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Having a conversation with your partner about safer sex can be intimidating for a lot of people, but it’s totally worth it to try.
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Features tagged with “condom”
Curiosity about female condoms can be life-changing.
For many people, female condoms (a.k.a. internal condoms) are as commonplace as those made to fit over a penis (a.k.a. external condoms). For those who are curious, here’s what we learned.
Boo doesn’t want to wear condoms? These real-life stories will help you find your voice.
Our bold Bedsider U reps were brave enough to share their condom refusal stories, so that you can find your own way to stand your ground.
Whether you call it stealthing, birth control sabotage, or reproductive coercion, taking a condom off during sex without permission is assault.
While survivors and providers have been talking about birth control sabotage for a while now, many people are hearing about stealthing for the first time. We want to be clear: stealthing is not a sex-trend. It’s a nonconsensual act that increases a partner’s risk of pregnancy and STIs.
Done having babies for now, or forever? Birth control can help with that.
If you’re already a parent and think it’s time to say “stop” or “pause” on the babymaking (but not necessarily on the lovemaking, thankyouverymuch), consider your birth control options.