These days, practicing safe sex often means the difference between life and death. For those of you who don’t have a lot of experience in this area, the term means a whole lot more than making sure you don’t get caught by your parents or your partner’s boyfriend or girlfriend. How much do you know about safe sex? Did you know that the safest sex is no sex at all? Abstinence takes a lot of self-control and many people just aren’t interested in pursuing this option. When abstinence simply isn’t going to cut it, the next best way to be safe is to put on condom and discard the used condom appropriately.

But believe it or not, practicing safe sex means even more than that. It also means respecting yourself and any potential or actual sexual partners. It means slowing down and getting to know the other person before complicating the relationship with sex. It means enjoying the act of sexual intercourse while making sure not to put others at risk of contracting an STD or of becoming pregnant. It means that, in most situations, you should put on condom and then discard the used condom every single time you participate in any type of sexual activity. Did you realize all that?

And unlike what you might have heard or read, safe sex doesn’t mean having sex with certain “groups” you feel are at lower risk of being infected with an STD such as married individuals or younger adolescents. These days, anyone has the potential to be a carrier of harmful STD viruses and almost anyone has the potential to become pregnant or to get someone pregnant. Again, if you’re old enough to have a sexual relationship, you’re old enough to put on condom and then discard the used condom appropriately.

On the bright side, the assortment of condoms available today means that safe sex doesn’t have to be boring or uncomfortable. Colors, flavors, ridges, and new and improved materials can liven up any encounter. There are extra large-sized condoms for the well-endowed, and condoms with unique shapes designed to ensure mutual pleasure. You can also find condoms with special lubricants that can actually control the arrival of climax and others that heat up as your passion does. If you’ve not done so lately, it’s time for you or your partner to put on condom!

Can I have Good Safe Sex with a Condom? - How can I have good safe sex, there is no such thing? This is a common complaint from men, who say that sex with a condom is not enjoyable for them. Is there such a thing as good safe sex, or are you destined to a life of protection but no pleasure?