Sense Project

A Switzerland company manufactures condoms for 12-year-old boys, and plans to distribute them outside of Switzerland. While it’s only a minority of 12-year-olds that are sexually active (and the sex is typically very occasional), I believe safer sex supplies should still be available for them, and a condom that fits your penis size is also great if you want to practice with it, which we always encourage people to do in workshops.

A standard condom has a diameter of 52mm in comparison with the Hotshot’s 45mm. Both are the same length – 190mm.

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

Hilary Pannack, of teenage pregnancy charity Straight Talking Peer Education, said: ‘We know young people are having sex and if this is what it takes to protect them, we need to go along with it.’

Condoms in ‘extra small’ for boys age 12 set for Britain’s shelves soon @ Mail Online

Myth Bustin’ Question I

Animals do not engage in homosexual behaviour; therefore, homosexuality is not natural.

FALSE!

First, what does “natural” even mean? If we’re talking about animals, scientists have known for a long time that many species engage in homosexual sex. Yeah, that’s right; we’re talking about dwarf chimpanzees, dolphins, killer whales, lions and many many others. Some animals form lifelong bonds with another animal of the same sex in the same way that other members of their species form lifelong bonds with a mate of the opposite sex.

Here are some interesting links pertaining to homosexual sex in the animal kingdom:

Homosexual Activity Among Animals Stirs Debate (National Geographic)

Homosexual Behaviour Widespread in Animals According to New Study (Telegraph.co.uk)

1500 Species Practice Homosexuality (The Medical News)

Now, if we’re talking about human beings, we need to remember that many things/ behaviours/ beliefs that are considered “natural” today weren’t considered that way not so long ago. For a very long time, the Catholic Church, for instance, tried to prevent people from using contraception because it wasn’t considered “natural” and therefore, wrong.

So, this means that the “natural” argument simply doesn’t fly!