Hey ONE Condoms aficionados. 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 condoms.

Safe Sex

Older Women Shun Safe Sex

Safe-sex campaign launched on back of ‘abstain’ fiasco

Condom Activists Push Debate At Catholic World Youth Day

New Numbers, and Geography, for Gay Couples

Ontario PCs to put GPS trackers on sex offenders

Can Match.com Save You From Dating a Sex Offender?

Condoms

Aquino not siding with condom makers

Chlamydia at 50… Could it be you?

Judge cleared in condom-stuffed acorn case

The Good and Bad about Female Condoms

Proposal would mandate use of condoms in L.A. porn films

The risk is up to you

13 Company Logos & Slogans Redesigned as Condoms

Case for the iPhone Promotes Safe Sex

Sex Education

Maggie Gyllenhaal Delivers Sex Education Lesson

18 Schools Pilot Gender Education

Sex Education, Now More Than Ever

Switzerland Confidential: Behold the Legal Sex Drive-Thru

Rick Perry (Gov. of Texas) struggles to Answer Question about Sex Ed: “Abstinence Works”

Fashion

In Erotica: Condom Fashion

Believe it or not ONE Condom buffs, in a recent study, teen masturbation seems to have a direct impact on engaging in safe sex practices. The Journal of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, when studying 820 teens from the ages of 14 to 17 found that 75% of teenage boys have masturbated at least once in their lifetime opposed to 48% of females. Older participants are reported masturbating more than younger (53% of 14 year-olds compared with 69% of 17 year-olds).

The most shocking fact out of this study is that 86% of boys who said they masturbated in the past year had also used a condom the last time they had sex. Whereas only 44% of those who didn’t masturbate said they used a condom. This shows a strong correlation of those who masturbate and their likeliness of engaging in safe sex practices.

This doesn’t mean that masturbation automatically determines safe sex practices however. Despite the sample size being small, a link between the two behaviors has come to light and cannot be ignored.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, masturbation among children and teens is a normal part of growing up and learning about one’s body. More focus groups and research are currently in effect to determine more data on masturbation’s effect on safe sex practices.

What do you think? Is masturbation a healthy sex practice and do you find it associated with sexual self-awareness and overall safe sexual behavior? Tell us what you think. ONE is extremely interested in hearing from you on this topic so don’t shy away from your opinions!