mid-day's test drive >> Reporter's attempt to buy female condoms at medical stores makes her subject of mock and ridicule, and she is fleeced

"Nobody buys female condoms. Take the male condoms, instead," suggested a staffer at a 24/7 medical store, when a mid-day reporter posed as a customer to buy a packet of condoms. Said to be the most effective means of protection against HIV among women, the internal condom, also known as the female condom, is considered both empowering and liberating.