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who have known me for seven years and came to me and said, ‘Wow you’ve
really figured it out—I’m proud of you.’”
The company has come a long way from its beginnings. “From the retailers
to the home party people to all the distributors, the great thing is we can
play in all those fields. Even though we’re three years old as Say It With A
Condom, we’re very much a startup, so we’re very agile. We’re creating this
new platform to advertise on, and we’re able to pivot very quickly. If we say,
‘Hey we need this type of packaging option to promote this type of client,
we can do that. … We’re a marketing firm, not a condom company.”
As to the actual condoms, Sherman said, “We do get our condoms for an
OEM out of Thailand. They’re all FDA-approved in premium latex with a four-
to five-year shelf life. Lubricated or un-lubricated, depending on the client
wants.” But what’s outside is the real product: “What our packaging and our
platform allows you to do is to deliver your message.”
How did Sherman become a marketing guru? For one thing, his parents
were both in sales. “I always wanted to create my own work. I didn’t want
somebody else to tell me what I’m worth or when to leave the office or what
I could amount to.”
Asked what he did before starting hawking rubbers, Sherman said, “It’s
almost hard to remember. I used to be in cosmetics. I used to sell makeup
and skin care, and I was really good at sales and marketing and getting
people to buy things.
“For me, what I’m very fortunate to have is not just the combination of
sales ability but the marketing side of it as well. I can look at something …
and find a hundred different ways to talk about it, promote it, create a new
product line, and just grow a business.”
Some of the messages that Sherman communicates are much more than
entertaining jokes or commercial branding. “LGBT awareness is something
we take a big part in. We actually have a whole line of condoms that speak to
awareness of the LGBT community,” he said. Among these are such slogans
as “Wear with Pride” and “Closets are for Clothes.”
“But perhaps our biggest venture into creating awareness for a group
is about sexual assault. Last year we launched a line of consent-themed
condoms that advocated for asking before engaging in any kind of sexual
activity. We did that in March and we launched with five different kind of
condoms.” Emblazoned with slogans such as “Consent Is Hot, Assault Is
Not,” the condoms attracted media coverage, and now, Sherman said,
“universities and domestic violence centers around the world carry these
condoms as a way to call attention to a message that needs to be heard.”
These “Consent Condoms” are something Sherman is passionate about,
and it’s certainly been an issue in the news since a federal investigation
in Title IX violations on 74 college campuses began last year. “Columbia,
USC, Harvard, Yale, Amherst—these schools are all under investigation for
violating Title 9, to provide a safe place for the student body. So we were at
the forefront of being able to provide a tool to stimulate the conversation.
We’ve increased our product fivefold and we now have 25 different consent-
themed designs that help advocate for sexual assault awareness. …
“The numbers are shocking—one in four women will be assaulted in their
lifetime before the age of 24, and if you include men then it’s one in five.
Do I think condoms are going to stop it? No—but listen, if you’re going to
engage in sexual activity you should be responsible and have a condom.
Why not also include a message about consent at the same time?”
In addition to universities, Say It With A Condom works with many other
outreach organizations, from AIDS Project Los Angeles to the government
of Alaska to other safer sex programs. All these organizations have condom
distribution programs, and by working with Sherman, they can also deliver
a message with every condom they hand out. “That’s the goal when we
work with a lot of these health-related organizations,” he said. “We deliver a
message, and oftentimes with a smile.
For more information, go to SayItWithACondom.com.
SexToyDistributing.com Introduces Milker Stroker and Suction Machine
SexToyDistributing.com is one of the first to introduce
the Milker Automatic Deluxe Stroker, a one-of-a-kind love
machine that combines the power of suction and the
sensuality of stroking. Featuring a dual-cylinder design,
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The Milker features a thin silicone tube encased in an ABS
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The Milker, available from sex machine brand LoveBotz,
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