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San Francisco Examiner - October 24, 2002
Adrienne Sanders Of The Examiner Staff
U.K. based-Durex says its new condoms lined with an anesthetic cream to delay ejaculation are selling five-to-one over its other brands. Currently available only online, the benzocaine-lined rubbers are headed for U.S. stores.
Durex began shipping thousands of the emerald-swirled boxes to Walgreens and other chain stores in July, and expects them on the shelves anytime, according to Durex marketing executive Ted Conley.
And while AIDS educators say the condom fits their safe-sex message, other sex experts are giving the product a fairly flaccid response.
"The kinds of condoms most frequently requested of us are the thinnest, the ones that increase sensation," said David Evans, program director of the Castro's STOP AIDS.
And at Good Vibrations, managers say they oppose the use of anything that decreases sensation. Fast finishers, they say, ought to learn more about their bodies, practice control exercises and possibly seek counseling to help with premature ejaculation.
Said Good Vibes sexologist Carol Queen, "Some guys just need information."
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