female condom

(noun)

A device that inserted into the vagina during sexual intercourse as a barrier contraceptive to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy.

Related Terms

Examples of female condom in the following topics:

  • Barrier Methods

    • The four types of barriers are the male condom, the female condom, the cervical cap, and the diaphragm.
    • The female condom is inserted into the vagina, forming a barrier that prevents semen for contacting the vagina and external genitalia.
    • The male and female condoms provide excellent protection against sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy.
    • The cervical cap is a form of female barrier contraception.
    • Male condoms, or commonly referred to simply as condoms, are a barrier method that acts to prevent introduction of the ejaculate to the female reproductive tract.

  • Public Health Measures for Disease Control

    • Promotion of hand washing, breastfeeding, delivery of vaccinations, and distribution of condoms are examples of public health measures.
    • Breastfeeding is the feeding of an infant or young child with breast milk directly from female human breasts (i.e., via lactation) rather than from a baby bottle or other container.
    • A condom is a barrier device commonly used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy and spreading sexually transmitted diseases.
    • Condoms are also used for collection of semen for use in infertility treatment.
    • A female condom is also available, often made of nitrile.

  • Problems in Forecasting Population Growth

    • Fertility rates could be significantly reduced by providing education about overpopulation, family planning, and birth control methods, and by making birth-control devices like male/female condoms, pills, and intrauterine devices easily available.

  • Sexual Dysfunction and Disease

    • In the revisions to the DSM-5, sexual desire and arousal disorders in females were combined into female sexual interest/arousal disorder.
    • Dyspareunia, or painful intercourse, may be caused by insufficient lubrication (vaginal dryness) in females.
    • Another female sexual-pain disorder is called vulvodynia or vulvar vestibulitis; in this condition, women experience burning pain during sex, which seems to be related to problems with the skin in the vulvar and vaginal areas.
    • Pain during intercourse is often correlated with anxiety disorders among females.
    • Proper use of safe-sex supplies (such as male condoms, female condoms, gloves, or dental dams) reduces contact and risk and can be effective in limiting exposure; however, some disease transmission may occur even with these barriers.

  • Infection

    • Condom use reduces the transmission risk of herpes simplex significantly.
    • Condom use is much more effective at preventing male to female transmission than vice-versa.

  • The New Feminism

    • The 19th- and early 20th-century feminist activity that sought to win women's suffrage, female education rights, better working conditions, and abolition of gender double standards is known as first-wave feminism.
    • Drug stores continued to sell condoms as "rubber goods" and cervical caps as "womb supporters."
    • Previously, the military did not distribute condoms, or even endorse their use, making the US the only military force in World War I that did not supply condoms to its troops.
    • When US soldiers were in Europe, they found rubber condoms readily available, and when they returned to America, they continued to use condoms as their preferred method of birth control.

  • Spermicides

    • Usually spermicides are combined with contraceptive barrier methods such as diaphragms, condoms, cervical caps, and sponges.
    • The World Health Organization says that spermicidally lubricated condoms should no longer be promoted.
    • However, they recommend using a nonoxynol-9 lubricated condom over no condom at all.
    • Spermicides are believed to increase the contraceptive efficacy of condoms.
    • However, condoms that are spermicidally lubricated by the manufacturer have a shorter shelf life and may cause urinary-tract infections in women.

  • HIV and AIDS

    • Campaigns have attempted to distribute condoms to HIV/AIDS stricken regions–consistent condom use reduces the risk of HIV transmission by approximately 80% over the long-term.
    • Based on these studies, the World Health Organization has recommended male circumcision as a method of preventing female-to-male HIV transmission.

  • Shaping Public Policy and Educating Consumers

    • For example, social marketers, dealing with goals such as reducing cigarette smoking or encouraging condom use, have more difficult goals.
    • For example, social marketers, dealing with goals such as reducing cigarette smoking or encouraging condom use, have more difficult goals.

  • Comparison of Female and Male Pelves

    • There are several diagnostic criteria for differentiating a male from a female pelvis:
    • The female sacrum is shorter, wider, more curved posteriorly, and has a less pronounced promontory.
    • The acetabula are wider apart and face more medially in females than in males.
    • This change in the angle of the femoral head gives the female gait its characteristic swinging of hips.
    • Apply the diagnostic criteria to determine whether a pelvis is male or female