Two college students in Uganda have landed up in hospital
with serious injuries after they used a plastic bag as a condom.
The couple, who were having sex for the first time, were
reportedly too shy to buy condoms but still wanted to use protection. Since
they decided to try penetrative sex with a plastic bag, they are now being
treated for excessive bleeding, genital lesions and abrasions.
The unnamed couple’s choice of using a plastic bag as
protection was obviously not very well thought out since doctors treating them
say that the thick plastic bag, which gave absolutely no lubrication or
elasticity, scratched the couple’s genitals to the point of bleeding. The
doctors also said that the plastic bag could have also caused vaginal tearing.
This incident also highlights the need for proper sex education
at the level of schools and colleges so that a young couple trying to have sex
for the first time can understand why a thick plastic bag can’t replace a
condom.
People, no matter how shy you are or how embarrassed you
think you’re going to feel at the pharmacy, don’t have sex without a condom.
And absolutely don’t try to make your own condom.
