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Love and Relationships: Safer Sex Practices

Safer Sex Practices Introduction:
Because there is no say of having 100% “safe” sex, “safer” sex is the term that has been used for years to describe people who engage in sexual behaviors where some kind of effort is used to reduce the risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Some risk reduction efforts include using barrier methods like the male and female condom, dental dams, finger cots, and latex gloves. Others include non-penetrative activities like body rubbing instead of intercourse if no barrier methods are being used. This topic is discussed in greater detail throughout this channel.

Safer Sex Practices Articles:

CONDOMS ARE EFFECTIVE AGAINST HIV/AIDS

Respecting Personal Boundaries

Building Intimacy Through Safer Sex

HIV/AIDS among African Americans

Living Positively: Sex and Childbearing After an HIV Diagnosis

Sex Toy Advice: The Dangers of Phthalates

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Answered Love and Relationships - Safer Sex Practices Questions:

My boyfriend and I have been seeing eachother for about 6 months and we both have genital herpes from previous relationships. This is my first relationship after getting herpes and it is his first rel ....

I just began taking the pill about a month ago. I am ready to have sex without condoms with my previously virgin boyfriend. I have been tested for HIV and been to a gyno so I am clear of STD's as well ....

I'm a 22 year old, healthy, intelligent college student who is ashamed of her sexual past. I'm disappointed and scared that I've had sex with 14 people and only two of them were boyfriends and four wi ....

Thank You all for all your Hard work, I searched high and low on the internet and by far this site was the best. I know you answer about 70 million of these but i just seek some relief for my worry ....

I am not circumcised and i have a problem putting on condoms. I heard that i have to pull back my foreskin but i do not know how i can do it while holding the tip of the condom and putting it on the h ....

For the past few days I've been reading the other Q + A's regarding my same basic concern but, selfishly, still consider my situation to be "unique," and therefore seek "unique" information.

Hey, I had sex for the first time about 3 days ago and Im 19 years old. My partner and I had sex unprotected and I been looking over your other responces in relation to the question I have. We were ha ....

Hello again Doctor McCaffree.

I'm writing back to thank you for your answering my earlier questions about pre-cum and sexual education materials last month. Sure enough - my girlfriend had he ....

I had sex with my boyfriend for the first time last night. I was on the second day of my period, we used a condom and it did not break (tested it afterwards), but neither of us reached orgasm. My boyf ....

Okay, I have a complicated quesiton. me and my boyfriend were messing around. im a virgin. i gave him a handjob and then about 30 min later touched my labia minora. i didnt wipe my hands right after ....

Recently my wife missed one of her birth control pills. I was wondering how missing the pill effects how well it works.. Also, we dont like using condoms and have heard that when used correctly, pulli ....

my girlfriend took my penis and rubbed against her glans, prepuce, and labia minora area for about 1 minute. I was afraid if that might cause pregnancy because we had sex an hour or two before(with a ....

Hi i just have one more question! Okay say me and my boyfriend were dy humping for a little bit, but i forgot i had a good sized hole right where my vagina is, but we were only dry humping for like a ....

Dear Dr. McCaffree,

I have read some of your replies to questions that are similar to mine, but I have been completely stressing myself out over this. Eight days ago, I was lying in bed with my ....

Me and my boyfriend had sex without a condom. We didn't have one and we didnt' want to kill the moment. so we decided to have sex but when he was about it cum to pull out. so he did. I'm worried to th ....

I am trying to find out the chances of getting a girl pregnant from dry humping. I have read many, many articles on this, yet none have really specified percentages, etc. In addition, an ....

So sorry but its me again.

you said that sperm can't get thru clothes. but lets assume he was not wearing his shorts.

let say for a moment that we were both ONLY in our underwears literal ....

I was making out with my boyfriend pretty intensely but we both had our clothes on. He had on shorts (and underwear i am assuming) and i was wearing my underwear and shirt. I had my legs wrapped aroun ....

Thank you so very much for your reply. I am not sure if you received my revised email cuz i did have a couple more questions on that.

Anyways, if i recall correctly, it was the following:

I was making out with my boyfriend pretty intensely but we both had our clothes on. He had on shorts (and underwear i am assuming) and i was wearing my underwear and shirt. I had my ....

I was making out with my boyfriend pretty intensely but we both had our clothes on. He had on shorts (and underwear i am assuming) and i was wearing my underwear and shirt. I had my legs wrapped aro ....

Sorry for asking such a dumb question but I am very scared of what happened. Me and my bf were kinda kissing and he started to get excited. I touched him down there on his underwear and I got some pre ....

I want to know if I can use vaginal douche for anal douche? I've read that anal douche-ing is recommended for couples who engage in oral-anal sex, or "rimming". Please advise.

Hello.. I am taking birth control.ortho-tri-cyclen-28 and i have been for about almost 2 yrs now. It was always come on the green pills on tuesday and its done by saterday.. I had5 light blue pills le ....

My boyfriend has been diagnosed with chlamidiya. could you please explain how serious this is, and can i catch it through foreplay or only unprotected sex? and can it be cured?

Hello, the guy i was dating about 2 or 3 months gave me HBV, an STD.I was so hurt, and I moved on now. What about my future, sexually ? Would the guy I would be in the future have HBV also ? Would he ....

For whoever can help me, i am a little bit on the nervous side regarding STDs. ive noticed today like 3 or 4 little bumps in my pubic area ( where the hair would be- i shave..) but they are really sma ....

Hi, I have a question. I have been on Depo-Provera for about two years now, and I've decided to stop. My shot is due Aug. 5th, but I am not sure if I am covered all the way up until that time. I know ....

I recently came very close to dying. A wake-up call. Even though I am 40, I am a virtual sexual novice. It made me re-evaluate my sexual life. I realized that I have never experienced sex as a "wh ....

Hello, just a quick concern and a couple of questions here. I've been with my girlfriend for quite some time, we would both like to enjoy sex with each other but she is really concerned about unwa ....

ok so today i had sex with my girlfriend and she was on her period for about 3 days now and well i was about to ejaculate and the condom broke on the last stroke in. i pulled out right when the semen ....

My boyfriend and i both have hpv. i performed oral sex on him two days ago, and today i noticed white spots on the back of my throat. he doesnt have any visible warts on his penis. could this be th ....

Me and my partner are both virgins. She plans on using birth control pills, or a birth control needle shot.

We plan on having oral sex, and normal sex, but no anal. We are confident that we ar ....

I have a girlfriend who have had Mononucleosis for a for 3 months. she has told me that her symtoms are gone. But I still don't know if it is ok to have intimate kisses with her yet. Please help

I have recently been diagnosed with mononucleosis. I am almost positive that my girlfriend will develop it, because we have been kissing intimately, and I hadn't known that I had it. My question is, a ....

Is it possible to get pregnant, or any diseases, from mutual masterbation?

i was wondering what kind of sexual diseases can women give to each other.

I was with a girl about 4 weeks ago and both of us were on the rebound. We were messing about and ended up naked in my bed. As nneither of us really wanted it we didnt have intercourse but she did lay ....

I have Mononucleosis, and i was just wondering if you can give your boyfriend oral sex, and him not get Mononucleosis?????

I have recently been seperated and divorcing this month after I have been with my wife 4 yrs married, 4 yrs before that courting. So its been a while since I have been single. Recently I have star ....

Once diagnosed with genital herpes does that mean one must wear a condom at all times regardless of non visible signs?

My boyfriend and I have sex by phone, because he live far away me. Is it normal? We have phone sex frecuently. We are very passionate at that respect How can i get the difference betwenn love and des ....

I recently started seeing a new man. We corresponded for a while before we met. Recently, we spent a weekend together and we ....

I just had a question on pregnancy. Last night I had sex with my girlfriend, without a condom. I took out my penis ....

My Friend of many years enjoys sucking on the crotch of my worn panties. This has been going on for several years ....

Is it possible for a man to exude too much precum when aroused? Sometimes I feel like a baby, drooling @ the drop of a ha ....