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Condoms too big for Indian men- Study

The issue is serious because about one in every five times a condom is used in India it either falls off or tears, an extremely high failure rate

A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of local men, BBC reports.

The study found that more than half of the men measured had male members that were small and shorter than international standards for condoms. This sad state of affairs has led to a call for condoms of mixed sizes to be made more widely available in India.

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