Tuesday, September 29, 2009

My Umbrella


Another gem from Jean D’Arc, who has terrific stories about rural Rwandan culture and superstitions. She is somewhat unusual for Rwandan woman – she talks about sex. As a nurse, I suppose it comes with the territory.

As part of her job, Jean D’arc advises couples on family planning, including condom use. Sometimes she demonstrates how to unroll a condom (think the banana in health class).

One day, a man she had counseled came to her, confused and upset:

“Jean D’Arc,” he said, “I followed your instructions exactly for using the condom, but my wife still got pregnant!”

“Tell me what happened,” she asked.

“I did it just like you showed me. Before I made love to my wife, I put the condom on my umbrella.”

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