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Annotated Bibliography

Primary Sources

1. Broadbent, Hydeia. “Spotlight on Women's Health.” Womenshealth.gov, 29 Jan. 2017, 25 ​ ​ Nov. 2017 ​ ​ ​

This is an interview about a woman, Hydeia Broadbent who was born with HIV, and her lifestyle. This is an important source because we can learn the hardships of living with HIV/AIDS.

2. “ History – Evidence from the 16th and 17th Century.” Sexual History Tour, 15 Aug. 2016,

This is an image used on our website of a condom found in Lund, Sweden ​ presumed to be from the 1600s.

3. “The Charles Goodyear Story.” Charles Goodyear | Goodyear Corporate,

This is an image used on our website of Thomas good year from the official Goodyear company that talks about how the company came to be.

4. “Founder of Playboy Magazines Hugh Hefner next to Playmate's.” WHAS11, ABC, 29 Sept. 2017,

Image used in our website by Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy and his ​ ​ “playmates”. This shows how the sexual revolution made things like sex and pornography more talked about.

5. “ Brand Advertisement.” Hola, Agustin Kong, 1 Nov. 2010, ​ ​ ​ ​

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Image used in our website showing some of the first Trojan brand latex condoms ​ ​ ​ sold.

6. Marshall, Richard. “The British Army's Fight against Venereal Disease in the 'Heroic Age of Prostitution'*.” Centenary, University of Oxford,

Statistics showing how many British soldiers were admitted to an infirmary a day due to venereal disease.

7. Gettelman, Elizabeth, and Mark Murrmann. “The Enemy in Your Pants.” Mother Jones, 26 June 2017, ​

A compilation of propaganda posters used by the United States during WWII.

8. Trojan, “Trojan Products” ​ ​ This website helped us get a better idea of the variety of condoms sold today.

Secondary Sources

9. Khan, Fahd, et al. “The Story of the Condom.” Indian Journal of Urology: IJU: Journal of the Urological Society of India, Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd, 5 Jan. 2013,

This source provided information as to how early civilizations had their version of the condom with the materials they had in hand.

10. Stice, Joel. “From The Cave To The Bedroom, The 13,000-Year History Of The Condom.” All That's Interesting, All That's Interesting, 7 June 2018,

It gives a bit of historical context as to how long ago it had been since condoms were first used. Without going into too much detail, it also refers to one of the many slogans given to soldiers to use before any sexual acts to keep them from catching diseases.

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11. Romm, Cari. “During World War II, Sex Was a National-Security Threat.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 8 Oct. 2015,

The United States saw STDs as a threat they saw prostitutes as a hazard to men in the service. The United States took STDs and their soldiers seriously.

12. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Condom.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 31 July 2013, ​ ​ ​

The invention of the rubber condom was important because it helped reduce the number of STDs being spread and bettering the health of everyone else. The outcomes were a billion-dollar industry, and we care because it continues to hold the same purpose of preventing STDs and pregnancy.

13. Lieberman, Hallie. “A Short History of the Condom.” JSTOR Daily,

Men didn’t really enjoy wearing them either as they felt very uncomfortable with them, claiming that it was better with none. Introduces the concept of the invention of rubber through Charles Goodyear. Although, it also talks about the problems that also came with this seeing as they were also uncomfortable to wear.

14. PMC, Europe. “The Story of the Condom.” Europe PMC, 31 Dec. 2012,

This refers to the different places that used different kinds of methods such as the Chinese using silk, the Japanese using a turtle shell. Later referred to the impact during the Renaissance period and how in Egypt these contraceptives were used to keep diseases from being spread. It became something less used as the church deemed using them as a sin.

15. “Programmes | Panorama | A Brief .” BBC News, BBC, 16 Oct. 2005, ​

Explains STDs and how they were painful to live with, dangerous to your social, mental, and physical health, and sometimes deadly. Then refers to the widespread use of condoms around the time of WWII, when the rise of STDs (mainly syphilis) was at one of its highest points at the time.

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16. LaMotte, Sandee. “Meet the Shady Ladies of WWII Anti-VD Posters.” CNN, Cable News Network, 26 Aug. 2015,

Explains how the united states used propaganda posters depicting women as scary and infected with STDs in hopes that soldiers wouldn’t have unprotected sex.

17. Hemmings, Jay. “The Condom-An Unlikely War Necessity.” WAR HISTORY ONLINE, 6 Apr. 2019, ​ ​

It talks about how WWI soldiers were provided with many items but weren’t provided with condoms to protect their sexual health.

18. Hills, Rachel. “Sexual Revolution Then and Now: Hook-Ups From 1964 to Today.” Time, Time, 2 Dec. 2014, ​

It talks about the sexual revolution and how sex began being normalized.

19. “What Are HIV and AIDS?” AVERT, 27 Nov. 2017, 21 Oct. 2017

This website gives basic information about AIDS/HIV and what the disease is. This website was important because in order to research and find out about our topic we need to know the basic information about HIV/AIDS. We used this site to understand the basic understanding of AIDS.

20. Gabriele Falloppio, ​

This website helped us get a better understanding of Gabriele Falloppio and his contribution to the design of the condom.

21. “Learn about Merle Leland Youngs.” HowOld.co,

This website talked about Merle Leland Youngs and how he started his company Trojan. ​

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22. History of Contraception- Condoms and Sponges,

This website talks about prophylactic kits used on soldiers if they were to have unprotected sex in hopes to prevent STDs.

23. “Muvs - Charles Nelson Goodyear (1800-1860).” Museum of Contraception and Abortion, ​

This website gave us a better insight into Charles Goodyear and how he mad the rubber condom.

24. Bardi, Jason. “The Coming Dearth of Doctors Who Specialize in HIV/AIDS.” UC San Francisco, 2 Dec. 2011, Oct 26. 2017

This website talks about doctors who specialize in AIDS/HIV. It’s an important site to show how severe this disease is and that there's an own specialty for it. We used this source to see the difficulty of treating patients with AIDS.

25. “Condom Effectiveness.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Aug. 2016,

This website is from the CDC explaining the importance of condoms. It explains how this contraceptive also protects from STDs/STIs.

26. “Condoms for HIV Prevention.” World Health Organization, World Health Organization, 14 Oct. 2014, ​ ​ ​

This website is by the WHO and explains how condoms are an effective way to prevent HIV/AIDs. It gives some background information as to what HIV/AIDs is.

27. “UNFPA, WHO and UNAIDS: Position Statement on Condoms and the Prevention of HIV, Other Sexually Transmitted Infections and Unintended Pregnancy.” World Health Organization, World Health Organization, 14 July 2015, ​ ​

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This website talks about the safety of wearing a condom during sex as and unwanted pregnancy could occur and the risks of someone with HIV/AIDs having children.

28. Salem, A. “A Condom Sense Approach to AIDS Prevention: a Historical Perspective.” South Dakota Journal of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Oct. 1992, ​

This website was about the role of condoms in the AIDS crisis and how they were able to prevent it. It also gave historical background on condoms and AIDS.

29. Foss, Anna M, et al. “Condoms and Prevention of HIV.” BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), ​ ​ BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 24 July 2004, ​ ​

This website focused on the prevention of HIV and the role that condoms played in its prevention. It focuses on HIV and the places that are affected by it the worst and the reasoning as to why.

30. “Condom Promotion and Distribution to Prevent HIV/AIDS.” GiveWell, ​ ​ ​ ​

This website talks about how condoms were heavily advertised and distributed during the ​ ​ ​ ​ HIV/AIDs crisis.

31. “History of HIV and AIDS Overview.” Avert, 10 Oct. 2019, ​ ​

This website focused on the history of AIDS and HIV and how it came to be the disease we know today. It talked about its historical background and evolution.

32. “A Brief History of Contraception.” Emaze Presentations, ​ ​

This is a presentation of different forms of contraceptives and how they were made. 33. Deutsche Welle. “Book Tells Little-Known Tale of Revolutionary Condom-Maker: DW: 12.03.2007.” DW.COM,

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This website gave an explanation as to how Julius Fromm’s company fell due to WWII.