Female condoms

It has traditionally been the role of the male to attend to birth control with either using a condom, or controlling his ejaculation, but since the dawn of the emancipation of women, women have become far more active in looking after this aspect of the sex life as well.

Because birth control pills have various negative side effect, some women are unable to take them.

This meant that these unfortunate women either had to rely on their partner for protection, or making use of the rhythm method of birth control.

With the advent of Aids and HIV, the whole matter of female condoms took on a whole new dimension, and the use of these devices are no longer only used for preventing unwanted pregnancies, but also play an active role in helping to prevent contracting HIV and Aids infection.