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Oral sex

Information on how to ensure that oral sex is also safer sex.

Article by : SpunOut.ie

Oral sex is often performed as part of mutual sexual pleasuring between two people who care about each other.

Oral sex explained:

  • Oral sex is when you use your mouth to excite another person's genitals instead of having sexual intercourse. 
  • Oral sex is often performed as part of mutual sexual pleasuring between two people who care about each other.
  • You cannot get pregnant from oral sex. 
  • Oral sex is very intimate. Don’t let anyone pressure or bully you into having oral sex before you are ready or before you feel safe and comfortable with that person.

Making sure that oral sex is safer sex:

  • You have to use a condom or mouth barrier, such as a dental dam, during oral sex other wise you risk getting a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Most of the STIs that you can pick up during oral sex are treatable with special tablets, but some can have serious consequences.  
  • If you have a cut in your mouth, bleeding gums, lip sores or broken skin it is possible for infection to enter your body. 
  • A mouth barrier/ dental damn is a thin piece of rubber placed over the woman’s vagina during oral sex. This prevents STIs passing from one person to the other. 
  • For an enjoyable experience, it’s important that your genitals are clean before having oral sex.


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