If you want to know how we get people to comply with wearing face masks, ask a sexologist. It’s not our first rodeo when it comes to convincing people they should wear a barrier for protection from a deadly virus. Here’s what we’ve learned from 4 decades of research on condoms:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> You can’t shame, guilt, or judge people into compliance. Does not work.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> Don’t lie. Don’t pretend wearing it doesn’t suck.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> Normalize it. Make wearing the default, the norm.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz">Be consistent with messaging. Schools, workplaces, government officials, health workers & movie stars all need to be saying the same thing.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz">Make them accessible. They should be free or at cost. They should be distributed in communities so wearing it is as easy as possible.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> Teach people to keep one on their person, in their purse, car, by their front door, etc. Having one on hand greatly increases the likelihood it will be used.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> Be honest, but not fear-based, about their risks of transmitting the virus without wearing one.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> Help people learn the communication skills needed to talk to others they encounter who don’t want to wear one.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> Target social marketing to different populations. A college student and a boomer will have very different reasons for non-compliance. Speak their language.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz"> Improve their design to make them fit better and more comfortably.

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Via Jill McDevitt