Keeping It Sexy & Safe

Using a female condom is safe, simple, and convenient. Women and men like female condoms because female condoms

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• allow women to share responsibility for preventing infection

• are easy to get — can be purchased in drugstores and some supermarkets

• can be inserted by a partner as part of sex play

• can be used by people who are allergic to latex

• can be used with oil-based as well as water-based lubricants

• do not have an effect on a woman's natural hormones

• do not require a prescription may enhance sex play — the external ring

• may stimulate the clitoris during vaginal intercourse

• stay in place whether or not a man maintains his erection.