the most common cause of HIV/AIDS infection rates and finding ways to relieve AIDS infections directly start with preventing unsafe sex.
Alcohol use has long been associated with HIV incidences yet no evidence...
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America's Sexual Health Problem
A recent study has found that the majority of Americans don’t use condoms. The study found that 6 out of 10 (60%) men and women didn’t use any form of protection against HIV/AIDS when they lost their virginity. The study examined the sexual habits of 26,000 people in 26 countries and found the U.S. to be behind in condom use.
The justification of this risk taking is that 49%...
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Weekly Links Roundup 12/9/11 - Safe Sex, Condoms,...
Fridays mean it’s time for our weekly post on safe sex, condoms, and sex education. At ONE® Condoms we’re here to bring you up to speed with the latest in the sexual health world to keep you healthy and safe. Stay protected this holiday season with ONE® Condoms.
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Talking to your teen about sexually transmitted infections
Call her the...
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Obama Calls for End of LGBTQ Discrimination
At a United Nations Human Rights Summit Tuesday in Switzerland, The Obama Administration warned the world against gay and lesbian discrimination. The US has taken an official stance on declaring “equal treatment of gay, lesbian, and transgender people” making it “an explicit U.S. foreign policy goal.”
Hilary Rodham Clinton used strong language to compare the gay...
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Poster Art as a Weapon in the War Against AIDS
Since the AIDS epidemic erupted in 1981, many creative mediums have tried to communicate awareness of the disease by urging people and governments to act, listen, and learn. The inexpensive poster quickly became the weapon of choice in combatting AIDS. Visual design has played a huge role in spreading knowledge for the war against AIDS. Today protest materials such as...
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Friday Links Roundup 12/2/11 - Safe Sex, Condoms,...
Happy Friday fellow sexual health advocates! Today ONE brings you a Links Roundup on the most relevant stories surrounding the world of sexual health over the past week. It’s our commitment to keep you in the know and help keep you sexually protected.
ONE donates a portion of each sale to HIV/AIDS prevention efforts at home and abroad. So stay safe through the weekend, and although World AIDS Day...
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Getting to Zero: World AIDS Day Turns 30!
Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day. People all over the world today are uniting and showing their support in the fight against HIV/AIDS and commemorating people who have died from the disease. 33.3 million people are living with HIV globally and nearly 25 million people have died since 1981 from the virus, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in history.
Today,...
November 2011
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Sex Education views from Americans,Canadiens and...
A new survey of 4,014 citizens from the US, the UK, and Canada has revealed that there are varying attitudes and opinions on what topics should be addressed when discussing sexual education.
All three countries believe that parents or guardians should be primarily responsible for teaching sex education to children and teens at some level.
However, you start to see differences of opinion when...
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Condom Art at Centre Pompidou in Paris
From November 22 to December 5, 2011, installation artist Bryan McCormack will highlight a hall of condoms on 6 floors of the National Modern Art Museum of France (Centre Pompidou). The artist has chosen to multiply the condom and take it out of its normal context as to create a motif of protection seen in a new light.
“Condoms evoke imagery not only of protection from STI’s but...
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Testosterone Overloaded 'Macho' Men More Likely to...
In a recent study conducted at the University of Michigan, testosterone loaded guys aged 18 and 19 were found to have a more accepting attitude towards condoms and safe sex practices than low-testosterone males. High testosterone levels are linked to boldness, confidence, and high risk life choices. These results are the first to demonstrate a link between higher testosterone levels and...
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Friday Links Roundup 11/18/11 - Safe Sex, Sex...
Happy Friday ONE Condoms Fans. It’s that time again for another Links Roundup on Safe Sex, Sex Education, and Condoms. Stay protected and up to date over the weekend with ONE
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Safe sex: no need to blush as Glee pops its cherry
Chinese students don’t know much about safe sex
Time to get tough on safe sex
Sex education goes mobile
New York City schools Chancellor Walcott...
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Condom Ads of the World
Check out these ads from Germany. Their message was “use a condom, and be sure you’re not bringing the next Osama bin Laden, Adolf Hitler or Mao Zedong into the world.” Although the hairdo’s are enough to scare the living daylights out of you, we got a kick out of them. ONE Condoms believes in desired pregnancies, safe sex and the prevention of terrorism, of course.
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WatchHappy Monday! What better a way to start off the week than being reminded by an animated hot dog that your life is in your hands. Always use condoms.
The whole month of November, LoopDeLoop, a monthly animation challenge, is featuring condoms as its theme in honor of World Aids Day December 1st. Check back periodically for additional animation videos.
ONE Condoms supports self-expression and art...
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Friday Links Roundup 11/11/11 - Safe Sex, Sex...
Hey ONE Condoms fans. Friday is time for our weekly Links Roundup. At ONE we are committed to bringing you the most up to date information with everything regarding safe sex, sex education, and condoms.
So without further ado, listed are the most recent topics in the world of condoms.
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Gay men blood donation ban lifted
HPV vaccine, lube make sex safer
Need to Practice...
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Criminalizing Unsafe Sex?
While addressing one of South Africa’s first Health Wellness Summit’s, Helen Zille, a government official, suggested that people who have unprotected sex with multiple partners should be charged with attempted murder and be criminalized.
This idea of criminalizing safe sex stemmed from the concern of the HIV virus spreading further and its’ toll it...
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Can Birth-Control PIlls Kill Your Libido?
New research is pointing to a possible link between contraception use and decreased sex drive. The Indiana University study examined the negative effects of contraception on things like arousal, lubrication, and orgasm. Involved were 1,101 sexually active women split into groups of hormonal contraception use (the pill, patch, ring or shot) and non-hormonal use (condom, diaphragm, cervical...
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Friday Links Roundup 11/4/11 - Safe Sex, Sex...
Happy Friday ONE Condoms enthusiasts. It’s time for your weekly links roundup from ONE Condoms.
ONE is here to keep you up to date with anything related to safe sex, sex education, and condom use. The following links are articles that got us talking this past week.
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Thinking About Having Sex with a Vampire This Halloween? Planned Parenthood is Here to Help
Military promotes safe...
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New York City's Possible Sex Education Curriculum
Effective in the second semester of the 2011-2012 school year, sex education, including oral sex education, becomes mandatory in New York City’s public high schools and middle schools. A year away from implementation, department of education officials have started to formulate and recommend a projected curriculum.
Under the possible new sex education syllabus high school students...
October 2011
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7 Billion & Climbing...
Today is a landmark day, the global population is supposed to reach 7 billion people.
That’s right, 7 Billion !
Let’s put that number in perspective; In the 1960’s, the world population was at about 3 billion. Now in 2011, we are at 7 billion. So, in roughly 51 years, population has doubled.
As we reach this monumental mark, we thought it might be a good time to...
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Friday Links Roundup 10/28/11 - Safe Sex, Sex...
A most glorious Friday to all of our ONE Condoms followers. Today ONE brings you a Links Roundup on the most relevant stories surrounding the world of sexual health over the past week. It’s our commitment to keep you in the know and help keep you sexually protected. Stay tuned in every friday for more of the latest in sexual health news with ONE condoms.
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Sex Fest promotes...
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Condoms used in Reuse or New Use Art Exhibition
“Recycling and Reincarnation: An Exhibition of Industrial Design, Installation and Mixed-Media Art,” is a new art exhibition at Stony Brook University. The exhibition showcases Chinese international Design School Students attending SBU and features a piece made from condoms.
The recycling theme of the exhibition was chosen for international relatability. The rapid development...
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Safe Sex, Condoms & Sex Education - Friday...
Happy Friday everybody. It’s time for your weekly links roundup from ONE Condoms.
ONE is here to keep you up to date with anything related to safe sex, sex education, and condom use. So without further adieu, listed below are the most recent topics in the world of sexual health.
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More teens using condoms? That’s what the CDC says
Reckitt Benckiser Condom Supply Suit...
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Go Ahead Rick Santorum; "Die on That Hill"
With the GOP debates ramping up, Presidential hopefuls are battling each other out onstage seeking the republican presidential nomination. GOP candidates are working on establishing and selling their platforms.
Candidate Rick Santorum has decided that his platform includes attacking Gay Marriage laws and Sex education. Santorum recently pledged to “die on that hill” fighting...
In Honor of our friend Jack O'Lantern....
In honor of our smiling Jack O’Lantern and all the fun Halloween brings. We’ve decided to offer a special deal on Glowing Pleasure Condoms for the month of October.
Visit www.onecondoms.com. Purchase any Glowing Pleasure Condom pack and get 31% off by using the code HALLOWEEN.
May your smile be as bright as our buddy Jack’s.
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Watch October is LGBT History Month
“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know...