SHAG, ONE Condoms Sponsors “Sizing Saturday” at W&L
SHAG, ONE Condoms Sponsors “Sizing Saturday” at W&L
Facilitators distributed a “FITKIT” for participants to find their ideal condom size.
(SHAG’s “Sizing Saturday” was hosted in Leyburn Library. | SOURCE: The W&L Spectator)
W&L’s Sexual Health Awareness Group (SHAG) sponsored a condom-sizing workshop on Saturday, February 1, 2025 for men to “find the right sized peel for you.” The event featured handouts of condoms, lubricants, and a “FITKIT” sizing device.
Demonstrations of the “FITKIT,” a slip of paper for measuring penis length and girth, used a crocheted prop penis and were available upon request.
(The event featured a number of sexual health handouts. | SOURCE: The W&L Spectator)
SHAG hosted the event in collaboration with ONE Condoms, a company that produces custom-sized condoms. ONE Condoms promotes “Measure a Penis Day” annually on February 1 to encourage men to “measure for pleasure” and determine their proper condom size.
ONE Condoms argues on its website that most traditional condoms bunch at the base of the penis, which “could lead to the loss of [erections] or an inability to orgasm.” Condoms should instead be slightly longer than a penis “to fully cover [erections] from base to tip” and with a “circumference slightly tighter than penis circumference (to ensure it will stay in place).”
Event participants could take the “FITKIT” home to size themselves before ordering an appropriately sized free two-condom sample. The “FITKIT” is also available to print out on their website.
The event facilitator, a freshman member of SHAG, spoke briefly with The Spectator during the workshop, which ran in a Leyburn Library classroom from noon until 4:00 P.M. on a drop-by basis.
She said that “sexual health education is just very stigmatized in the college community. I believe that a lot of people feel very insecure about sexual health when it’s something that everybody will do.”
“I just want to promote safe sex and sexual education because not a lot of people provide it, especially in schools nowadays,” she said. “A lot of teachers are really scared to say stuff about sexual education, so I want to help promote it and spread the word.”
The facilitator said that she serves as a “College Ambassador” for ONE Condoms, a program for which participants “distribute condoms, educate about sexual health, and join a community of people passionate about sex ed,” according to their website.
ONE Condoms provided the merchandise and condoms featured at the event, she added.
SHAG also hosts an annual “Sex Week,” usually during November, which features a number of events to promote sexual health, including “Sex in the Dark,” which discussed safe words, communication, and anatomy, among other topics.
