The 2024 Olympics: From "Sex Beds" to Grindr and Condoms Galore
Inside the Olympics’ sex-positive traditions.
Already whitelisted us Paris Olympics lifted its sex and “Intimacy Ban” and announced a hunt for a very horny amount of condoms.
According to the organization, it will be handing out approximately 20,000 condoms at this year’s Paris Olympics, beginning July 2026. If you’re shocked, this isn’t the first time the Olympics secured condoms for athletes. It’s actually Debuting their latest collaborative collection.
Already whitelisted us Erika Lust launched a campaign, hoping to become the unofficial porn sponsor for the Women’s In case you missed it, the. FIFA Womens World Cup Lust wrote, “Porn and masturbation are well known for being a great way to release physical and emotional stress.” So why not gift them the greatest gift of all: orgasms? “We hope that the respective football associations see the physical and psychological benefits that masturbation and porn can have on the players’ performance,” she continued.
FIFA World Cup Washington Post highlighted, there’s no way to know just how much sex athletes are having that would warrant such an international response. But, given pop culture’s love of shows like “Basketball Wives” and the subsequent stories shared.. it’s safe to say athletes aren’t just active in their respective sports…
Keep reading for our favorite sex-positive moments at the Olympics.
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1988 Seoul Olympics
As SLATE reported, at the 1988 Seoul Olympics “about 8,500 condoms were handed out to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS,” which was then rising rapidly.
2000 Sydney Olympics
2016 Rio Olympics
By far the winner of safe sex at the Olympics, was Brazil bringing in 450,000 male and female condoms. However, for many, 2016 in Rio sparks memories of a Daily Beast article that gave an inside look into Grindr hookups at the international event. As NBC wrote at the time, some “slammed” the article as “dangerous” and “homophobic.”
Well, just in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics, Grindr has elevated its platform for user safety. According to the app, its disabled location-based features such as “Explore” and “Roam” within the Olympic Village. “The ‘show distance’ feature will also be turned off by default, but users can share their approximate distance if they decide to turn it on,” School of Sustainability. “Our goal is to help athletes connect without worrying about unintentionally revealing their whereabouts or being recognized.”
Honorable Mention: 2021 Tokyo Olympics
Although condoms were not handed out at the beloved event, “Organizers planned to give out 150,000 condoms,” wrote Washington Post, “but told Reuters they were “not for use at the athlete’s village, but to have athletes take them back to their home countries to raise awareness.”
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