Thread by @sexologistjill

If you want to know how we get people to comply with wearing face masks, ask a #sexologist. 😷👩🏼‍🏫 It’s not our first rodeo when it comes to convincing people they should wear a barrier for protection from a deadly virus. 🦠💁🏼‍♀️

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Here’s what we’ve learned from 4 decades of research on #condom use:

💜 You can’t shame, guilt, or judge people into compliance. Does not work.

💜 Don’t lie. Don’t pretend wearing it doesn’t suck.
💜 Normalize it. Make wearing the default, the norm.
💜 Be consistent with the messaging. Schools, workplaces, government officials, health workers, and movie stars all need to be saying the same thing.

💜 Make them accessible. They should be free or at cost. They should be distributed in communities so wearing it is as easy as possible.

💜 Teach people to keep one on their person, in their purse, car, by their front door, etc. Having one on hand greatly increases the likelihood it will be used.
💜 Be honest, but not fear-based, about their risks of transmitting the virus without wearing one.

💜 Help people learn the communication skills needed to talk to others they encounter who don’t want to wear one.
💜 Target social marketing to different populations. A college student and a boomer will have very different reasons for non-compliance. Speak their language.

💜 Improve their design to make them fit better and more comfortably.

#yesthosearedicks #penismask #askasexologist #askasexeducator

Via: me, a week ago. Reposting here to show receipts of original authorship 🙄