Advocates for safe sex often run up against the notion that men's ability to maintain an erection will be compromised when condoms enter the scene.
But a new study of nearly 500 young American men found that while some did complain of loss of erection, many of these men also experienced erectile dysfunction generally - whether condoms were used or not.
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