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The Swiss have developed a smaller condom for 12 year old boys dubbed the "Hotshot" in response to a study that indicated young teens were regularly engaging in unprotected sex. The reason: they weren't using condoms because they were too big. The Hotshot measures 1.7 inches in diameter (as opposed to 2 inches found with regular ones), and 7.4 inches in length.
This is such a commendable acknowledgement of tween sexuality and recognition of their need to be safe. Can you imagine anything like the "Hotshot" going on sale in this country? Parents would f*cking freak out. I guess our refusal to see our precious little snowflakes as sexual beings is why we have the highest teen pregnancy rate of any industrialized country in the world today.
It's fascinating because a 100 years ago "kids" would be married by 15 - now they're hitting puberty earlier and earlier (thank you food industrial complex), they're delaying marriage until 25, and sex ed has been reduced to "don't have sex until your married". Oh, and then we barage them with sexual imagery to sell them schlock products and leave them home alone in the McMansion.
The Hotshot is only for sale in Switzerland but the UK may be next market. Although the age of consent in Switzerland is 16, sex between minors is
perfectly legal as long as they are not more than three years apart in
age.
WOW.
That's awesome. And no, I couldn't imagine that here... and with all those Catholics in Switzerland I'd have almost never guessed it. Surprised indeed.
America is really falling behind man. =[
Ki.
Whoa
Damn, have times changed. Me and my friends weren't even THINKING about actually having sex until high school. People still made a huge deal about kissing up until we were almost 15. Wow. I don't believe in the whole "Well, making birth control readily available will make people start having sex!". That's bullshit. And even if it's true, at least they're doing it WITH the birth control. It's just surprising that people so young have started so early. I'm happy the Swiss have such innovative thinking. Everyone should have the option to be sexually safe and protected.
Effective Solution?
If we designed our perfect sex ed curriculum, would sex positive, childhood development experts put condom distribution on the list for 6th graders? I don’t know…..
I’m not a Mom who would freak out, but I think this solution has some room for reasonable debate. I not sure that making condoms available that early will necessarily encourage sex, but I do think it’s a false
solution.
I think the potential effectiveness of giving a 6th grader a condom verses giving a 9th-10th grader one is completely different, maybe because the motivations that would
lead a 12 year old to have intercourse are probably different than that of a 16 year old. Sit in a room with 12 year old boys, and you’ll know what I mean. Can the vast majority of them even hold still for long enough to get the condom on properly? Not to mention the forethought to a have the condom available when the opportunity presents itself.
I haven’t seen the Swiss survey data for their 12 year old boys, but the Guttmacher Institute says there were 15,550 pregnancies in 2005 for American girls < 15 yrs old (that’s only .15% of girls.) Also, the majority of the male participants in these pregnancies were 1-3 years older than the girls.
No argument that our sex ed system is poor, but I’m skeptical about this solution. Are we trying for the utopia of no unwanted pregnancies and thinking this is a fix?
Personally I’m actively discouraging my son from rushing to intercourse, but I still plan on filling the glove box FULL of condoms when he starts to dive (I exaggerate). In my opinion that’s an age appropriate solution that is likely to have an impact.
Also, I totally agree with your observation: “Oh, and then we barrage them with sexual imagery to sell them schlock products and leave them home alone in the McMansion.” I could rant up and down all day about parents that treat kids as collectables. Their desire to have it all impacts everyone when they force us to deal with their unattended, undisciplined, children. Yes, I’m sensitive and judgmental when it comes to this topic. I’ve been at that place where I had to make a hard choice, and I’m always disappointed when I see parents who ignore the obvious dysfunction in not amending their life style to raise their kids.
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