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Safe sex

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<B>1.</B> A sexual practice designed to reduce the risk of catching sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

<B>2.</B> A sexual practice that does not involve the exchange of bodily fluids, including blood, sperm, vaginal secretions, and saliva, to avoid AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.

<B>3.</B> Sex without penetration, or sex using condoms and Nonoxynol-9 spermacide, and/or vaginal dams, with consistency.<BR>In reality, no matter which meaning one ascribes to safe sex, 'safer sex' is a more apt term

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