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Formal Name |
Common Name |
Description |
Risk of HIV
Transmission |
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Anal Intercourse |
Bum-fucking, Greek, |
A male inserts his
penis |
Extremely high risk
to |
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Buggering |
into his
male or
female |
receptive partner. Moderate |
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partner's anus |
to high risk to insertive |
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partner. Risk reduced if |
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condom and water-based |
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lubricant
used. |
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Analingus |
Rimming |
A male or female
uses their |
Low risk for HIV |
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mouth
to stimulate a male |
transmission but
high-risk |
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or
female
partner's anal |
for
other illness such as |
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area. |
Hepatitis B. Risk reduced if |
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dental dam/ latex barrier |
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used. |
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Biting |
Love-Bite, Hickey |
Biting or sucking a
partner's |
Low risk. Some risk
if skin |
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body
(often neck) hard |
broken
or sucked hard |
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enough to produce
a red |
enough to draw
blood. |
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mark or bruise. |
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Coitus Interruptus |
Pull Out, Withdrawal |
Penile/ vaginal/
anal |
High risk if a
condom is not
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intercourse with
the penis |
used.
Ejaculation is not |
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being withdrawn |
essential for HIV to be |
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transmitted. |
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Coprophagy |
-- |
Sexual pleasure
associated |
Low risk for HIV
other |
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with
eating faceas. |
transmission. High
risk for |
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diseases such as |
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HepatitisB. |
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Cunnilingus |
Going Down On, |
A male or female
partner |
Some risk to giver,
low risk |
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Eating, Licking Out, |
use his/her
mouth/tongue |
to receiver. Risk if
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Suck Off |
to stimulate a
female's |
menstrual blood,
cuts or |
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genital area. |
lesions on genitals
or |
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mouth. Low risk if
dental |
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dam used. |
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Erotalia |
Talking Dirty,
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Speech that is
sexually |
Safe |
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Telephone Sex |
arousing. |
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Exhibitionism |
Watching, Exposing
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Exposure of genitals
to |
Safe |
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yourself. |
consenting adults. |
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Fantasy |
-- |
Imagining things
that are |
Safe |
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sexually arousing. |
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Fellatio |
Giving head, Going
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Male or female
partner uses |
Risk to giver, low
risk to |
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down on, Blow job,
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their mouth or
tongue to |
receiver. Risk
increased if |
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Sucking off, French. |
stimulate a male's
penis. |
cuts/lesions on
penis/ |
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mouth. |
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Fetishism |
-- |
A person is sexually
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Safe |
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aroused by using an
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inanimate object.
For |
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example shoes,
underwear, |
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bras etc. |
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Finger Insertion |
Fingering, Finger
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A male or female
partner |
Some risk if
insertive |
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fucking |
inserts their
finger/s into |
partner has cuts on
hands, |
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their partner's
vagina or |
or if is partner is
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anus. |
menstruating. Risk
reduced |
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if latex gloves
worn. |
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Fist Insertion |
Fisting, Fist
fucking |
A male or female
partner |
Can cause trauma to
the |
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inserts their
fingers/ hands |
rectum, and
therefore |
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into their partner's
anus or |
possible contact
with blood. |
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vagina. |
The vagina is more
elastic, |
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but care must still
be taken. |
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Risk reduced if
latex gloves |
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and lubricant used. |
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Flagellation |
Whipping, Padding |
Sexual partners are
aroused |
Safe if skin is not
broken. |
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and gratified by
whipping or |
Need to ensure that
blood |
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being whipped. |
does not come into
contact |
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with any broken
skin/ |
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membranes of the
other |
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person. |
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Frottage |
Dry humping |
Partners rub their
bodies |
Safe |
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together for mutual
sexual |
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pleasure. May be
with or |
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without clothes. |
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Kissing |
Smooching, Pash off, |
Partners use their
mouths |
Safe. Small risk of
HIV |
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Pashing, Suck face,
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to pleasure each
other's |
transmission if cuts
or |
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Tonguey |
mouth. Can also kiss |
ulcers in mouth to
mouth |
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anywhere on their
partner's |
kissing. |
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body. |
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Next update on 1st January,
2006 |
