Any type of sexual contact or activity involves some risk. These risks could be physical, social or emotional. Practicing safer sex can reduce the chance of getting an STI or pregnancy. Talking to your teen about safer sex practices will help them make healthy decisions so they don’t take part in any sexual activity that may put them at risk. Abstinence—no sexual contact at all, including intercourse or oral sex—is the only 100% way to prevent an STI or pregnancy.
To make sexual activity as safe as possible, make sure your teen knows to plan ahead by:
• making sure that they talk about and understand each other’s limits around their sexual activity.
• getting and giving consent for every sexual activity.
• using condoms and dental dams.
• using a condom to prevent STIs and as a backup form of birth control.
• getting tested and treated for STIs and HIV.
• talking to their partner about their past sexual relationships and their history of STI testing and treatment.
• reducing the chance of getting an STI by limiting sexual partners.
• understanding how drugs and alcohol make a person less inhibited, which makes them less likely to make good decisions. People who have sex while using alcohol or drugs are less likely to use condoms.
Teens with same sex partners may not have to worry about preventing pregnancies, but everyone needs to consider STI protection, for every activity.
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Your sexuality can play an important role in your identity and sense of self. Sexuality often refers to a person's sexual orientation or preference. Your sexual orientation is who you are emotionally, mentally, and physically attracted to.
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Sexuality is important to us because it represents an activity that is a rite of passage into adulthood, because it is very pleasurable, and because it reinforces our roles and aspirations as males and females. Yet sexuality is truly a passive part of our daily lives.
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Any type of sexual contact or activity involves some risk. These risks could be physical, social or emotional. Practicing safer sex can reduce the chance of getting an STI or pregnancy. Talking to your teen about safer sex practices will help them make healthy decisions so they don’t take part in any sexual activity that may put them at risk. Abstinence—no sexual contact at all, including intercourse or oral sex—is the only 100% way to prevent an STI or pregnancy.
To make sexual activity as safe as possible, make sure your teen knows to plan ahead by:
• making sure that they talk about and understand each other’s limits around their sexual activity.
• getting and giving consent for every sexual activity.
• using condoms and dental dams.
• using a condom to prevent STIs and as a backup form of birth control.
• getting tested and treated for STIs and HIV.
• talking to their partner about their past sexual relationships and their history of STI testing and treatment.
• reducing the chance of getting an STI by limiting sexual partners.
• understanding how drugs and alcohol make a person less inhibited, which makes them less likely to make good decisions. People who have sex while using alcohol or drugs are less likely to use condoms.
Teens with same sex partners may not have to worry about preventing pregnancies, but everyone needs to consider STI protection, for every activity.