ANOTHER ARTICLE ON GETTING MEN TO WANT TO USE CONDOMS. Perhaps things have changed — though I doubt it — but when I was single I noticed that it was often hard to get women to want to use condoms, too. Even at places like Yale Law School, where you’d think self-discipline would run high, there was often resistance. But these stories always make it sound as if women are eager for condoms and men are always reluctant.

Meanwhile, this bit amuses:

In the developing world, condoms raise other issues. In some cultures, men are so resistant that women must engage in delicate “condom negotiation.” And women who carry condoms might be assumed to be prostitutes.

Apparently, Mike Bloomberg’s New York City is “part of the developing world.”