Taiwanese students create food themed condoms to encourage safe sex

A group of students in Taiwan working on their senior project decided to make ‘cute-looking’ condoms so that more women would be encouraged to buy them. They claim that even now it is mostly men that end up buying condoms at convenience stores. “We thought that, if we made cute condoms, we could change that. Taiwanese people love cute things,” the project’s lead, Ye Wu, told Broadly.

The unique designs of their new brand of Oops condoms comprise images of fruits, vegetables and even cupcakes. Another member of the Oops teams says that the pretty appearance of these condoms will give ‘an incentive’ to girls to carry condoms along with them. “As women, we need to be responsible for our own protection. We can’t rely on men,” she adds.

Although the students are too immersed in their schoolwork for now, they are hopeful that one day they will be able to sell Oops condoms internationally.