--- title: Getting the Word Out About Female Condoms date: 2012-08-08T20:00:00-04:00 author: OBOS Admin canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/getting-the-word-out-about-female-condoms" section: Blog (Archive) --- [Donate](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/donate) [From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Getting the Word Out About Female Condoms By Rachel Walden • August 8, 2012 Please note: This entry -- originally posted at [Our Bodies, Our Blog](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog) -- has not been updated since the publication date listed above. [![The FC2 Female Condom](https://assets.ourbodiesourselves.org/images/blog-archive/FC2-condom.jpg "fc2-condom")](https://assets.ourbodiesourselves.org/images/blog-archive/FC2-condom.jpg) How did one guy come to love using the female condom? Science journalist David C. Holzman answers that very question in a [recent piece for Boston's NPR affiliate, WBUR](http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2012/07/single-guy-female-condom). Holzman describes his own iffy approach to male condom use, and how his experience of improved sensation with the female condom made him a convert. He also talks about some reasons why female condoms may not have yet taken off, and how they may offer better protection than male condoms against sexually transmitted infections. Holzman also was recently interviewed for WBUR's CommonHealth segment, alongside OBOS's own Judy Norsigian, which you can [listen to online](http://radioboston.wbur.org/2012/07/31/commonhealth-female-condom?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wbur_programs%2Fradioboston+%28Programs%3A+Radio+Boston%29). Many sexual health advocates have been working for greater availability of female condoms, both in the United States and around the world. For more information, check out our [previous post](http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2012/06/want-to-help-make-history-join-us-in-demanding-female-condoms) on a paper doll campaign to demonstrate demand for female condoms, and the [Female Condoms 4 All campaign](http://www.condoms4all.org/), which strung together all ~20,000 of those paper dolls to display in conjunction with the recent International AIDS Conference. --- #### 1 Response Our Bodies Ourselves is no longer able to accept comments. **Penny** on Aug 08, 2012 Why such focus on making the one male contraceptive method into something for the woman? Shouldn't there be more research on male contraception - women having been taking the total responsibility for planned pregnancies forever. It is time that males take more responsibility not less. ![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)Topics - [Birth Control & Family Planning](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/topic/birth-control-family-planning) - [STIs](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/topic/stis) ![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)### *Why You Can* **Trust Us** - We rigorously evaluate all content - We embrace a reproductive justice framework - We don’t accept ads or sell products - We reject funding from the pharmaceutical industry - We counter misinformation and disinformation - We address the social, political, and economic factors that affect health and sexuality [read more](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/why-you-can-trust-us) Share [](javascript:void();)[](javascript:void();)[](javascript:void();)[](javascript:void();)