Looking for a Valentine’s Day gift that gets you some?
This Valentine’s Day, condom-grams are available to do just that.
The Wray, Hoover, Ewing, Dougan Complex Senate is selling condom-grams, as well as candy-grams, in hopes of raising money. The condom-grams are 50 cents each, and the candy-grams are 25 cents each. They are available for delivery anywhere in the South Green complex.
Along with the condom, recipients will receive a note attached to the gift.
The condoms were purchased from Ohio University’s Latex League, a group of students that seek to educate OU’s campus about safe sex, said Megan Gibbs, a freshman studying special education and a Hall Council senator.
This week is National Condom Week, starting on Valentine’s Day, and the WHED Complex Senate is not the only one doing a condom-gram sale to celebrate. Voices for Planned Parenthood is also getting in the Valentine’s Day spirit with a condom sale in Baker University Center Monday and Tuesday. The Voices for Planned Parenthood condom-grams come with a vibrantly colored condom and a Valentine’s Day card.
Derek Petruskevich, a freshman studying sport management, said that, if he had a significant other, he would consider buying her a condom-gram.
“I want her to know that I’m willing to practice safe sex,” Petruskevich said.
He later added that it wouldn’t hurt to show her he was in the mood, either.
However, others said they see the condom-gram as more of a practical joke.
“I think (condom-grams) are hilarious,” said Danielle Binion, a sophomore studying sociology and pre-law.
Binion said she would consider sending one only as a joke but won’t be sending any this Valentine’s Day.
Although many students said they weren’t opposed to the idea of receiving a condom-gram, no one would admit to sending one. But Gibbs said the Complex Senate has been selling “a fair amount.”
Not everyone is thrilled, though, by the idea of getting a condom-gram.
“It’s Valentine’s Day; it’s supposed to be about love, not just sex,” said Heidi Kallenborn, a freshman studying English.
Eric Burga, a sophomore studying marketing, did not seem embarrassed at all about the possibility of receiving a condom-gram, saying that discovering one on his doorstep would brighten his day.
“It would be a pleasant surprise,” Burga said.
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