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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Afr J Reprod Health. 2007;11(3):221–235.
Moderator: Why do the youth choose [the phrase] ‘Colgate [toothpaste] on a toothbrush’ [to refer to sex]?
Participant: It’s groovy.
Moderator: So is there something which they resemble?
Participant: Maybe they resemble something
All: [laughter!]
Participant: Maybe I am thinking that ‘putting Colgate on a toothbrush’ means a female’s genitals and a male’s genitals. Maybe the toothbrush is a female’s vagina and the Colgate means the male’s sperms [semen].
All: Yes, it’s true! It’s true – eeee!!
(Females, urban, out-of-school, 16–19)