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Why do my condoms keep breaking?

Q: I have a question about safe condom use. I often have condoms break and I’m not sure why. I understand how to put them on correctly, how to leave space at the tip, how to pinch the tip as you are first rolling it on, and how to keep it lubricated if [...]

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Use condoms with Nonoxynol-9 yes or no?

Q: My health teacher told me to use condoms with Nonoxynol-9, but MTSS said that it causes tearing and increases disease transmission. So I know that spermicidal condoms are good for preventing pregnancy, but I am a gay guy. I am more worried about diseases than pregnancy. So which condoms do I [...]

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How effective is the NuvaRing?

Q: I’ve heard lots about SFSI from being a devoted listener to Violet Blue’s Open Source Sex podcast, and so I thought I’d ask you this. My boyfriend and I have been going out for many months now. I’m on the NuvaRing and we have no worries about STIs. We have been having sex without [...]

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I started the pill but I’m worried I’m pregnant.

Q: My boyfriend and I have recently started having sex, and our first time we did not use a condom but have every time since. We were both virgins so STDs were not a concern and I had started my birth control (Aviane) 5 days before we had sex. According to websites about my [...]

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Will she get pregnant? I pulled out.

Q: I am an 18 year old guy and I have a question I need help with. Me and my girl were having sex I pulled out and came. I spit on a shirt and wiped myself off and made sure I got down deep to get all the sperm down in the shaft out. [...]

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