Aw, why did you have to make the oral contraceptive cry?

I could be doing my homework. Or I could watch cartoons in Chinese about oral contraceptives. Quite fascinating.

The concept of these cartoons begins with common misconceptions Taiwanese (or anyone but I assume the audience is Taiwanese) might have about oral contraceptives. For example, it will make you fat, want to puke, moody, never be able to have children again (after discontinuing use), etc.

And then the contraceptive, who is cute, pink, and personified cries and says, "You misunderstand!" It is so cute I can't even fucking stand it. Poor contraceptive! Don't misunderstand her folks.

These are really short videos. And if you don't speak Chinese I still think you might get the picture. Very entertaining!

And this is a pretty effective method because from what I see Asia is in love with cute shit and cartoons. For real. I have peeps to back me up on this.

The one you should pay attention to is the very first one on this channel. It features a user of oral contraceptives mother who comes in and pokes holes in her daughter's condoms while saying, "see if you still won't give me a grandson." And then when she sees the oral contraceptive is like, "the pill! oh she will never get pregnant!" And then at the end...the daughter says to her mother, "if you want a grandson, why didn't you just say something."

You all might be like what the fuck? Indeed. I could help clarify...but I am tired. Ok, that is not fair. Here are somethings to keep in mind about this:

1. Some old school Taiwanese still have the Chinese concept of men being better than woman. Worth more and what not. So they hope to have grandSONs and maybe not grandDAUGHTERS. 重男輕女

2. Uh the condom thing...I have heard rumors that this happens sometimes. And had a friend specifically warn me about this when I was dating my last boyfriend. Now what are mom's doing in your room? Well most Taiwanese live with their family...for a long time. Maybe after marriage, fr lots of reasons, financial, they are more family oriented than Americans tend to be, to care for the older parents in the name of filial piety 孝順, tradition, etc. Good thing I got out of that when I did. The condoms did stay at his house (with his mother.) This video almost made me faint.

Yeah. Enjoy yo! The batman movie is about the social stigma in Taiwan with buying contraceptives. I liked it.

And as far as I can tell this is not sponsored by a contraceptive company. It appears to be health related. I am not sure I will have to look into that more.

Enjoy. And remember don't spread rumors about the pill make and make her cry. It is such a sad sight.