- Safe sex helps shield you from STDs and HIV/AIDS.
- Safe sex means being responsible about sex.
- Always practise safe sex; nothing less will do.
Condoms and STDs
In order for sex to be safe from STDs, you should use a condom for vaginal and anal sex – for oral sex also if you’re worried about HIV (but HIV disease from oral sex is uncommon). Make sure you understand the way to use one correctly, and never use condoms from out of date packages. Practise safe sex; think carefully about your sexual behavior.
Your Rights
Requiring safe sex is your right. If your partner resents this, he or she’s not thinking about you, and you should challenge your relationship. If your partner won’t use a condom, refuse to have sex, and contemplate ending the relationship. By acting irresponsibly he or she gets you in risk.
Preventing Pregnancy Overly
While condoms are excellent for safe sex, don’t rely on them alone to prevent pregnancy. Semen can leak if you’ven’t managed to use the condom correctly, or if you’ve used an out of date one. It’s greatest for girls to either be on the pill or to use a diaphragm also.
Getting Help
Your physician, family planning practice or guidance center will happily give you tips on condoms. An entire assortment of condoms is accessible, and some of them have been designed to make sex somewhat more intriguing! Condoms are available from retail outlets, supermarkets, drugstores and even public toilets. It’s possible for you to get guidance on safe sex practices from AIDS charities, hospitals and homosexual helplines (see Useful addresses, p.567).
Next Time
Don’t lose your guard for a second; consistently practise safe sex. You are interested in being able to relax when you’ve got sex; you don’t need to have to worry about pregnancy and STDs.
Do’s And Don’ts
Take a condom
Do take a condom with you at all times, girls in addition to guys.
Practise first
Do make sure you know the way to use a condom before you have sex with someone.
Condoms every time
Do use a condom until you’re entirely certain there’s no threat to or from your partner.
Be honest
Do be open when you begin a relationship. Tell your partner about any long-term illnesses, like herpes.
Once only
Don’t ever make an effort to use a condom more than once.
No fooling sex
Don’t have sex with someone at a party, or on vacation, who you barely know and may never meet again.
Just How Do I Protect Myself?
Try saying something like this:
1. Speaking to a partner:
“My ex-husband has sent me a card…no, not for my birthday – it says he’s got something awful and I might have found it. So that could include you also. We’d better go to the STD clinic and get this sorted.”
But your partner may not understand he or she’s got an STD thus…
2. Choosing a health check: “Contraception’s sorted – but why don’t we both get a health check?”
“Right. Great thought. Let’s call the STD practice.”
3. Using a condom for protection:
If he says: “You don’t believe I’d wear one of those…”, tell him:
“You’ve clearly not looked at some of them lately.”
A condom will protect you from illness, and the pill will protect you from pregnancy.
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