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.

Condoms

More teens using condoms? That’s what the CDC says

Reckitt Benckiser Condom Supply Suit Rejected by UK Court

3 women in Zimbabwe charged in series of sex attacks on men

Teens Use Condoms More Often During First Sex

Abortion foes to picket condoms in fashion show

Prisoners denied condoms because sodomy a crime

Church takes condoms out of sex talk

Contraceptive Used in Africa May Double Risk of H.I.V.

Sex Education

Bill would allow the return of abstinence-only sex education in schools

Does single-sex education breed sexism?

Does Sex Ed Undermine Parental Rights?

Top 20 College Sex-Ed Programs

Sex education branded ‘appalling’

Sex Education In Schools Is Still A ‘Postcode Lottery’

California schools scrambling to add lessons on LGBT Americans

Safe Sex

Study finds 1 in 10 Texas 6th graders have had sex

CDC: Safe sex becoming more accepted by teens

Lady Gaga promotes safe sex, as face of MAC Cosmetics campaign

The HPV Vaccination: One More Way That Safe Sex Has Become Women’s Work

Workshop Highlights Need To Make Elders Aware of Safe Sex

Facebook Doesn’t Want You Talking About Safe Sex

Happy Friday and you know what that means…It’s time for your weekly links roundup from ONE Condoms.

ONE is here to keep you in the know with anything related to safe sex, sex education, and condom use. The following links are the articles that got us talking.

Safe Sex

Negotiating Safe Sex

Ashton Kutcher Too Dumb For Safe Sex

Young people should be encouraged to practice safe sex, expert says

Oral Sex May Cause More Throat Cancer Than Smoking in Men, Researchers Say

Teen Sex Update: They’re Still Doing It

On World Contraception Day, a Better Approach to Sex Education

Pill May Make Sex less Satisfying for Women, But Relationships Last Longer

Lady Gaga explains why she won`t have sex too soon in a relationship

Over 60’s safe sex classes cancelled

Sex Education

Teens ‘want say in sex education’

Preppies included in sex ed program

UT study on single-sex education: kxan.com

Revamping Sex Education: A New Approach to the Birds and the Bees

Dutch website aims to revolutionize sex education for UK’s young adults

Flash points in the sex-ed curricula across Canada

Condoms

80 percent of US boys use condoms the first time

High School Dating Advice: How to Get Over Being Embarrassed about Condoms

Occupy Wall Street Condoms Unveiled

Pope changes mind on condoms

More teen males using condoms

PETA members provide condom reminder about spaying and neutering pets

Be sure to stay safe this weekend and don’t forget to keep yourself protected by using ONE condoms.

Hey ONE Condoms fans. Today is Friday and that means it’s 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, condom use, and condom fashion.

So without further ado, listed are the most recent topics in the world of sexual health.

Condoms

Chinese condoms too small for South Africa

Accept the condom, love the condom

How to wear a condom

Decree threshold higher

Catholic Church coy on jail condoms

Sex at 14 - I learned all about it in class

Condoms and Other Survival Gear for R. Kelly’s Black and White V.I.P. Party

Sex in the church

Student Association approves free condom legislation

Hidden sex work, HIV risk in Dadaab

Would You Use Beads To Schedule Your Sex Life?

Selling’ condoms in the Congo

Sex Education

Sex ed, parental rights debated at hearing

DC Students To Be Tested On Sex Education

HPV, sex education and a debate that’s not going away

Rejected comprehensive sex ed grants would have gone to struggling counties

Sex education will NOT be taught to children as young as five

More Schools Choose to Teach Abstinence-Plus

Talking sex with your kids

Health center brings sex education to campus

Safe Sex

Sex-Ed Boot Camp Video

Safe sex message vital, at right age

A safe haven for sex abuse survivors

Government of Canada Introduces the Safe Streets and Communities Act

Mormon Missionary Launches Orgy.com

Sexual health workshop to promote safe sex to over-60s

URI Health Services hosts health awareness event

The chilling reality of sex tourism

Time to Start Talking

Same-sex wedding survival guide

ONE Condoms supports your overall sexual well-being and wants to keep you healthy.

Recently in China, certain kindergartens in Shanghai have been using supplemental materials to enhance their sex education programs. Young children around the age of 5 are learning about sex and the human body by playing with dolls that feature very life like genitalia.

The sex education dolls have drawn much criticism from many individuals in China and other countries internationally. Many concerns revolving around the dolls include the worry that this introduction of sexual knowledge is too early to children aged 5 years old. Is this too young to introduce children to the parts of the human body?

Despite these concerns, China a country with an estimated 13 million abortions in annually, one of the highest rates in the world, is grappling with how to effectively teach sexual education in schools. In 2009, 2/3 of adolescents in China had very limited sexual reproductive health knowledge. 22% of Chinese below the age of 18 had sex before marriage and of those more than 50% of them used no contraception during their first encounter. 46 % of American high schoolers, by comparison, had had sex before marriage and of those nearly 85% of them used contraception during their first encounter. Safe sex practices need to be communicated to the youth.

In addition to the sex ed dolls, China has introduced an experimental sex education program to youngsters aged as young as 6. The curriculum includes graphical depictions and descriptions of sex. We know that sex education is extremely important amongst the youth today as we’ve seen nearly 1,000 young people under the age of 16 diagnosed with STI’s , included in our last post.

Is this method of hands on interaction with dolls an appropriate way to teach sexual education to the youth or is this too young to start the discussion of proper contraception techniques including condom use to children? Let us know your thoughts on this controversial teaching practice used in China?

ONE Condoms supports proper sex education and mandatory condom use each and every time any type of sex occurs.