The 'Consent Condom' Has People Angry

Not everyone is on board with the execution of the "consent condom."

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Argentinian condom company Tulipรกn has created a "consent condom" that comes in a box that requires four hands to open. The company contracted an ad agency to create the condom to start a conversation about consent and condom use in their home country.

The video demonstration of the condom makes their message even clearer.

ยฟPor quรฉ esta cajita solo se puede abrir de a dos? Porque asรญ funciona el consentimiento en las relaciones. Todo tiene que ser de a dos. ๐Ÿคš๐Ÿคš#PlacerConsentido pic.twitter.com/QEUE5aNAWE

— Tulipรกn Argentina (@TulipanARG) March 27, 2019

"If they don't say yes, it means no," the tagline reads. "Consent is the most important thing in sex."ย 

The company placed the limited-run condoms around Buenos Aires and at events with the idea of spreading awareness of the need for consent. BBDO, the company who created the box forย Tulipรกn, explained the campaign in a statement.

"Tulipรกn 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 โ€” pleasure is possible only if you both give your consent," Joaquin Campins of BBDO said.ย 

This Is The 'Consent Condom' Everyone's Talking About pic.twitter.com/su47xqluNZ

— InUth (@InUthdotcom) April 6, 2019

The condom has stirred up a ton of conversation online, seemingly reaching the company's goal. However, plenty of people weren't thrilled with the company's simplified idea of consent.ย 

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 โ‰  automatic consent of all sexual activity https://t.co/Xuq58MKJlW

— Julia Pugachevsky ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (@jaypugz) April 10, 2019
Good thing all rapists buy consent condoms

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