Not so, said the experts at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. According to them, “Couples may engage in noncoital sexual activity instead of penile-vagina intercourse hoping to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancy. Although these behaviors carry little or no risk of pregnancy, women engaging in noncoital behaviors may be at risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases.”
Among them are:
* HIV
o Transmission depends on HIV viral load and type of sexual behavior.
o The relative risk for HIV transmission varies from 100 for receptive anal sex, 20 for receptive vaginal sex, 13 for insertive anal sex, 10 for insertive vaginal sex, to 2 for receptive fellatio vs 1 for insertive fellatio.
o HIV transmission by oral sex between men has been reported.
o HIV transmission is reduced by approximately 80% with condom use.
* HSV
o HSV is transmitted through kissing and oral, vaginal, and anal sex.
o Although HSV-1 is linked with oral lesions and HSV-2 with genital lesions, both HSV-1 and HSV-2 can cause oral, anal, and genital lesions.
* HPV
o HPV can cause genital warts and anogenital and oral cancers.
o Of more than 100 HPV strains, 40 infect the anogenital and oral regions.
o HPV is usually transmitted through penile-vaginal sex or penile-anal sex but can be transmitted to the oral region and questionably through genital HPV DNA on the hand.
* Hepatitis viruses
o Hepatitis A virus transmission can occur through fecal contamination of the oral cavity.
o Hepatitis B virus is detected in semen, saliva, and feces.
o Hepatitis C virus is linked with existing hepatitis B virus and HIV infection and oral-genital transmission.
* Primary and secondary syphilis from oral sex has been reported.
* Gonorrheal infections can involve the urethra, cervix, rectum, and mouth, and transmission from oral-genital contact has been reported.
* Chlamydia-positive throat cultures can occur in both men and women and has been linked with oral sex.
* Cases of chancroid, shigellosis, salmonellosis, and other enteric infections have been reported from oral-genital sex or oral-anal sex.
And ya, oral sex is ILLEGAL in Malaysia. ;P
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i actually remember going to the forum organised by the kpwkm when the proposal was yet to be submitted. i was rather impressed by how open everyone was when discussing sex education. i particularly enjoyed the dialogue that went on between the expert panel and the representatives from various ngos. i also remember worrying whether it’d be implemented properly. not long after, the proposal was submitted and everyone cheered.
that was about 4 years ago.
i guess that just about says everything.
Unfortunately, sin, our government is dragging its feet in making sex-education an integral subject in schools.
4 out of 5 comments above revolves around the toothbrush and somewhat neutral on the issue.
i’m neutral about this issue too.
oral sex is becoming a norm worldwide. i bet even it is illegal in malaysia, a lot of them don’t really care.
educating the people is a hell of a job. i started to feel the frustration of the ignorance of the general public. i hope we could start educating the younger ones IN SCHOOL!
P.S. creative illustration!
Didn’t know toothbrush images could be so provocative
So, does that mean we’re having oral $ex with our toothbrush before we go to bed each night??
LOL
ditto!
and all this information should be disseminated to every single person above the age of 11 (Lord, help those who start engaging in sexual activity any earlier!).
I like the toothbrushes, haha
The toothbrush illustration and the subject! HA HA HA