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   SAFE SEX GUIDE - OR - 5 REASONS TO USE CONDOMS:   
      
   1. To protect against pregnancy:   
      
   Have sex with a condom and pull out before cumming, until you're sure   
   she's on hormonal birth control.  Then, condoms and hormonal birth   
   control should do.  If you do have sex without a condom while she's on   
   hormonal, pull out before cumming, or only cum in her infrequently.   
   If you're real big on ejaculating in the vagina without a condom,   
   consider hormonal birth control and a diaphragm.   
      
   Never have sex with no protection, and never rely on just the pull-out   
   method for protection.  But always try to use at least two forms of   
   birth control.   
      
   2. To protect against HIV:   
      
   Wear a condom or have a tested monogamous partner.   
   Condoms reduce the risk of HIV by 90%, and should be worn for anal as   
   well as vaginal intercourse with untested partners.   
      
   Be careful of having sex if you have cuts or sores on your genitals or   
   in your mouth as they may increase the possibility of HIV   
   transmission.  This includes in your mouth if you think you might get   
   semen in your mouth.  Mouthwash makes cuts in your mouth heal quicker.   
      
   3. To protect against HPV which may cause cervical or oral cancer:   
      
   Wear a condom if you're promiscuous, or have a tested monogamous   
   partner.  Condoms reduce the risk of HPV by 70%.   
      
   For increased protection against oral HPV, don't go down on any girls   
   unless she, and you both get a clean HPV test, see http://www.thehpvtest.com/   
   and are monogamous, or you happen to get Gardasil, the vaccine which   
   protects against HPV.   
   For this increased protection without Gardasil, it would help to never   
   have sex without a condom without a tested partner, because if you get   
   HPV on your dick you would pass it to your girlfriend.   
      
   If you're going to be promiscuous you should probably use a condom   
   even if you have Gardasil, to reduce the risk of passing some of the   
   other strains of HPV from girl to girl.   
      
   I believe the risk of oral HPV is primarily due to cunnlingus, not   
   felatio.  See the below studies for more clarification.   
      
   To protect against genital warts wear a condom, or be monogamous and   
   sure your partner is clean.  Ask your partner if they have genital   
   warts or inspect their genitals.  There is still a risk even with a   
   condom.   
      
   4. To protect against Herpes:   
   Wear a condom, ask your partner if they have herpes, or inspect their   
   genitals.   
   Be careful of having sex if you have cuts or sores, as they can   
   increase the possibility of Herpes transmission.  For the estimated   
   risk of Herpes with and without condoms see:   
   http://groups.google.com/group/alt.seduction.fast/browse_thread/   
   hread/28acf99e6d4728c1/919f1756b60299ad9?19f1756b60299ad   
   .   
      
   5. To protect against the 6 other common curable diseases, Gonorrhea,   
   Chlamydia/NGU, Trichomoniasis, Syphilis, Scabies, Molluscum   
   Contagiosum, Crabs:   
   Wear a condom, at least until you're monogamous.  If promiscuous, get   
   tested twice a year even if you have no symptoms as Gonnorhea,   
   Chlamydia and Syphilis can be present without symptoms and can lead to   
   more serious problems in both sexes if not treated.   
      
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   Try different varieties of condoms until you find some you like, some   
   can actually make sex better.  There are condom stores online that   
   offer samplers.   
      
   In general, keeping semen out of any orfices will help protect against   
   pregnancy and HIV.   
      
   10 most common STDs   
      
   Type of disease:   
      
   Herpes - Skin / Virus   
   Warts/HPV - Skin / Virus   
   HIV - Blood / Virus   
   Molluscum Contagiosum - Skin / Virus   
      
   Gonorrhea - Bacteria   
   Chlamydia/NGU - Bacteria   
   Trichomoniasis - Bacteria   
   Crabs - Skin / Parasite   
   Scabies - Skin / Parasite   
   Syphilis - Bacteria   
      
   You can get tested for at least four of these, Gonorrhea-urine,   
   Chlamydia-urine, Syphilis-blood, and HIV-blood.  A Trichomoniasis test   
   requires a wet mount or a culture.  There are blood tests for Herpes,   
   but they aren't normally given.   There is also an HPV test, see   
   http://www.thehpvtest.com/.  The HPV test only tells if someone has a   
   risky strain of HPV, it does not tell specifically which strain.  They   
   are coming out with a more specific test in the future which will be   
   able to identify exactly which strain someone has. You can check your   
   partner's genitals for the five others; Herpes, Warts, Molluscum   
   Contagiosum, Crabs, and Scabies. However it's possible that these   
   diseases could be present even if not noticeable.   
      
   Without Gardasil there were 10,400 cases of cervical cancer resulting   
   in 3,900 deaths in the U.S. each year.  The vaccine Gardasil protects   
   against 70% of cervical cancers by blocking HPV 16 and 18.  Pap smears   
   may protect women from the remaining cases.  Gardasil also protects   
   against 90% of genital warts, and potentially all of oral cancer   
   causing HPV.  Your own immune system may eventually clear HPV from   
   your body within 2-5 years.   
      
   Of the 34,000 new cases of oral cancer each year, 1 in 4, or 8,500 may   
   be due to HPV16.  The question is, how many people get HPV16 orally   
   every year, and thus what percentage of cases turn into oral cancer.   
   What is the risk?  As cancer is probably as serious an illness for   
   most people as HIV, the risk of oral HPV may be greater for   
   heterosexuals than the risk of HIV, for HIV infects only 2,800-7,800   
   heterosexual males, and 9,000 heterosexual females, and of those   
   952-1,714 heterosexual white male, and 1,800 heterosexual white female   
   contract each year.  HIV effects minorities and homosexuals and   
   intravenous drugs users more greatly.  ("7,800" and "1,714" number   
   includes "other" unspecified methods of transmission).  There are   
   40,000 new cases of HIV in the U.S. each year total.  Though there is   
   news this recently increased to 60,000.  An over the counter test for   
   HIV would really help stem the tide of HIV - which incidence seems to   
   be increasing.   
      
   50% of those with oral cancer die within five years.   
      
   New England Journal of Medicine - John Hopkins Oral Cancer HPV Study:   
   http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/19/1944   
      
   http://www.oral-cancer.info/?cat=7   
      
   http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/ocfnews/news.asp - says 1 in 4   
   cases of oral cancer were found due to HPV, this would correspond to   
   the 8,500 number.   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardasil   
      
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   Some people are so scared of the risks and dangers of sex, that they   
   never sex.  Other people do not use precautions or have safe sex.  The   
      
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