Title: Condom /
Authors: Allen, Paul, 1976-
Publisher: New Internationalist,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Contraception; Condoms; Condoms; Birth control Religious aspects; Condom use Health aspects.; Birth control
Abstract: Never has human ingenuity been as evident as it is in finding ways to counter conception. This is an intriguing history of the condom and an unusual unraveling of the politics and culture that surround this most practical item. This book takes in the early history of contraception (think crocodile dung and sea sponges), the rubber revolution of the early 1900s, and female liberation through birth control, the role of the condom in the front line against HIV/AIDS, and Bush's "war on the condom". It then looks ahead to a high-tech future of spray-on and liquid condoms.
Contents: The birth of birth control -- Rubber revolution -- Guilty pleasures -- Sex change -- Plastic fantastic -- In our hands.