# Safe sex and dental torture

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-and-dental-torture/4076>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 13, 1999, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-and-dental-torture/4076 "1999-10-13T19:54:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JoltSucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@JoltSucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoltSucker)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-and-dental-torture/4076/21 "1999-10-19T15:18:00Z")

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In response to Nickrz, I was told by a Red Cross nurse that the only way to have “safe” mutual masturbation was with latex gloves on.

In response to handy and The Ryan, lesbians can get HIV through a number of different mechanisms. Bisexuals of both genders can be carriers, so can lesbians who are needle users. All it takes is a few promiscuous lesbians/female bisexuals, interacting with infected individuals and the lesbian communitity at large, to infect a lot of lesbians. The number of individuals who were infected originally may have been small, but promiscous unprotected sex accelerates the spread.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 1999, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-and-dental-torture/4076/22 "1999-10-20T05:18:00Z")

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matt\_mcl, not all people who have anal sex are gay.

As for lesbians & HIV, they have the lowest rate. No surprise really.

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-and-dental-torture/4076/23 "1999-10-19T20:42:00Z")

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neuro-trash grrrl wrote:

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> And this is why I always make sure that my partner is tested as 100% disease-free before we do anything.

Just remember: it can take up to **6 months** from the time of HIV infection before a person will test positive for HIV antibodies, and HPV can’t be tested for at all unless warts are present. _Testing_ STD-free is no guarantee that you really _are_ STD-free.

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