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Condoms are handy, but they can take some of the fun out of sex. They may have upsides, too—as Politiken’s test of one of the world’s oldest forms of birth control shows.

Condom review: »It gives both partners more pleasure and improves the whole experience«

Foto: Jacob Ehrbahn
Foto: Jacob Ehrbahn
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When the condom was invented, it was almost revolutionary. Suddenly, people could have sex without fear of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. But even though much has changed since the sheep intestine condom or the rubber condom developed by a tire manufacturer, the condom still battles a bad reputation.

»The problem with many condoms is that they are only there to prevent pregnancy and protect you from STDs. They have nothing to do with pleasure«, says one of the judges, filmmaker and masculinity debater Lasse Lund.

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