And while indulging in this once-taboo sexual activity it used to be a punishable offense in some states, amazingly can be a healthy part of any romantic relationship, there are definitely some things to keep in mind. Not many women want to or think to ask about it. Maybe it's because oral isn't penetration in a traditional sense, or perhaps it's because the act can't lead to conception. As doctors, we tell people that, in that sense, oral sex still counts. How many couples indulge in oral? Here's an idea: In a study in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality , approximately heterosexual college students were surveyed about their most recent sexual encounter. More than two-thirds of those participants reported that oral sex was involved.

Is it common to have oral sex?


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Penis-in-vagina sex is not the be-all-end-all of sex. Oral sex can be just as pleasurable — if not more so — than penetrative sex. You know whose genital juice tastes like cookies and cream?
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Oral sex is sex that involves the mouth and the penis, vagina, or anus butt hole. Some other words for different kinds of oral sex are "blow job," "giving head," "going down on," "eating out," "sucking," "cunnilingus," or "rimming. There are a few known cases of people getting HIV from giving oral sex licking or sucking.
Oral sex involves using the mouth, lips, or tongue to stimulate the penis fellatio , vagina cunnilingus , or anus anilingus of a sex partner. The penis and testicles and the vagina and area around the vagina are also called the genitals or genital area. Oral sex is commonly practiced by sexually active adults. Oral sex can happen between heterosexual straight and same-sex gay or lesbian couples. Many STDs, as well as other infections, can be spread through oral sex. Anyone exposed to an infected partner can get an STD in the mouth, throat, genitals, or rectum. The risk of getting an STD from oral sex, or spreading an STD to others through oral sex, depends on a number of things, including. Mouth and throat infections by several types of HPV that do not cause warts may develop into head or neck cancer. In addition to the STDs above, other infections such as hepatitis A virus , Shigella and intestinal parasites amebiasis can be spread through giving oral sex on the anus.