# A condom question I haven't seen before.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-condom-question-i-havent-seen-before/79485>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 3, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-condom-question-i-havent-seen-before/79485 "2001-09-03T03:59:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Major\_Feelgud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@Major\_Feelgud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Feelgud)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-condom-question-i-havent-seen-before/79485/1 "2001-09-03T03:59:56Z")

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For those guys who are not circumsised, do you put your condom on with the foreskin pulled all the way up to the tip or all the way down? I’ve never seen this mentioned in the instructions.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-condom-question-i-havent-seen-before/79485/2 "2001-09-03T04:06:16Z")

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The uncircumcised men I’ve been with have always put it on with the foreskin in the down position.

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**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-condom-question-i-havent-seen-before/79485/3 "2001-09-03T07:59:22Z")

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We don’t use condoms, we just pull the skin up over the head and use a little twist-tie to keep it closed.

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**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-condom-question-i-havent-seen-before/79485/4 "2001-09-03T10:10:00Z")

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**Badtz** , you owe me a new keyboard. This one has Dr. Pepper all over it now.

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**Author:** ![Mersavets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Mersavets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mersavets)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-condom-question-i-havent-seen-before/79485/5 "2001-09-03T13:23:15Z")

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I always roll back but never reallly thought about it until now. I guess this is because the harder you get, the more it retracts anyway. However, when covered by a rubber, it’s a bit more restricted and less movement is allowed for. Also, it feels better to have the glans completely exposed. It seems kind of weird to have to eexplain this to another guy but then I keep forgetting that most Americans are cut.nt

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-condom-question-i-havent-seen-before/79485/6 "2001-09-03T13:36:49Z")

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Roll back. Seems a bit difficult to do so otherwise, since it seems to want roll back by itself. I could have sworn that my package of condoms (Lifestyles) does mention rolling back the skin, but, then again, I am living in Europe, so perhaps the “literature” included is different.