When condoms were "locked"
FT Chinese Yin Zi I never buy the experience of condoms, but condoms毛头caused minimal because of the embarrassment of buying appears to have heard a joke. To China last month, I inadvertently found a 24-hour convenience store cashier Add to condoms have a glass next to a small cupboard, the near distance, seemed to be so beneficial to customers and cashiers whispering, pointing here and complete the transaction. But to return to Washington, DC the second week, I experienced a condom-related demonstrations and activities, let me on the glass cabinets and a new view.






The causes of things is very simple. The nation's largest supermarket chains of daily necessities and medicines CVS in a number of its shops, the condoms locked into the glass cabinets, anything to buy condoms customers have to say hello with a out of key staff, and then under the watchful eyes of the staff completion of the selection. The scandal is not only a cause for panic and embarrassment that the non-human nature of customer service, and locked the shop condoms has obvious relevance. According to the survey, anything locked shops are located in the black or Latino community gathering area is also relatively poor law and order. CVS's intentions crystal clear, it seems very able to understand - in these areas, petty theft is rampant, open-shelf equivalent to free condoms, condoms. Materialistic businessmen, a large lock on the mount.






I noticed that in the United States, open-shelf supermarket and shops, jewelry and other valuables are locked into the glass, and cigarettes is not valuable, but also on the lock. Why did not people protest then locked to the cigarettes? The reason is simple, cigarettes was harmful to the human body to sell cigarettes to minors is illegal. And different condoms, AIDS and teenage pregnancy has become a very important two U.S. national affairs, to the politics of a small plastic package, not without justification.






Data prove that AIDS is still the 25-34 year-old African-American women, the first killer of black women infected ratio is 15 times that of white women, Latino women, the proportion of infected women is 4 times the white. Over the past decade, gay and bisexual men are high-risk groups, experts believe, has nearly half of black gay and bisexual men infected with HIV.










As the United States, young people, three million sexually transmitted diseases each year, 750,000 pregnant. A sexual life of young people frequent, if not to take contraceptive measures, the year the chances of pregnancy for 90%.






Let us imagine what kind of person would steal them condoms? Is a steady income and middle-class white collar? Head has the face of public officials? The rich or wealthy? Of course not. The "black hands" of condoms into the open-shelf, is eating the forbidden fruit of the secondary school students, part-time is stretched to their limits, and even speaks of the flesh trade. In other words, CVS condoms to guard against thieves who, it is American society in the communities most in need of condoms, but also to prevent the issue of AIDS and teenage pregnancy targets of primary concern. In these "angle only" region, mostly from poor families, the general lack of health education, they just accept the free condom帮困crowd. Locked these condoms, originally on a half of timid children, sex life and not express an opinion on the health of young people, is likely to change his mind on leaving the store empty-handed had.






CVS naturally argue that because Americans fear most is being labeled as "discrimination" of the hat. But facts speak louder than words, from Los Angeles to New York, are precisely those in the "colored" area of the shops were locked to the condom. There are more than 200 communities nationwide non-governmental organizations, health educators and advocates solidarity with the activities of the CVS move. Perhaps there are other shops doing the same trying to protect their own profits to do it, why does CVS so unlucky? Simply because you wind big tree?






As the nation's largest pharmacy, CVS has nearly 7000 stores, known as 1 billion a year to deal with a doctor's prescription, there are 150 million customers, that is to say in every two Americans have a CVS to buy medicine. For such an industry leader, American society and the public is required, light not good not to make money, even more unconscionable not to make money. Condoms locked to this matter, although not a violation of any law, it reflects the people's needs, social needs money placed under the cold-blooded self-interest features. Initiate and participate in the protests of many activists and the people are against CVS "no conscience", and "the treatment of CVS" (Cure CVS) the name of the event also reflects the good expectations of the public CVS. Boston and Philadelphia areas has been "cured", and to unlock condoms, and more needs to be locked up shop "by rule."






Conscience, compassion, and love and compassion, through the treatment available to you? I was standing on the famous Washington, DC Dupont Circle gay community together, looked at the lawn of the generous blocks of the organizers of the floor, holding placards and silence of the audience, can not help but think. The crowd was not huge, momentum is not strong, but they are human beings and humanity of ordinary people with great confidence. Even if it is to do things a little bit, let the world become a little bit better then they think it is doing its best to fight for it. Is a small condoms, and its precious freedoms.