Bangkok: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has suggested Filipinos avoid using condoms because they “aren’t pleasurable” in the latest of many wisecracks that have outraged rights advocates and social welfare groups.

Duterte told returning overseas workers, mostly women, to use “free” contraceptive pills and illustrated his point by putting a wrapped piece of candy to his mouth.

“Here, try eating it without unwrapping it,” he said.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Credit:AP

“Eat it. That’s what a condom is like.”