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Originally Posted by headbang8 Using the phrase "safer" sex implies that all sex is inherently dangerous, dirty, and morally stigmatised. It's about as useful as talking about "safer" eating or "safer" breathing. Is breathing a bad thing to do? Is eating? You might as well say all living is dangerous.
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I think it's a battle of semantics in which neither side wins.
Those who go with "safe sex" will focus on issues of enjoying and promoting sex in a wholly positive light.
Those who go with "safer sex" will focus on reminding people that they should still exercise caution within the context of enjoying sex.
I don't think either term is especially useful, ultimately, as one promises of a world of woe, and the other a world of absolute safety.