Welcome habrotrocha (hope you feel like explaining that one some time!).

Truth is, we just attribute to the French the things that they invented. The French invented sex in Paris in the 1890s and introduced it to the wealthy and louche English and American people who spent time there over the next 40 years. Up until then we only had procreation so we didn't need condoms .

Condom is, of course, a town in south-west France on the banks of the Balse.