manual sex

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  • Heather Corinna

You should experiment and communicate with your partner and should do the things together and alone that feel uniquely good for both of you -- not just one of you -- at any given time. In all truth, the answer to situations like this really are that simple, and there's not a whole lot more to it...

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  • Heather Corinna

Here's a quick roundup for you. Oral sex is sexual activity between partners in which someone's genitals -- penis, testicles, vulva (vagina, clitoris, labia) or anus -- are being stimulated by someone else's mouth, lips or tongue. Names for some common oral sex activities are cunnilingus -- giving a...

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  • Heather Corinna

The best person to ask that question of is.... (drumroll please) ... your girlfriend! She's the one who knows the answer to this question. When you're doing something sexual with someone, and they're not reacting in any way or don't seem to be fully along for the ride, the first thing to do is to...

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  • Sarah Riley

Absolutely! Hands are pretty darn dirty places. I mean, think about all the things we touch in a given day! Your hands can definitely carry bacteria and germs on them. Those nasties can then easily make their way into your body if a partner performs manual sex on you. Vaginal tissue is pretty...

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  • Heather Corinna

A page if you're someone who does not want to take ANY risk, at all, of a pregnancy, and wants to know your options.

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  • Sarah Riley

The first thing you need to do is take a deep breath and try to relax here. Panic rarely helps anyone, it's just not going to do you any good. So let's break down the situation and look at what's really going on here. First, I know you're worried about the manual sex ("fingering") you participated...

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  • Heather Corinna

There isn't a "cherry" (or an apricot, prune, or any other type of produce) inside a vagina. When people talk about "popping cherries," it generally tends to mean a) someone is doing something for the first time, or b) someone's hymen has popped. Thing is, the hymen, when it is present or partially...

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  • Sarah Riley

You know, as a culture we've somehow developed an awfully funny idea of what is "sex" and what isn't "sex" that seems pretty darn arbitrary. Think about it, manual sex, oral sex, anal sex...all those things have the word sex in them. So quite honestly, from a sexual health and public health...

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  • Sarah Riley

I wouldn't say you're probably doing anything "wrong" here per say. Unless something is causing pain or injury or simply isn't wanted, it's not really fair to characterize it as "wrong." Have you asked your partner what he likes? If not, then I'd start there. Sure, you could go get a book or a...

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  • Sarah Riley

Sperm are hearty, but they're not that hearty! As long as your hands were dry when you had contact with your girlfriend, you've got nothing to worry about from this situation. Dry ejaculate or pre-ejaculate poses no risk. I'm not quite sure what you mean by saying you "poked" your girlfriend, but I...