do you use a condom for oral sex? Options

[LianaIsTheShit]

i'm just wondering who does, and if you have to.

[WakingLife]

I'm not sexually active, so I couldn't vote.

However, I used to watch the show Degrassi religiously, and Emma got some sort of STD in her throat from giving oral sex to someone. (Not that TV is factual, but the whole episode was dedicated to oral sex.)

So I would imagine using a condom would be a good idea.

[bijou]

I'm not sexually active, so I couldn't vote.

However, I used to watch the show Degrassi religiously, and Emma got some sort of STD in her throat from giving oral sex to someone. (Not that TV is factual, but the whole episode was dedicated to oral sex.)

So I would imagine using a condom would be a good idea.

Be happy you're not sexually active. It's not only a good idea, any other way is unsafe sex.

Here are some facts:

You can transmit STD/STIs via fellatio (oral sex on a man).

You can transmit STD/STIs via cunninglingus (oral sex on a woman).

HIV can be transmitted via pre-ejalucate (pre-cum) as well as semen (cum).

Oral sex is less risky than penetrative sex (vaginal/anal sex) but there is STILL A RISK.

Many people with STDs have no symptoms or mild symptoms that are often mistaken for other ailments.

Women are twice as likely to contract HIV than men through vaginal intercourse.

Herpes is the biggest STD risk when having oral sex without a condom.

It is not impossible, just less likely that you can transmit HIV via oral sex. People can have sores or tiny lacerations in their mouth. A person can also have tiny lacerations on their genitals.

A person can be HIV+ but get a negative result. Why? The test is for the cells in your body that fight the disease. It takes time for your body to produce them. At the time of your test, your body may not have produced antibodies (cells that fight disease) yet. It can take up to 6 months (window of time) for antibodies to be present.

HPV can cause cervical cancer, the bacterial infection chlamydia can lead to abnormal pregnancies, and genital herpes viruses and the parasite trichomoniasis can make it easier to contract HIV/AIDS.

Contracting certain STD/STIs for a girl can increase her chances of getting certain cancer and being infertile.

Common sense

Receiving and/or performing oral sex with a condom/dental dam is much more pleasurable than acquiring an STD.

You're at risk of getting an STD/STI whether you're performing or receiving oral sex.

It's better to taste a latex condom than have to swallow pills that fight an infection or disease you've contracted.

Getting a blowjob isn't worth the risk of getting an STD/STI.

People lie about the number of sex partners they have.

You can have HIV but look and feel fine.

Oral sex is SAFER sex not SAFE sex but you increase your chances of contracting STD/STIs the more often you have it.

Right now, you could have an STD/STI and know it then you have oral sex and pass it on to someone else who like you believes that oral sex is safe when it's NOT.

Your partner could have an STD/STI and be passing one or more to you and not know it and then you have oral sex or vaginal/anal sex with someone else and pass it on.


Statistics

If you think I made these up, google.

According to a recent study published earlier this month,

at least 1 in 4 teen girls ages 14 to 19 in America has a sexually transmitted disease human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, genital herpes, and trichomoniasis, a common parasite.

* 50% of black teen girls
* 20% of white teen girls
* 20% of Mexican-American teen girls


The two most common STDs in the study were HPV and chlamydia.

at least 1 in 5 adults in the US have an STD.

There are treatments for all of the diseases and the disease agency recommends the HPV vaccination for all women ages 11 to 26. The use of latex condoms is highly effective at preventing infection by chlamydia, trichomoniasis, HIV, gonorrhea, and hepatitis B. Condoms are less effective against genital herpes, syphilis, and HPV.



Is the fleeting pleasure of unsafe oral sex worth the risk to your life and life expectancy?

Always use condoms.

Use condoms properly, as instructed!

Practice using condoms!

Store condoms properly (not in your wallet or glove box)!

Check expiration date of condoms!

Always get tested for STD/STIs.

Always talk openly with your sex partners.

Look at your sex partner (s) closely, look for signs of disease (rashes, sores, warts, redness, raised skin, blisters etc)

Inform yourself!

Protect yourself!


Pictures

Your genitals don't have to look like this for you to have an STD/STI but this could happen to you if you don't practice safe sex and ORAL sex is SEX!

Next time you think of having oral sex without a condom or any type of sex without a condom, look at these pictures first.

http://www.skinchoice.com/std_pictures.htm