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safe sex

n. sexual activity engaged in by people who have taken precautions to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

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safe sex

n. sexual activity (especially sexual intercourse) with the use of measures (such as latex condoms) to avoid the transmission of disease (especially AIDS)

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Safe sex

Safe sex is sexual activity engaged in by people who have taken precautions to protect themselves against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as HIV. It is also referred to as safer sex or protected sex, while unsafe or unprotected sex is sexual activity engaged in without precautions, especially forgoing condom use.

Some sources prefer the term safer sex to more precisely reflect the fact that these practices reduce, but do not always completely eliminate, the risk of disease transmission. The term sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has gradually become preferred over sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among medical sources, as it has a broader range of meaning; a person may be infected, and may potentially infect others, without showing signs of disease.

Safe sex practices became more prominent in the late 1980s as a result of the AIDS epidemic. Promoting safe sex is now one of the aims of sex education. Safe sex is regarded as a harm reduction strategy aimed at reducing risks. The risk reduction of safe sex is not absolute; for example, the reduced risk to the receptive partner of acquiring HIV from HIV- seropositive partners not wearing condoms compared to when they wear them is estimated to be about a four to fivefold.

Although some safe sex practices can be used as birth control (contraception), most forms of contraception do not protect against STIs; likewise, some safe sex practices, like partner selection and low-risk sex behavior, are not effective forms of contraception but should be considered before engaging in any form of intercourse to reduce risk.

Safe Sex (film)

Safe Sex is a 1999 Greek comedy film written and directed by Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou. When the film was released in Greece, it was considered a blockbuster.

Usage examples of "safe sex".

Now can we move on to some safer topic like birth control or safe sex.

So if it was a game gone wrong, they were practicing safe sex or saving the main event for last.

Maurice, on the other hand, wasn't concerned with the finer points of safe sex-play.

I wonder, but don't ask, if Tone's practising safe sex, but suspect that he thinks safe sex is for wimps, in the same way that safety-belts and crash-helmets are for wimps.

Instead they just treated it as an obstacle to be gotten around with 'safe sex', then went milking sympathy for this 'tragic affliction'.

Anyway you don't want to liearound all day hearing her banging on about safe sex or religion.