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RockaRolla -> Non-latex condoms - are they really a rarity? (9/11/2014 3:42:43 PM)
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I have a mild allergy to latex. Not enough to break into hives at the mere sight of a standard condom, but enough to make things uncomfortable down below in the middle of sex if the wrong protection is used.
This usually isn't a setback. Non-latex condoms are readily available in most drugstores and big box stores, though I've only ever seen one brand sold. Plenty more are available online, in the same sex shops and sites where other condoms are sold. I usually have a supply of my own to avoid last-minute confusion similar to the following:
But when I bring up my allergy to potential partners, I'm often met with confusion. "How do you handle that? Does this mean I don't have to use condoms? I mean, what else is there?" Now, I have a tendency to give people the benefit of the doubt, especially when it's someone close enough to me that I'm considering sleeping with them. And with most of these guys I'll make an assumption on good faith that they honestly didn't know that this was an option. There were a few who were likely trying to weasel out of using a condom. I didn't bang those guys.
My question is, are non-latex condoms such a rarity that many people don't know they exist? Or are they not seeing them because they don't typically need to seek them out? Or is my intuition really fucked and every male is desperately trying to get some raw sex?
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