Fapt divers: Extra small condoms for 12 year-old boys go on sale in Switzerland

Elvetia:

Extra small condoms for 12 year-old boys go on sale in Switzerland

Alexandra Williams in Geneva

Called the Hotshot, the condom has been produced after government
research showed 12 to14-year-olds did not use sufficient protection when
having sex.

The study, conducted on behalf of the Federal Commission for Children
and Youth, interviewed 1,480 people aged 10 to 20.

It showed more 12 to 14-year-olds were having sex, in comparison with
the 1990s.

The Hotshot condoms, which cost 7fr60 (£4.70) for a packet of six, have
been created by Lamprecht AG, a leading condom manufacturer in Switzerland.

The company has said the UK would be "top priority" if they expanded
abroad, considering that it has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in
Europe.

Nysse Norballe, a spokesman for the company, said: "At the moment we are
only producing the Hotshot in Switzerland. But the UK is certainly a
very attractive market since there is a very high rate of underage
conception. The UK would definitely be top priority if we marketed abroad."

A standard condom has a diameter of 2ins (5.2cm) in comparison with the
Hotshot's diameter of 1.7ins (4.5cm). Both are the same length – 7.4ins
(19cm).

According to a German study of 12,970 13 to 20-year-olds, a quarter said
a standard condom was too large.

Family planning groups and the Swiss Aids Federation campaigned to have
the Hotshot produced after a number of studies, including the government
study researched at the Centre for Development and Personality
Psychology at Basel University.

Nancy Bodmer, who headed the research, said: "The result that shocked us
concerned young boys who display apparently risky behaviour. They have
more of a tendency not to protect themselves. They do not have a very
developed sexual knowledge. They do not understand the consequences of
what they are doing and leave the young girls to take care of the
consequences.

"The results of this study suggest that early prevention makes sense."

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Sursa:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7361181/Extra-small-condoms-for-12-year-old-boys-go-on-sale-in-Switzerland.html
http://www.antena3.ro/stiri/externe/prezervative-pentru-baietii-cu-varste-intre-12-ani-si-14-ani-de-vanzare-in-elvetia_93706.html