10 Things You Oughta Know About...

ORAL SEX

1. You can get an STD or HIV (the virus that causes AIDs) from oral sex - you must use a condom or dental dam no expectation.
2. Oral sex is not something that everyone is interested in - don't pressure somebody to do this, it is the same as pressuring them to have intercourse and it is wrong.
3. Oral sex is a very intimate, undeniably sexual act. You may technically hold on to your virginity by having oral sex instead of intercourse, but you are sexually active none the less.
4. The old "spit or swallow" question is outdated. When having oral sex you must use barrier protection making this question moot.
5. Oral sex can and does change the nature of a relationship, it should not be entered in to lightly.
6. Oral sex is not a consolation prize - if your partner says no to intercourse they don't owe you oral sex instead.
7. Oral sex is complicated and in many ways, more difficult to master than intercourse.
8. Most religions do consider premarital oral sex as prohibited as premarital intercourse and some actually consider oral sex off limits even within a marriage.
9. Oral sex is every bit as sexually intimate as intercourse.
10. Oral sex should only be doe with a person who you trust, both the players in an oral sex encounter are very vulnerable to the other.

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