UNITED KINGDOM - Oh no, the end of the world is nigh.At least, that’s the impression you get from the Sun and the Daily Star with reports that Durex plans to launch “kiddie condoms” in Britain.
The rubber makers are already selling child-sized condoms in Germany, which has one of Europe’s lowest pregnancy rates or sex diseases.
A company spokesman says: “It is aimed at youths between 13 and 16, where a not insignificant number engage in unprotected sex.”
But the rampaging redtops already have the ban-it brigade out in force and frothing at the mouth at what they say are plans to “encourage under-age sex”.
Right, as if horny teenagers need any encouragement.
Durex says that what it calls the Love Condom, aimed at under-16s, is 3mm narrower than normal, adult-sized condoms.
But the holier-than-thou folks at the Star – which, by the way, today features twice as many topless and bikini-clad girls as usual – are having none of it.
“Fury at sex aids for 13 year olds”, it bleats.
Um, no, that would be vibrators, dildos and French ticklers. We’re just talking condoms here.
The Sun, predictably, quotes a spokesman for Christian group LIFE calling the plan “sick and irresponsible”.
And the Star quotes a spokeswoman for a children’s charity as saying: “But is it going to slash rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases? I doubt it.”
Memo, lady: that’s exactly what condoms are designed to do.
from Mega Star / Start O'Connor
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