Can I borrow your rubber

When I was in high school (11th grade, ca 1961) my English text book had the following prargraph, which I memorized, due to its being howlingly archaic even at that time:

"Why do boys detest wearing rubbers more than girls? With their superior strength, boys should be able to jerk rubbers on and off more expertly than girls. The real test, however, is putting rubbers on a squirming three-year-old. Girls are better at this than boys." The following year, the texts substituted "overshoes" for "rubbers." A costly recall because of a change in meaning!