At what point should condoms be used for oral sex?
January 21, 2008
If both partners have been tested negative for sexually transmitted diseases, are condoms necessary for oral sex? I mean, surely blowjobs are standard in gay couples, but then you have websites giving you perhaps too much precautions, making you wonder how a BJ can even be remotely pleasuring with a condom.
If both partners test negative for STDs, the chances of a “false negative” reading on the tests are low. It’s possible one partner has an STD, but unlikely. Unless you think your partner has tramped it up since being tested, using a condom after such tests is almost certainly overkill.
Every website that gives medical and safe sex advice has a philosophical bent. Some are designed to give you advice with the maximum possible risk reduction. Others follow a "harm reduction" model, wherein they assume you’re going to put yourself at high risk and give you advice therein for lessening risks while living dangerously. Most safe sex advice seems to be somewhere in the middle, providing practical advice with a more balanced approach of risk vs. behavior.
Whether condoms should be used in your example depends on their tolerance for risk. Most would view such risks as acceptable, but a few would not. There is no right and wrong answer so long as both men make the decision together.
As for how to make a blowjob pleasurable with a condom, that’s another subject entirely I plan to revisit in a future update.
Every website that gives medical and safe sex advice has a philosophical bent. Some are designed to give you advice with the maximum possible risk reduction. Others follow a "harm reduction" model, wherein they assume you’re going to put yourself at high risk and give you advice therein for lessening risks while living dangerously. Most safe sex advice seems to be somewhere in the middle, providing practical advice with a more balanced approach of risk vs. behavior.
Whether condoms should be used in your example depends on their tolerance for risk. Most would view such risks as acceptable, but a few would not. There is no right and wrong answer so long as both men make the decision together.
As for how to make a blowjob pleasurable with a condom, that’s another subject entirely I plan to revisit in a future update.
