Safe sex is sexual activity engaged in by people who have taken precautions to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as HIV/AIDS. It is also referred to as safer sex or protected sex, while unsafe or unprotected sex is sexual activity engaged in without precautions. Some sources prefer the term safer sex to more precisely reflect the fact that these practices reduce, but do not completely eliminate, the risk of disease transmission. In recent years, the term "sexually transmitted infections" (STIs) has been preferred over "STDs", 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...
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Sex is a must in today's life and relationships..
Don't you think that its right time,when we accept ,sex as necessity and stop necessarily connecting it with Love and Marriage or relationship.Sex can be wonderful ,if done unconditionally just for fun and relationships can grow,even when more »
Liberate sex from the Guilt
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Why sex is such a big issue that it has turned into a crime? What if the world is liberated from the guilt of sex? What if sex is considered as normal as we take food,drink water, sleep and walk? I think the entire world needs to think about it.! When the need of all the other body organs are fulfilled..why bias towards sexuality...?
Someway or the other people satisfy their physical needs and feel
ashamed and many times threaten ...think for a while give it a balanced
thought ...! more »
Abhay Gupta and Tejas Sakhare commented on the discussion by Sarfaraz Asalam
on Apr 11, 2013 , 01:00 am
