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    • How Does Oral Sex on a Woman Work?

      Oral sex on a woman, also known as cunnilingus, involves the use of the tongue and mouth on a woman's genital region. It can be practiced as part of foreplay and/or during sex. Whether by homosexuals or heterosexuals, oral sex is a wonderful way to enhance your sex life. When both partners are giving and receiving oral sex at the same... more »

    • How to Perform Oral Sex on a Woman

      Performing oral sex on a woman is one of the best ways to bring her to orgasm, but some women do not know how to properly communicate what they want to their partners when it comes to this all-too-important stimulation. Only 30 percent of women can orgasm through penile penetration alone. A woman's nerve-endings are concentrated in... more »

    • How to Have Safe Oral Sex

      Oral sex can make a good sex life great. It adds spice and variety to a normal sexual routine, and it can heighten the sexual satisfaction of both parties involved. By taking a few simple steps, you can ensure that oral sex is both enjoyable and safe each and every time. more »

    • About Oral Sex

      Oral sex is a fun method of sexual expression that is free of pregnancy risk. Both men and women can enjoy giving and receiving oral pleasure. Often used as an alternative to penetrative sex, oral play is a less high-risk practice than intercourse. However, there is still the danger of STD transmission. more »

    • How to Use a Condom During Oral Sex

      Safe sex does not just include using condoms, birth control pills, or birth control shots during sexual activity with a penis, anus and vagina. It is also possible to get an STD such as HIV, herpes, warts, chlamydia and gonorrhea from having oral sex without protection. more »

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    Oral sex

    Oral sex is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia by the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat. Cunnilingus refers to oral sex performed on females while fellatio and irrumatio refer to oral sex performed on males. Analingus refers to oral stimulation of a persons anus. Oral stimulation of other parts of the body (as in kissing and licking) is usually not considered oral sex.

    People may engage in oral sex as part of foreplay before sexual intercourse, or during or following intercourse. It may also be performed for its own sake.

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    Oral sex may be practiced by people of all sexual orientations. In heterosexual contexts, oral sex is used by some couples as a method of contraception and may be chosen as an alternative to sexual intercourse for this reason. Oral sexual activities are not effective methods of preventing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), although some forms of STD are believed to be less easily spread in this way.. Accessed November 4, 2006.University Health Center, University of Georgia, . Accessed November 4, 2006

    A report issued in September 2005 by the National Center for Health Statistics was the basis of an article in the September 26, 2005 issue of Time magazine. The report comes from the results of a computer-administered survey of over 12,000 Americans between the ages of 15 and 44, and states that over half the teenagers questioned have had oral sex. While some headlines have interpreted this as evidence that oral sex among teenagers is "on the rise," this was the first comprehensive study of its kind to examine the matter."lemonick">Lemonick, Michael D.,, Time, New York, September 19, 2005.

    As with mutual masturbation and other forms of outercourse many people do not consider oral sex to be "sex" in the same way as penetrative intercourseJayson, Sharon,, USA Today, Washington DC, October 19, 2005. and regard it as "third base." Thus, for many people, oral sex can be seen as one w read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral+sex

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