A new condom from an Argentinian sex toy company sparked an important discussion on consent.
Tulipán created the world’s first “consent condom,” which requires four hands to open its packaging, reports The Next Web.
Este pack es tan simple de abrir como entender que si no te dice que sí, es no. #PlacerConsentido
pic.twitter.com/KHWyoFmg7L— Tulipán Argentina (@TulipanARG) April 3, 2019
The company created the condom to encourage sexual consent and lower HIV rates in Argentina.
AHF Argentina, an HIV/AIDS awareness organization, reports only 14.5% of Argentinian men use condoms regularly and 65% use them occasionally. An additional 20% never use condoms. The alarming statistics led to the production of the condom. BBDO Argentina, a marketing company, created the packaging, according to CBS News.
“Tulipán has always spoken of safe pleasure but for this campaign we understood that we had to talk about the most important thing in every sexual relationship — pleasure is possible only if you both give your consent,” said BBDO spokesman Joaquin Campins. “If it’s not a yes, it’s a no,” he added.
The condoms have been distributed to citizens around Buenos Aires, free of charge. Its creation sparked quite the discussion on Twitter.
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Tulipán and BBDO clearly mean well but the road to an internet dragging is paved with good intentions. Man Twitter users aren’t feeling the premise of this product.
I know this is probs just a way to try and go viral but:
1. This dumbs down the idea of healthy communication re: sex in a harmful way
2. It's the condom equivalent of dudes asking for recorded videos of consent
3. Putting on a condom ≠ automatic consent of all sexual activity https://t.co/Xuq58MKJlW— Julia Pugachevsky (@jaypugz) April 10, 2019
If a man doesn’t care about your consent I can promise you he doesn’t care about putting on a condom first https://t.co/HjQxDYsysd
— Blaec Francis (@blaec_francis) April 10, 2019
the “consent condom” appears to have been created by people who know nothing about either consensual sex or sexual assault. cool times in this true hellscape
— jes skolnik (@modernistwitch) April 10, 2019
oh a consent condom, sweet, so men can rape without one
— side-chonk (@xhillzy) April 10, 2019
Listen up scientists
We????need????a????voice????activated????affirmative????consent????condom????package????
Dismantle Capitalism and Science until we get it! ✊ https://t.co/LoRMmIq6KH
— flabbergasted (@observeaddict) April 10, 2019
A real consent condom would require 4 hands to remove, not to unbox.
— Jacob Style adult films ???????????? (@JacobStyle_xxx) April 9, 2019
The condom is expected to be available for purchase later this year.
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