When you hear the word condom what do you think of?  I think of the standard latex male condom, but what about the female condom?  Honestly, until I just googled it I didn't even know what one looked like.

In an op-ed piece by Yolanda Young in USA Today: www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-04-23-column23_ST2_N.htm
Ms. Young talks about how women are among the highest at risk for STDs and we women need to take our sexual health into our own hands, especially if our partners are not willing to protect us. 

From my experience it seems that many women are willing to take some control of their bodies by taking "the pill" but unfortunately that doesn't protect women from STDs.  Using condoms is one of the best ways (whether it is male or female). 

In the end I think that whether you use a male of female condom isn't really important as long as you are taking precautions to protect yourself.  And you know all of your options.

Hopefully this is the next step to changing the stigma of HIV/AIDS:
www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-03-23-hiv-aids-stigma_N.htm

California is supposed to vote today regarding a petition filed by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation requiring porn industry actors to wear condoms. 

Here is the article from the Los Angeles Times: latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/03/condom-requirement-for-porn-film-actors-comes-to-vote-in-california.html

This petition is ment to protect porn industry actors from STDs, according to the article there was a HIV outbreak among porn star professionals in 2004. 

I wonder what the implications of such a petition will have on the audience of porn.  If this petition passes and porn star professionals are required to wear condoms, will audience members follow suit?