Top 10 Ways to Avoid Contracting an STD
The best way to avoid contracting a sexually transmitted disease is not
to have sex. However, that isn't a choice that most people are always
willing to make. Once you have chosen to have sex, there are ways to
reduce the risk of contracting an STD. How? Well first, you need to know
yourself. Second, you need to know your partner. And third? You need to
know about condoms and safer sex.
1. Practice Safer Sex Every Time You Have Sex
Safer sex, with a condom, female condom, gloves, and/or other appropriate barriers, only works if you are consistent about it. Make up your mind to have safer sex every time you have sex. If your sex life involves intercourse, anal or vaginal, determine that you'll never have sex without a condom. If you or your...