Too many people have a negative attitude towards using a condom and it is time to make them "sexy".

Brenda Kerber, sexual health educator, has urged people to be more "positive" about using protection.

She told Canada.com: "We think condoms are inconvenient, a bother, that they don't feel good. Why not be more positive?"

"Use a condom, reduce your worry. It's much more sexy and fun."

And there is certainly no excuse for not buying your own, says spokeswoman for the non-profit group Sexual Health Access Laura Wershler, who added that in this day and age when people are willing to spend their pennies on products like takeaway coffee everyone could afford to buy condoms.

"If you can go to Starbucks for coffee or Booster Juice for a smoothie, you can afford to buy condoms. It should be on everyone's grocery list," she said.

"Most people can afford contraception these days."

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