Protection is Tasty

Maybe I'm weird, but I don't think people should waste sexual protection gear just to get a taste of its sweet, sugary goodness.

I don't think this is a problem with condoms. I mean, I don't think I've ever seen a guy take one out of his wallet, open it, and start licking just to get the sugar high.

But Friday night, I discovered another form of protection - the "dental dam" - is apparently much more tempting for extortion as a candy substitute.

Basically, it's just a giant sheet of latex, meant to prevent the spread of a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Colored latex. Flavored latex. In fact, it pretty much looks like an unrolled fruit-roll-up.

My STI-wise friend brought a few of these to a party to educate some of our curious friends. And as soon as she removed the strawberry-flavored dental dam from its hygienic bag, one of our friends seized it and began eagerly examining it.

And then he started licking it. And from the expression on his face, he apparently found it quite tasty. He called to another friend - "Hey, check this out!" And soon, there were two guys happily enjoying the fruit-flavored goodness.

I though about it, but decided against joining in. Call me a little heterosexually uptight, but something about multiple guys licking the sameSTI-protection device was a little bit of a turn off.