Is there an age limit to buy condoms in usa

Question - How old do I have to be to buy condoms? Is there a certain legal age?

Answer - There is no legal age you must be to buy condoms. It is possible to buy condoms at any age no matter how old you are although it is always better to be abstinent. If you are not sexually active, good for you, you are one of a number of young adults who are making the promise. The promise is a promise to yourself that you will not have sex until you are married. You can be sure you won't get pregnant or get someone pregnant and you will not contract HIV or an STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) from sexual activity. After all, the only sure way to be 100% protected from HIV / AIDS during sex is to abstain from or stay away from sexual activity altogether. If you are young, it's probably the best thing to do anyway. I don’t think anyone is disputing that abstinence is the safest and best choice for teenagers. But research suggests that teens who participate in abstinence-only sex education programs or make so-called “purity pledges” promising to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have sex as teens who don’t -- and are less likely to take precautions when they do have sex. Condoms, not promises, help teens

Question - What if I am sexually active, will I get in trouble for buying condoms?

Answer - Absolutely not! If you are sexually active, it is your responsibility to keep you and your partner protected from Sexually Transmitted Diseases with responsible sexual behavior and the correct use of condoms. If you are very young you will not get in trouble for buying condoms, although the sales clerk or pharmacist may give you a look. Speaking as a dad, I would be sad and disappointed if I found out my child was having sex without talking to me first but............. I would be mad as hell if I found out my child was having unprotected sex!

If you are having sex it's a decision you will have to live with, but if you have unprotected sex, it's a decision you might regret if someone gets pregnant or a decision you might possibly die with if you get AIDS. Bottom line, stay safe!

Question - My mom won't let me buy condoms, what do I do?

Answer - There are plenty of places to buy condoms, so not using them is not the answer.

Let me first say, you should try to talk to your parents. If you can't talk to your parents or they wont talk to you then try to talk with your counselor, sex educator or at the very least learn how to put a condom on correctly and make sure you use them every time

If you must have sex without your parents consent or knowing, than please at least try to talk to your doctor, school counselor or Healthcare professional and most of all please, please stay safe and Rip n Roll (use a condom and use it correctly).

If you can't buy condoms in stores or are scared to, your doctor or local health center or Planned Parenthood center, will surely help you out. I know that you are reading this article and that means you probably want to stay safe and protected so good for you!

If you can't find condoms anywhere else. You can buy condoms online right here at America's Condom SuperStore.

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Amid all the hysterics of young teenagers attempting to roll condoms onto bananas, it appears a key piece of information has commonly got lost in sex education: How old you have to be to buy them. According to Google Trends, the question has been searched pretty consistently over the last five years, while Reddit is awash with horny teenagers desperately searching for tips. The answer, in fact, is that there’s no legal age limit to buy condoms in most countries, including the U.S.

Condoms are available online and in most pharmacies, supermarkets, convenience stores and health centers — the latter of which often give them out for free. You can use this condom finder tool to find out where you can acquire them for zilch, but elsewhere, they’re likely to cost between $2 and $6 for a pack of three.

Now, given that the sex ed you got at school probably didn’t teach you about who can buy condoms and where, it probably didn’t imbue you with the proper knowledge about what size to buy or how to use them, either. When it comes to the fit of the rubber, there’s a handful of condom size calculators online — all you have to do is measure the girth and length of your penis, and the calculator will suggest a suitable fit. This isn’t foolproof though, as the calculators can only technically provide an estimate — if you want to truly find out your size, you’ll have to try a few on for size (in the comfort of your own home, of course).

When it comes to making use of the condom, Healthline advises that you don’t use one with a torn wrapper or any kind of leak, with holes in, nor one that feels dry, stiff or sticky, or exudes an unpleasant smell. But do use a new one each time you have sex, change it after 30 minutes and only ever use one at a time. When used correctly, condoms are 98 percent effective, but when used incorrectly, they’re only 85 percent effective (which is still better at preventing pregnancy and avoiding STIs than unprotected sex).

Of course, this is all very basic stuff — the kind of information that school sex education should be providing to kids. And yet, it often falls down to switched-on parents, activists or grassroots and non-profit organizations (like Planned Parenthood) to fill the gaps where sex education fails — which, in the case of abstinence-only sex ed, is everywhere. In this type of sex ed, educators are banned from teaching students about contraception or condom use, and are told to cite STIs as reasons to remain abstinent. 

As you’ll have to take matters into your own hands, you might want to stock up on some reading material. Studies have confirmed that reading about sex is considered is the best way to not only learn about it (proper sex education aside), but to thrive at it. Many recommend Alex Comfort’s The Joy of Sex, which has previously been dubbed “the world’s oldest and most trusted authority on sex.” Alternatively, Aaron Carroll and Rachel Vreeman’s Don’t Put That in There: And 69 Other Sex Myths Debunked touches on various falsehoods about condoms (among other things). 

After all, now that you know how to procure them, you’ll need to learn how to use them, too.

Brit Dawson

Brit Dawson is a London-based journalist who mostly writes about sex, women's rights and sex work. She is also the staff writer at Dazed.