Is it polite to offer a gentleman a Trojan? Should you keep a condom in your evening bag? Who's in charge of going to the drugstore and buying them? Today, smart women know the rules of the game when it comes to using condoms and take responsibility for safe sex and preventing unwanted pregnancy. What are the new rules?

Astroglide Brand Personal Lubricants has some suggestions you won't find in Granny's etiquette book.

• Read the Wrapper
  Learn how a man puts on a condom. Then, instead of listening to "Aw babe, I don't wanna wear one," you can turn the tables and offer to help. Putting the condom on can become a very sexy part of your foreplay.


• Don't Rely on the Guy
  Single females should keep a reasonable supply of condoms in the bedside table, the medicine chest, even in a favorite purse. Otherwise somebody's going out in the cold at 1 am to find a drugstore that's open.


• Reasonable means two. Three tops.
  Even if you buy everything by the case at the warehouse club, a value-pack of 600 assorted condoms on your bureau just sends the wrong message.


• Oh, it's so cute and tiny!
  Most condoms are one-size fits all, and that's the size to keep on hand. Those marked Xtra-Fit, Super Size and Big Boss will only intimidate the less generously-endowed. If a previous beau had difficulty finding condoms big enough to fit, it's not necessary to mention this to your new guy who is having no trouble at all slipping into an "average."


• Go for the glide
  Even men who hate condoms will change their tunes if you introduce a drop or two of Astroglide personal lubricant inside the condom. It's off the Richter scale when it comes to sensation and reduces condom-breaking friction. Guys enjoy the sensation so much, they beg to wear a rubber bootie next time. Never use Vaseline, oil or petroleum products to lubricate...they break down the latex. A good lubricant like Astroglide -- and plenty of it -- will turn safe sex into spectacular sex for both of you.


• Restraint, please
  Never tear the condom package open with your teeth. It may save your manicure, but it's a behavior that can frighten a sensitive male and may lead to spontaneous deflation.