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bacasper
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 Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:07 am Post subject: Condoms for 12-year-olds on sale in Switzerland |
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I like the name! But how big a problem is this? I can recall exactly one story of a 13-year-old father in many years of news-watching.
Extra small condoms for 12 year-old boys go on sale in Switzerland
Alexandra Williams in Geneva
Published: 8:13PM GMT 03 Mar 2010
Called the Hotshot, the condom has been produced after government research showed 12 to 14-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.
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| The Pope won't be happy about that |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:37 am Post subject: Re: Condoms for 12-year-olds on sale in Switzerland |
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I guess this guy could have used one, even as I have trouble believing he was the father a year before the photo was taken.
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| I can recall exactly one story of a 13-year-old father in many years of news-watching. |
Baby-faced boy Alfie Patten is father at 13
BOY dad Alfie Patten yesterday admitted he does not know how much nappies cost � but said: �I think it�s a lot.�
Baby-faced Alfie, who is 13 but looks more like eight, became a father four days ago when his girlfriend Chantelle Steadman gave birth to 7lb 3oz Maisie Roxanne.
He told how he and Chantelle, 15, decided against an abortion after discovering she was pregnant.
The shy lad, whose voice has not yet broken, said: �I thought it would be good to have a baby.
�I didn�t think about how we would afford it. I don�t really get pocket money. My dad sometimes gives me �10.�
Alfie, who is just 4ft tall, added: �When my mum found out, I thought I was going to get in trouble. We wanted to have the baby but were worried how people would react.
�I didn�t know what it would be like to be a dad. I will be good, though, and care for it.�
full story and family photos at link |
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