Is this is a failure in the product design/development division of the Indian companies (or) something we need to ponder about (or) it does not matter as we are Canadians and no longer Indians?.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964505&cid=1165574827719&col=968705899037&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News

India's men come up short in condom study
Dec. 8, 2006. 09:49 AM
REUTERS NEWS AGENCY


NEW DELHI — Condoms designed to meet international size specifications are too big for many Indian men as their penises fall short of what manufacturers had anticipated, an Indian study has found.

The Indian Council of Medical Research, a leading state-run centre, said its initial findings from a two-year study showed 60 per cent of men in the financial capital Mumbai had penises about 2.4 cm shorter than those condoms catered for.

For a further 30 per cent, the difference was at least 5 cm. A poor fit meant the prophylactics often didn't do the job they were bought for, and led to some tearing or slipping off during use.

\\\"One of the reasons for a failure of up to 20 per cent (of condoms) is the association of the size of the condom to the erect penis,\\\" the council's Dr. Chander Puri told Reuters, adding another reason was couples often put them on in a hurry.

Puri said many men in India, which has the world's highest HIV positive caseload, were too shy to ask for condoms.

\\\"We need more vending machines for condoms of different sizes so people can pick a condom with confidence that is suited to their needs,\\\" he said.

The Times of India reported the ICMR survey had studied 1,400 men between 18-50 years of age in cities like Mumbai and New Delhi as well as in rural areas in a report. It entitled its story \\\"Indian men don't measure up.\\\"

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Speech by Thomas Friedman of The New York Times....

"When we were young kids growing up in America, we were told to eat our
vegetables at dinner and not leave them. Mothers said, 'think of the
starving children in India and finish the dinner.' And now I tell my
children: 'Finish your maths homework. Think of the children in India
who would make you starve, if you don't.'"