are you embarrassed to buy condoms?--from the gURL boards

elizzyabeth1016 asks, "how does everyone deal with buying condoms anyway? I bought some the other day just to see what a few different ones entailed and of course some kid my age had to ring up my stuff and hit on me just because he saw the packets. "

sexually healthy? condom makers call out colleges

When I was in grad school, I was pretty amazed by how many sexual health services were available to students. We had peer counselors, a health center that freely gave out condoms, did on-site HIV testing and offered workshops covering everything from breast health to how to have an orgasm.

It was a far cry from my undergrad experience, where if there were any sexual health services I sure didn't know about them.

Apparently, I wasn't the only one who noticed the huge disparity in sexual health at different schools. The makers of Trojan condoms also identified this issue and, in light of what they call a "sexual health crisis," decided to survey 140 schools and rank them on their sexual health.

voters agree: eggs aren't people

A lot of amazing changes occurred as a result of the election, as well as a few not-so-amazing ones.

In addition to electing Barak Obama president, voters in many states also had the opportunity to vote on a number of ballot initiatives.

One of those that passed was a California initiative called Proposition 8. Because it passed, gay marriage is again illegal in that state. This is a huge blow for the GLBT community and the 18,000 people who got married while it was still legal.

But two important initiatives did not pass. One was a sweeping South Dakota ban on abortion. This is the second time that state has tried and failed to criminalize this medical procedure.

Another that failed was a Colorado initiative called Amendment 48. Had it passed, this amendment would have given a fertilized egg the exact same rights as a living person! It was designed to "define the term 'person' to include any human being from the moment of fertilization as 'person' if used in those provisions of the Colorado constitution relating to inalienable rights, equality of justice, and due process of law."