Switzerland has probably become the first country in the world to sell extra small condoms for boys as young as 12 years, though the official age of consent in the land-locked nation is 16.
Called Hotshot, the condoms - with a diameter of 4.5 cm as compared to a standard cap's 5.2 cm - have been produced after a Swiss government research revealed that 12 to 14-year-olds didn't use sufficient protection when having sex.
The study, conducted on behalf of Federal Commission for Children and Youth, interviewed 1480 people aged 10 to 20. It showed more 12 to 14-year-olds were having sex as compared
with the 1990s,
The Daily Telegraph
reported.
"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," Nancy Bodmer, who headed the Swiss research at Basel University, said.