Condoms for teenagers
A Swiss company (Lamprecht AG) are making condoms for 12-14 year old boys, according to The Mail. Despite some unfortunate wording in the article (”research found that not enough 12 to 14-year-old boys were having protected sex” – err, what?), it’s pretty clear that the rationale is to make sure there’s contraception available for that (tiny minority) of sexually active 12-14 olds, rather than as an encouragement. I couldn’t begin to speculate about how this would work logistically and what, if any, positive impact this could have.
They’re also apparently keen to market them in the UK, due to our very high rate of underage pregnancy, so eyes peeled. Then again, I can’t find anything on their website about it, so maybe it’s LIES?
In similarly weird news, rumours of JLS starting their own brand of condoms continue, with their management apparently in talks with Durex to launch a range called, of course, Just Love Safe.
“The boys… also want to colour-coordinate the range.
They were each assigned a shade when they first got together – with Aston being blue, Marvin, 24, green, Oritse, 23, red and JB, 23, yellow.
The band – who won the Bizarre column’s Shagger of The Year award in 2009 – are famed for being ladies’ men.
But they are keen to use their huge influence on young fans to improve attitudes to contraception.
Later this year they will announce their exact intentions.”
It’s so silly it’s almost inevitable. At this point I’d be shocked if it didn’t happen. And, if it does, what impact will it really have on their young (teen, mostly female) fans?
