sounds like money well spent. Nothing worse than dirty junk.

 

 

So they are teaching them to wash their dicks after sex....because...you know....that takes care of HIV....which is STILL wiping Africa slowly off the map.

When will we put a million aside to teach about CONDOMS? Probably never. Good times.

 

I would have used it for 1600cc injectors and a e85 tune so I can run 10's at the drag strip!

But I guess it can also be used on teaching people how to clean their dick lol

 

You guys would be amazed at the retarded bull**** research that gets funded. It would blow your minds.

"Oh, and I will need an extra 10,000 each for computers and... um... 500,000 more for 'related equipment' kthnx".

 

A house

Or a clean *****

Tough choice

But, I say it's money well spent, and in the grand scope of things it's pennies.

At least it goes towards making people healthier instead of blowing **** up.

 

Few years back, the Japanese government assigned a commission to test and see if Tsunamis were caused by catfish wagging their tails.

Cost: 4.5 million USD.

 

And the conclusion was.....

 

...but they're the same people who have used panty vending machines.

 

This is probably well outside the spirit of this thread, but one problem with condoms related to the African HIV issue is the sexual double standard which is very prevalent in most African countries, and even more so in rural areas.

African wives are expected to remain monogamous, whereas their husbands have no such societal expectation. The men who live in rural areas often work in cities, and conduct their extramarital affairs during the workweek. This is generally believed to be a large contributor to the HIV problem, since they then bring it home to their wives, who can then pass it on to any children they have in the future. The next layer is that when African women ask their husbands to use condoms, the implication from many husbands' standpoints are that their wives are not being faithful, which can lead to domestic violence and other such problems. There are many documented cases of husbands leaving their wives high and dry after such an event - stuck with HIV and sometimes with multiple children, and no way to take care of themselves or the children since the husband was the breadwinner.

All in all, a complicated issue in general which cannot easily be solved by condom education. A little cultural competency goes a long way, so from a sociological standpoint, it wouldn't make sense to just stress condom use in such situations.

By the by, I don't think I agree with stimulus funding paying to teach dudes how to clean their ding dongs. What about my college loans? Those need some stimulus too.

 

coke and ******
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I concede good sir, my sociological knowledge is obviously not as honed as yours in terms of present day African studies.

My hope is that little fear of 'if you don't do this - you will die; not just that but it will hurt while it kills you and you will pass this on to others' would stifle people's desires to not use safe sex practices.

Hopefully there is a way to culturally infuse their doings with a sense of social responsibility - but we can both agree that this funding for this study is NOT the answer.

 

you leave lindsay out of this!!!!!

 

I'm by no means an expert, but it was a hot topic in the sociological and public health areas when I was in school - and remains to this day.

And yes - funding this study is ridiculous.