unprotected sex
Risky intimate contact
Unprotected sex is sexual intercourse without a condom or other barrier method, risking pregnancy or transmission of sexually transmitted infections.
The term emerged with AIDS awareness in the 1980s: They had unprotected sex and now she's worried about STIs.
Sometimes shortened to unprotected: We went unprotected.
Sexually transmitted infections
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- AIDSImmune deficiency syndrome
- chlamydiaBacterial venereal infection
gonorrhea · herpes · syphilis · HPV · hepatitis · transmission · infection · exposure
Riding without a saddle
- rawIn original state
- skin-to-skinUnclothed bodily touching
- naturalNot artificially produced
- unshieldedLacking protective barrier
bare · uninhibited · spontaneous · condomless
Contraceptive sheath worn internally
- birth controlPreventing conception intentionally
- pillSolid medicine dose
- IUDImplanted birth control device
- diaphragmMuscle separating chest, abdomen
spermicide · withdrawal · barrier method · hormonal · Plan B · morning-after pill · vasectomy · tubal ligation
STIs
Sexually transmitted infections
chlamydia · gonorrhea · herpes · syphilis · HPV · hepatitis · transmission · infection · exposure · unsafe
bareback
Riding without a saddle
- rawIn original state
- skin-to-skinUnclothed bodily touching
- naturalNot artificially produced
unshielded · bare · uninhibited · spontaneous · condomless
condom
Contraceptive sheath worn internally
- birth controlPreventing conception intentionally
- pillSolid medicine dose
- IUDImplanted birth control device
diaphragm · spermicide · withdrawal · barrier method · hormonal · Plan B · morning-after pill · vasectomy · tubal ligation · implant
- bad decisionsprocrastination, impulse buying, overspending, binge eating, cramming
- risksrisk, gamble, bet, wager, chance it
- risky behaviorreckless driving, drunk driving, speeding, drug abuse, binge drinking
- Youth Riskspeer pressure, bullying, underage drinking, drug use, teen pregnancy
- harmful copingself-harm, self-injury, self-sabotage, self-destruction, self-medication
- recklessnessrecklessness, carelessness, negligence, impulsiveness, rashness
protection, protected, protective, protector, unprotected, protections, protectorate, protectiveness, protectively