The Objects Guys Used to Use As Condoms Will Scare Your Vagina

True fact: The first latex condom wasn’t made until the 1920s. But, obviously, people were getting busy without the desire to make a baby looong before then. So what’s a dude living prior to the 1400s to do? Well, according to a fascinating infographic from Lifestyles Condoms, the aristocracy in Asia used “glans” condoms, which only covered the head of the penis and were usually made out of intestines, oiled paper, animal horn, or turtle shell. Yep, turtle shells and animal horns. Is your vagina cringing yet? 

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Thankfully, the condom selection seemed to get a bit less terrifying after the 1400s. People began using linen, goat bladders, and eventually rubber condoms—which apparently were as thick as a bicycle inner tube—but it was all downhill from there.

Check out more fun condom facts here, and be very, very happy that turtle shells are no longer acceptable forms of contraception. 

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