Safe Sex In My Life

For the majority of my life, sex was a very foreign idea to me. My parents never gave me the “birds and the bees” talk when I was a kid, and whenever the subject came up they would just remind me to “never have sex before marriage”. I was raised in a very religious family, which meant that any sexual activity that wasn’t related to procreation was considered a sin. Because of this belief, it was just assumed that no one would even think about sex, so none of my family members really brought it up. Although I was never personally interested in being sexually active, I still had a lot of questions related to the subject growing up. Bringing it up to my family or friends seemed embarrassing because they would know that I was curious about it. …show more content…
Because of this, it is important to make sure that there is an line of communication between both parties on what they want. Another thing that I thought was that safe sex was just making sure male condoms were involved so that diseases wouldn’t be transmitted, and that birth control pills would prevent females to get pregnant. The truth, which I learned recently, was that there is no such thing as “safe sex” because no sexual activity is safe even if you do use protection. There is still a chance that someone could get pregnant or get a sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or infections (STIs). Safer sex alludes to the actions people can take to decrease the risk of getting a virus or pregnant (OBOS 258). This entails a lot of different options including both female and male condoms, multiple forms of birth control, latex gloves, and lubricant. There are multiple brands and options for all of those things that I can decide which is best for me. As a child in a Catholic community, I once considered sex before marriage a negative thing and never really knew that there was any other sexuality other than heterosexuality. I