Joanna
ravi wrote:
>Yikes! India goes from "flat world" to "flaccid world" ;-).
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> --ravi
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><http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6161691.stm>
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>Condoms 'too big' for Indian men
>By Damian Grammaticus
>BBC News, Delhi
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>A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms
>made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of
>Indian men.
>
>The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises
>that were shorter than international standards for condoms.
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>It has led to a call for condoms of mixed sizes to be made more
>widely available in India.
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>The two-year study was carried out by the Indian Council of Medical
>Research.
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>Over 1,200 volunteers from the length and breadth of the country had
>their penises measured precisely, down to the last millimetre.
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>The scientists even checked their sample was representative of India
>as a whole in terms of class, religion and urban and rural dwellers.
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>The conclusion of all this scientific endeavour is that about 60% of
>Indian men have penises which are between three and five centimetres
>shorter than international standards used in condom manufacture.
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