SEX EDUCATION.
Just three syllables and many lives could change. Many lives could end and new ones start.
preg-nan-cy.
Double the syllable-count, and probably the sperm one too, and you get
re-spon-si-bil-it-y.
You have your Loestrin, your Nordette. Good ol' Levora and Ortho-Cyclen. You have Alesse, TriPhasil and Trivora. Well...
Girls do. Girls...
You and your boobs and your vaginas.
Contraceptives are up there. Sure. If you're over 35 and still willing.
With all these syllables running through Mickey's mind, he drives his brown Nova over to Rite-Aid and gets humiliated in line. Thinking-
"Just put the fucking things in the bag, bitch or I'll blow your fucking head off!! (no gun)..."
"Vicki, we need a price check on Trojan Ultra-Ribbed Condoms. Economy size. Can you get that for me?"
The line is seriously a mile long. He wonders: about Durex and why they didn't have those colored ones. He remembers: lime green box. five dollars and ninety-seven cents. 10 in a box.
She hands him the sack.
Smiles. Laughs. Looks down. Scurries out. Rips the cardboard. Throws it out. Pockets the "rubbers." Hides the instructions. No wait. He needs those. Well, just to scan them.
I'm sure he knows..
preg-nan-cy.
re-spon-si-bil-it-y.
Mickey remembers 9th grade sex education. All the parents' fuss. Bullshit. He remembers-
-to put on the condom before the penis comes in contact with the partner's mouth, anus, or vagina. If the penis is uncircumcised, pull the foreskin back before putting on the condom. Keep the condom on the penis until after intercourse or ejaculation.
-to unroll the condom a short distance to make sure the condom is being unrolled in the right direction. The rolled ring should be on the outside. Then hold the tip of the condom and unroll it down to the base of the erect penis. If the condom does not unroll easily, it is on upside-down and may expose the partner to infectious organisms contained in the pre-ejaculate. Discard and begin with a new condom.
-that adequate lubrication is important. (Epigee Birth Control Guide)
SAFE
Spermicide
Lubricants such as:
Aqua Lube
Astroglide
Gynol II (spermicidal)
H-R Lubricating Jelly
K-Y Jelly
Wet (flavored)
Egg Whites
Glycerine
Saliva
Water
UNSAFE
Baby Oil
Cold Cream
Edible Oils (olive, peanut, corn, sunflower)
Hand and Body Lotions
Massage Oil
Petroleum Jelly
Rubbing Alcohol
Suntan Oil and Lotion
Vegetable or Mineral Oil
Vaginal Lubricants containing Mineral Oil
Vaginal Yeast Infection Medication (cream or suppositories) (also from Epigee Birth Control Guide)
and Mickey-
"How many times do you think we've done this?"