The federal government has spent nearly half a million dollars to fund a study to find out why some men would prefer not to wear condoms during sex.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a $423,500 grant to researchers at The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction.

The Bloomington, Ind., based research team will use the funding to study “barriers to correct condom use,” according to a release from the institute.

So, if they dislike them so much, why do they use them?

“Men wear them because they are slightly more desirable than a combination of embarrassing diseases, 20 years of child support payments and death,” Shaw said.

Wow! Who could possibly guessed that! What else will be studied that I couldn’t tell them for, say, a tenth the cost?

The second phase will be more laboratory oriented and will focus on “penile erection and sensitivity during condom application.”

One of the main goals of the study is to understand the link between condom application and the loss of erections and decreased sensation experienced by men.

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I bet you’re like me and can hardly wait for the findings! Another interesting — yet oddly not government funded — study pointed out that the withdrawal method, while messy, is just as effective as a condom. Pr0n fans are overjoyed!