Linkage is better than Leakage ;)
. . . much better! 
I wrote recently about making condom amulets and that article was mentioned over at Casual Finds.
The author talks about finding a heart necklace that was purported to be a condom holder from the 1920s era. She says: I guess I knew people in the 1920s had sex but it’s hard to imagine teenagers with acne trying to get it on with each other and being prepared if anything should happen.
Yeah, we all find that hard to imagine, I guess. That might be why so many teens (and not just teens) find themselves with unexpected pregnancies and/or stds.
I’m a gramma to 8 “babies”. One is waiting for us beyond this earth and 7 are growing MUCH faster than even I who have raised my own “babies” could imagine. (The oldest is a head and a half TALLER than I am! Sheesh! And, his next sibling has now topped over me as well. The nerve!)
I guess I really cannot talk much about the 20s except to know that they were considered wild and wooly! Hence the name Roaring 20s.
So, maybe it was unusual for a woman to carry a condom in a heart necklace. But, maybe . . . just maybe HER mama talked openly and honestly with her about safe(r) sex and found the perfect jewelry item for her to wear. How very new millenium of her, huh?
Re-reading the author’s note I wonder if TODAY’s teens are the ones being referenced as the acne’d teens “getting it on” while being prepared. Perhaps . . . but I think that today’s teens are maybe (just maybe) a bit further ahead than even the teens of my generation (those long ago wild and wooly 60’s). I would hope so . . . and I would hope that we as the older gen would talk openly and honestly with our teens about such things, and arm them with the ammunition they need. (Knowledge is the BEST ammo, btw)
One can always hope.
Hey! and thanks for the linkage!
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