Couple having sex for first time left with serious injuries after using plastic bag as condom
A young Vietnamese couple having sex for the first time were left with serious injuries - after using a plastic bag as a condom.
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Too shy to buy a real condom, the boy attached the plastic bag to himself - only for the pair to both end up in hospital in the city of Hanoi having sustained bad scratches.
The youngsters were both college undergraduates according to the hospital director, Nguyen The Luong.
Vietnam's Tuoi Tre newspaper reported that it was the first time the couple had had sex but, embarrassed about purchasing a condom in a shop, the boy suggested he use a plastic bag for protection.
'As the plastic bag was rough and lacked elasticity and lubrication, the young couple ended up scratching their genitals to the point of bleeding,' said the paper.
'The lovebirds underwent a thorough check-up and were prescribed with antibiotics and disinfectants for their injuries.'
The paper said it had spoken to doctors who said that the use of plastic bags or similar household products as alternatives to condoms was strongly discouraged because such items were 'not designed for the function.'
Doctors said thick plastic bags can scratch or even tear private parts, while thinner ones are just as damaging and are prone to break much more easily than condoms.
The paper said that a recent study conducted with 2,700 undergraduates in Hanoi by the Hanoi Medical University and Hanoi Medical College found that 16 per cent of students surveyed claimed to have had sexual intercourse.
But only a third of them said they had used a condom during their first sexual experience.
A quarter of them admitted that they found buying condoms embarrassing.
It has been suggested that the 'staggering numbers' might be attributed to a lack of sex and contraceptive education - a topic still considered sensitive and avoided by many parents and teachers.
Yet sex education has for long been a compulsory part of schools' curriculum.
It has not been revealed whether the couple have been able to continue their sexual activities - and whether they are now using a more acceptable form of contraception.
