When we conducted a group reflection soon after the event, the students began by complaining that the effort wasn’t as successful as they’d hoped: people didn’t want to take condoms from strangers or even friends, it turned out, and each student could recount numerous examples of people moving quickly away to avoid discussing this awkward topic.
But one or more students in the class could definitely commiserate with their embarrassed colleagues on the mall.
Each time we have coordinated the Candy and Condoms event, a few students prefer to create a fact sheets or sit in the background while their more gregarious classmates tape condoms on their shirts, circulate among their fellow students, etc.