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Encyclopedia > Unsafe sex

Unsafe sexual practices include, but are not limited to:


1.) The passing of any bodily fluid or material from one individual to another.


This first and most basic practice includes virtually all sexual activity, therefore, in order to engage in a normal sex life, one must use circumspect caution about what activities are acceptable and with whom.


If you have a lover and have known this person for a protracted period and both of you have reasonable assurances that neither of you have strayed to assignations with outsiders, and if you both take HIV tests regularly (twice a year), then the liklihood that that either of you will infect the other is virtually nil. But, even in this way too cautious hypothesis you still could contract type C hepatitis if your sexplay includes ingestion of feces or vomitus. (For some people it does.) Or, in a less extreme variant, a long dormant herpetic infection might appear and transfer without notice. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a retrovirus that infects cells of the human immune system. ... Hepatitis is a gastroenterological disease, featuring inflammation of the liver. ... ...


The question naturally arises: "What are safe sexual practices?" This is a tricky question to answer. The trickiness comes from the mounds of legal liability that come back to haunt anyone who had the chutzpah to step forward and declare some practice to be safe. Instead, safe becomes a matter of common sense.


While oral sex, including the swallowing of semen, has lately been considered by many self-appointed authorities to not be a vehicle for HIV, if you spend your days kneeling naked in the men's room of a porno store taking on all comers, this could never be considered a safe practice. There are people who behave this way and they risk infection from all manner of STD's as well as other diseases which are transmitted via urine, skin and blood. This leads us to the second unsafe sexual practice: STD is an abbreviation used in several different contexts that stand for different terms. ...


2.) Engaging in sexual contact with multiple partners and with unknown partners.


The numbers will eventually get you. It's a lottery and you stand a better chance of winning (losing really) if you have 365 entries a year instead of 3 or 4. You need to pick your partners carefully, and what you find out over cocktails in two hours is simply not enough information. Offering yourself as a Bukkake target in a bath house may sound thrilling as a fantasy, but it brings real dangers along for the reality ride. Of course, you might do stuff like this for years with no adverse results. Some people buy lottery tickets every week and never win either, but odds playing is a form of gambling, and at least in Lotto, you are only out a buck. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...


Next to masturbation, frottage (rubbing someones genitals through the clothing) is the least dangerous activity, although I guess you could get a rash. Lying naked together and manipulating each others genitals is usually OK, but penises get drippy and vaginas get wet and it all rubs off onto you. This may not be a problem unless you have a teeny tiny cut on your skin, or a rash, which then becomes an access point to your circulatory system. Licking and sucking are a major part of sex, and for the most part, healthy saliva and a generous dose of stomach acid will act as a bar to most viruses. If you recently flossed, however, you might have made a gum bleed a little and then, there's that superhighway right into your body again. This article is about the art technique. ... For the manga by Tsukasa Hôjô, see Rash. ... The circulatory system or cardiovascular system is the organ system which circulates blood around the body of most animals. ... For the band, see Saliva (band). ... Gastric acid is the main secretion of the stomach, characterised by H2O, hydrochloric acid and several enzymes (mainly pepsinogen). ... A common alternate meaning of virus is computer virus. ...


Everything discussed to this point simply requires your judicious screening of the candidate for your sexual fun. It would not be smart to tempt fate by giving head to a guy you just met on the day you had a wisdom tooth extracted. However, most people get to play this much without having to face death, if they are careful. Oral sex consists of all those sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, etc. ...


After this, things get a bit dicey. Deposits into the vagina and into the anal cavity are like injections into your body. These areas are rich in blood vessels and are uniquely equipped to engage in chemical transfers into the bloodstream. Ergo: Human female internal reproductive anatomy The vagina (from the Latin for sheath or scabbard ) is the tubular tract leading from the uterus to the exterior of the body in female mammals, or to the cloaca in female birds and some reptiles. ... Also referred to as the Anal Vault or Rectum, the void at the end of the colon , anterior to the anal sphincter where fecal material deposits prior to defecation. ...


3.) Penetrating the vagina and anus without a condom.


This is a premier way to transfer any STD. Condoms are cheap, easy to use and do not impede sexual frenzy. In fact, virtually nothing impedes sexual frenzy. Latex and poly condoms protect against HIV, genital herpes, and pregnancy. Natural lambskin condoms (like Fourex Brand) are good only against conception. Their membranes will pass disease. If you are unsure, read the package! A standard latex condom still rolled up This article is about the contraceptive device. ... The Herpes simplex virus infection (common names: herpes, cold sores) is a common, contagious, incurable, and in some cases sexually transmitted disease caused by a double-stranded DNA virus. ... A condom sealed in typical packaging A condom is a device, usually made of latex, that covers a mans penis during sexual intercourse to avoid pregnancy and/or sexually transmitted diseases (STD) such as gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV. They are also known as prophylactics, as well as a number...


Many people engage in the practice of barebacking. It is unsafe, unless you know the history of your partner. Always use a rubber and be (relatively) certain. Barebacking is a term that originated in gay slang for unprotected anal sex. ... Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky emulsion (known as latex) in the sap of a number of plants but can also be produced synthetically. ...


Taking anything into your body, by mouth or other orifice, compromises the integrity of your person. We take it so for granted by breathing, drinking, eating all the time, that we are not focused on the idea that we may be poisoned. Poisoning isn't only the realm of an old witch with a green potion. It can come in the form of a hot load from a hard cock, and be very desirable to you until the full effects are known. Therefore, we come to this last unsafe practice:


4.) Openly engaging in sex without first clutching to your intellect.


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Unsafe sexual practices - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (851 words)
Unsafe Sexual Practices (often referred to as Unsafe Sex) are sexual practices that are considered to carry a high risk of sustaining or imparting sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) (also known as sexually-transmitted diseases or STDs) through participation in a sexual relationship without the benefit or use of any contraceptive or preventive measures against STIs.
While oral sex, including the swallowing of semen, has lately been considered by some authorities not to be a vehicle for HIV, urine and blood may still cause infection.
Licking and sucking are a major part of sex, and for the most part, healthy saliva and a generous dose of stomach acid will act as a bar to most viruses.
Prevalence of Unsafe Sexual Behavior Among HIV-Infected Individuals: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study (1700 words)
However, reported unsafe sex was associated with gender, age, ethnicity, HIV transmission group, HIV status of the stable partner, having occasional partners, and living alone.
With unsafe sex not denied as the response, there was less evidence of associations with age and occasional partners and more evidence of associations with education and antiretroviral therapy.
Unsafe sex with occasional partners is a concern since this behavior may contribute to more rapid transmission of HIV infection.
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