The History of Condoms
Whether condoms were used in ancient civilizations is debated by archaeologists and historians.[101]:\u200a11\u200a\xa0In ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, pregnancy prevention was generally seen as a woman's responsibility, and the only well documented contraception methods were female-controlled devices.[101]:\u200a17,\u200a23\u200a\xa0In Asia before the 15th century, some use of\xa0glans\xa0condoms (devices covering only the head of the penis) is recorded. Condoms seem to have been used for contraception, and to have been known only by members of the upper classes. In China, glans condoms may have been made of oiled silk paper, or of lamb intestines. In Japan, they were made of tortoise shell or animal horn.
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