I am a female, and when my partner uses a condom, I get pain/soreness that lasts for days due to the "ring" at the one end of the condom...it obviously rubs the exterior and interior of the opening of the vagina. Lubricants don't help. Are there any male condoms that you know about without the ring....although it's obvious that the ring helpd the condom to stay in place. I tried a female condom before..it has virtually the same exterior ring.