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This condom vending machine is on the outside of a Pharmacy, Sampierdarena, Genoa, Italy.
Italy is a strong Catholic country. The Catholic Church's stance on condom use has been criticised as unrealistic, ineffective, irresponsible and immoral by some public health officials and AIDS activists.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_AIDS
Condom vending machines were introduced in 1928 by Julius Fromm's company.
Julius Fromm (4 March 1883 – 12 May 1945) was a German entrepreneur of Polish-Jewish descent, a chemist and inventor of a process for making condoms from liquified rubber.
With World War I, Germany experienced a rapid liberalization of sexual values and sexually transmitted diseases spread rapidly. During this time, the majority of condoms were still made of "skin": chemically treated intestine or bladder. Rubber condoms were also available; they were made by wrapping raw rubber sheets around molds, then dipping them in a solution to vulcanize the rubber.
In 1912, Fromm invented the cement dipping method, which made a thinner, seamless condom. Instead of working with rubber as a solid material, it was mixed with gasoline or benzene. This made it a liquid in which molds could be dipped. Fromm patented his invention in 1916.
Mass production started in 1922 and was a great success—Fromms Act, as they were called, becoming the first brand-name condoms—which allowed the entrepreneur soon to open up branches in Denmark, the United Kingdom, Poland, and the Netherlands. Fromms became a synonym for condom in Germany.
In 1920 Fromm was naturalized a German citizen. In 1928, the first condom vending machines were installed by Fromm's company, but the interior ministry only allowed it to advertise the hygienic advantages of condoms, not the condom's use as a contraceptive, because it feared a further decrease of the birth rate.
In 1938, under Nazi rule, the government forced Fromm to sell his factories for 116,000 Reichsmark, a fraction of their real value. A year later he emigrated to London, where he died on 12 May 1945.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Fromm
The name, which the London Rubber Company trademarked in 1929, is an abbreviation of "Durability, Reliability, and Excellence", though some people mistake it as being "Durable Latex".
Durex condoms represent around one quarter of the global market for prophylactic sheaths, manufacturing around one billion units per year in 17 factories worldwide.
Although they are not an official sponsor of the Olympic Games, Durex provided 150,000 free condoms to more than 10,000 athletes that competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Self Service
This condom vending machine is on the outside of a Pharmacy, Sampierdarena, Genoa, Italy.
Italy is a strong Catholic country. The Catholic Church's stance on condom use has been criticised as unrealistic, ineffective, irresponsible and immoral by some public health officials and AIDS activists.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_AIDS
Condom vending machines were introduced in 1928 by Julius Fromm's company.
Julius Fromm (4 March 1883 – 12 May 1945) was a German entrepreneur of Polish-Jewish descent, a chemist and inventor of a process for making condoms from liquified rubber.
With World War I, Germany experienced a rapid liberalization of sexual values and sexually transmitted diseases spread rapidly. During this time, the majority of condoms were still made of "skin": chemically treated intestine or bladder. Rubber condoms were also available; they were made by wrapping raw rubber sheets around molds, then dipping them in a solution to vulcanize the rubber.
In 1912, Fromm invented the cement dipping method, which made a thinner, seamless condom. Instead of working with rubber as a solid material, it was mixed with gasoline or benzene. This made it a liquid in which molds could be dipped. Fromm patented his invention in 1916.
Mass production started in 1922 and was a great success—Fromms Act, as they were called, becoming the first brand-name condoms—which allowed the entrepreneur soon to open up branches in Denmark, the United Kingdom, Poland, and the Netherlands. Fromms became a synonym for condom in Germany.
In 1920 Fromm was naturalized a German citizen. In 1928, the first condom vending machines were installed by Fromm's company, but the interior ministry only allowed it to advertise the hygienic advantages of condoms, not the condom's use as a contraceptive, because it feared a further decrease of the birth rate.
In 1938, under Nazi rule, the government forced Fromm to sell his factories for 116,000 Reichsmark, a fraction of their real value. A year later he emigrated to London, where he died on 12 May 1945.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Fromm
The name, which the London Rubber Company trademarked in 1929, is an abbreviation of "Durability, Reliability, and Excellence", though some people mistake it as being "Durable Latex".
Durex condoms represent around one quarter of the global market for prophylactic sheaths, manufacturing around one billion units per year in 17 factories worldwide.
Although they are not an official sponsor of the Olympic Games, Durex provided 150,000 free condoms to more than 10,000 athletes that competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.