Sounds like a perfectly cromulent message to me.
How about this message: “We realize that you are young and horny..so please don’t get into any embarrassing situations. Now go out and screw like ***smart safe ***bunnies.”
Also you said bunnies! May NSFW: Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me
By the way, I don’t think anyone said each athlete is going to be given 15 condoms. It’s an estimate: 150,000 condoms and a little more than 10,000 athletes.
I don’t think so either, actually, but the sub-headline of the OP’s linked article (which seems to be intended to titillate at least as much as to inform) does say “Athletes will receive 15 condoms each for the 17-day festival,” which does convey that impression.
Different sizes.
Winston Churchill story 1:
When visiting a “safe” zone in Europe during the Second World War, it was suggested to Churchill that condoms of at least 18 inches long would be the ideal solution to the problem of rain, sleet and snow getting into big-gun barrels.
Churchill went for the idea on the condition that each box of condoms was labelled “Small” and that a few of these boxes packed with the condoms be left lying on the ground if and when the Germans moved into the area.
Winston Churchill story 2:
Churchill acquiesced to a plea that British condom makers manufacture them for Russian forces, on the condition that every box be labelled “Small.”
Winston Churchill story 3 (just for the hell of it)
How many Olympians contract an STD on average when they don’t hand out tons of condoms?
I’m guessing this is a solution in search of a problem.
I hope Jess and Tom both win something. I confess to being very confused by the reaction of some in this thread. How on Earth can one have “qualms” about other people enjoying themselves? Actually, I can guess why.
Why in heaven’s name would anyone care if a bunch of young people are having protected sex? In what universe is it anyone’s business but their own? Since the condoms are being distributed by the Olympic committee, which is an international body, and the games are happening in London, which is not America, why would this be an issue?
Because Puritans are horrified that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
If you’d have grown up in my family, you’d know that this kind of reasoning never flies.
Never.
When you have your ear to a glass against the wall, you have to be very, very quiet…
My guess is that’s the way that the condoms will be made available; there will be a bowl in the common rooms throughout the Olympic Village. I very much doubt that they will include fifteen condoms in the gift bag provided to each athlete (assuming that they do hand out gift bags to each athlete).
See, that’s what I found unrealistic about The Hunger Games.
That’s what they’ve done in the past, according to some of my friends who are ex-Olympians. Sorta the way they are made available at college Health Centers.
Funny aside: I knew the nurse in charge of keeping the bowl stocked when I was in graduate school. She said she’d take home a case of Trojans every month and her family would sit around watching TV and tearing the strips into individual condoms, which she would then take to school in a paper bag. Her husband would then place the box out by the trashcans for disposal. After a few months of this, he noticed the strangely respectful attitudes of his neighbors.
Try ordering an anchovy with extra garlic. That will keep you from getting laid.
Why is this a problem? Even if this was true, what is your exact problem with it? Do you really have an issue with a bunch of young people having safe sex or having sex at all? Are you upset that the existence of the condoms might make more people have sex than otherwise would have? I am not getting it.
I think this may be related to someone’s idea of an olympic athlete. Is it some one like Christian Cantwell (32), or Gabrielle Douglas (16)?
Just consider - in many jurisdictions, it would be illegal for Mr. Cantwell to have sex with Ms. Douglas (and it would be just creepy anywhere). While this is the most extreme example I could find (with minimal effort), it does demonstrate that athletes can have very different levels of experience and maturity.
I admit, this does not speak directly to the condom issue, but I think it might illustrate the reason for the differences in opinion.
Actualy, in London it would not necessarily be considered creepy for him to be having sex with her (it probably would be from her wikipedia photo but I took a look at more recent ones).
Basically a 32 year old single man having a one night stand with a 16 year old woman, and I emphasise woman, which is what Gabrielle is from the looks of said photos… he would be getting slapped on the back, not punched in the face. Oh and it would be legal too.
The underage athletes will likely all be having sex with each other, if that makes anything better.
The underage gymnastic athletes will likely all already know each other and will go at it when possible in London. As opposed to going and watching the gigantic bodybuilders and going to bed with them.
So how 'bout that? A bunch of underage Olympians will be having all sorts of sex! Take that Puritans!
I hope they film it. I want some new athlete porn.
As I understand it, Olympians have to be sixteen. That means none of them would be underage, as the age of consent in the UK is sixteen, which is a very sensible age. There should be romeo and juliet exceptions to it of course but for the vast majority of cases it’s basically just right.