Safe Sex
Sex with another individual almost always involves risk to your health. Monogamous sex (sex with one partner) is some of the safest sex you can have with another person (as long as this partner is also monogamous with you, this is key). If this doesn’t describe your situation you can try some safe activities that include massage, masturbation alone or with a partner, breathy-dry kissing, phone sex, and play with toys shielded in a new condom. For all other categories of sex the exchange of bodily fluids should be avoided. The more fluids are exchanged, the higher the risk of infection, with blood and semen causing far more infection than saliva and urine. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) range from deadly (HIV), to those which can make you very sick (cytomegalovirus, hepatitis, gonorrhea or syphilis), to very nasty (genital warts or HPV and herpes). And that's only a partial list! The most common and rampantly spreading STD in America is Chlamydia; a disease that can go undetected and is known to cause pelvic inflammatory disease in women. With all the risks, there is plenty of incentive to be good to yourself and your partner, whether you know each other well, or not at all!
Synonyms: Bullet Proof, Dry Hump, Sex in a Raincoat
See Also: Birth Control, Condom, Love, Massage, Masturbation (Female), Masturbation (Male), Masturbation (Mutual), Monogamy, Sex, Vibrator, Virtual Sex
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| Safe sex happens best and most often between two partners who care for each other and take steps to protect themselves AND their lover. When initiating a relationship use condoms and put some things “off limits for now”, while you get to know each other. This grants a pleasurable unfolding of intimacy and if the relationship lasts you'll both have something to look forward to. The dropping of latex barriers over time with somebody who is “the real thing” is just like a slow sexy strip dance, unveiling the mystery of your love a little at a time (sigh). |
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