NIH Funds $423,500 Study of Why Men Don’t Like to Use Condoms
LOL! Oh, yeah. That’s money well spent.
The federal government is spending $423,500 to find out why men don’t like to wear condoms, a project government watchdogs say is a nearly-half-a-million-dollar waste of taxpayer money.
Researchers at Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute, with funding from the National Institutes of Health, are investigating why “young, heterosexual adult men” have problems using condoms. The study will include “skill-based intervention” to teach grown men how to use protection.
The first phase of the two-year study will be a simple Q&A, but doctors say the second phase will plumb uncharted territory.
“The second phase involves a laboratory study, and focuses on penile erection and sensitivity during condom application,” reads the abstract from Drs. Erick Janssen and Stephanie Sanders, both of the Kinsey Institute.
“The project aims to understand the relationship between condom application and loss of erections and decreased sensation, including the role of condom skills and performance anxiety, and to find new ways to improve condom use among those who experience such problems.”
I don’t know, I’m betting we could figure out why men don’t like using them for a lot cheaper than $423,500. And even if it’s agreed that such a study is worth it, why is it the public needs to be paying for it? Isn’t this an issue for the manufacturer of condoms to worry about?
Sheesh…
