Results tagged “condoms”

This is simply disgusting. A teacher is suing the city after she slipped and fell on condoms and other garbage scattered across the floor in the High School of Art and Design. Educator Karen Hollander says she injured her head and nervous system after losing her balance on the offending prophylactics in the Second Avenue school's cafeteria last November.

A middle school in Chelsea sent out an apology email to parents after some its students accidentally received condoms at a health fair this week. One seventh grader at Clington Middle School said that students were yelling in the halls after 25 out of 250 of them found a golden ticket (of STD prevention) in the goodie bags given out by The Ryan Medical Center. The health care provider said that it was the first time an error like this—against DOE policy—had occurred. One student said, "I kind of freaked out. "I turned to my friend and said, 'What do I do with this?' and I gave it to someone. I wasn't going to keep it." After receiving the email, one parent, who said that she is teaching abstinence only, checked in with her 13-year-old. The mom told CBS 2, "I said, 'Did you receive a condom?' And he said 'No, I got a lollipop,' so it was like oh, OK."

New blog on the block, Snark in the Park, will be documenting the beauty of Prospect Park each day after a stroll through the outdoor wonderland. The Windsor Terrace resident has made a vow to visit each morning, detailing the sights and sounds, but the first sighting wasn't that of a rare bird or flower--it was the fornication tree. "It's a symbiotic relationship - The Condom Groves only flourish where fertilized by the species that inhabit these glades of pleasure - the Flatbushicus Boot Bumper and the Park Slopian Backwoods Pecker. Occasionally, one might catch a glimpse of the rare Hassidicus Black-Hooded Peeper, but this species is very shy and flees easily." Wonder if the sighting was in "condom alley"? Glad to see those NYC condoms are getting distributed though. [via Gowanus Lounge]

You would think that living in the city with the highest herpes rate would put the fear in New Yorkers, but a new Dept. of Health report is calling NYC out on its unsafe sex practices...and promiscuity! The Daily News breaks down the report, which shows that 40% of residents (your friends, neighbors, colleagues!) with multiple partners didn't use a condom the last time they had sex. 11%--that's around 610,000--had more than one partner in the past year, and 17% of men listed multiple partners (compared to the ladies at 6%). These weren't just single folks either: 5% of married men and women had two or more partners in the past year. The DoH isn't saying we're the sluttiest city in the world, but they do suggest having fewer partners and using more condoms! (Their report was based on telephone surveys with 10,000 city adults.)

While some New Yorkers are hustling to pick up free condoms distributed by Trojan today, others are showing their support for the presidential candidate of their choice by ordering John McCain and Barack Obama condoms from a local entrepreneur. If you haven’t heard about this yet, expect an email from your corniest family member in, oh, about five minutes.

After Health Department's announcement that one in four New Yorkers has genital herpes (compared with the national average of one in five Americans), condom maker Trojan is distributing condoms in all five boroughs today.