My nephew asked me this! How do I answer him? Great answers! I'll make him read this. I'll even buy him a book about it.
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Tell him to make up his own mind about this. Remind him first though that condom's are never 100% safe. If he's asking you, he probably already doubts that it is 100% safe so just remind him that no sex is always the safest sex.
2 :
No you are still at risk. Condoms can fail or tear. Sydney's answer is perfect!
3 :
Definitely not 100 percent safe.
4 :
Since condoms are not 100% effective what do you think?
5 :
THIS IS LIKE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULLETTE. WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, LIKE A CONDOM BREAKING AND BODILY FLUIDS ARE EXCHANGED? THE RESULTS JUST ARE NOT WORTH FINDING OUT BY RISKING THE SEX IN ANY FORM.
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You should not have sex with someone you don't love. Sex is a very special thing and when you give yourself to someone else you are giving them a part of you. As we all know condoms are not 100 percent safe. But then again even anti-bacterial soaps or disenfectans cant get rid of 100 percent all germs. Knowing that this woman has AIDS alone should tell your nephew something. But he shouldn't do it, that is unless he is willing to risk his life(literally) which is what he will be doing. That said and done. You should ANSWER HIM BY SAYING: It doesn't matter if you wear a condom or if you wear no condom you will be risking your life if you have sex with the lady. Are you ready to put your life on the line for someone else? For a little pleasure?
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not safe. a condom doesnt prevent STD/HIV/AIDS or anything other than pregnantcy. condoms are made to prevent women from getting pregnant. not prevent women from getting AIDS
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Your nephew has give you both a great opportunity to educate yourselves. My advice comes from many angles - I have HIV and I dont want to pass it on, I have had a 3 yr relationship with a negative guy, I am a scientist who has done HIV research and I am involved in HIV education. Yes it is safe if approached properly except people are rarely educated enough. I use safe here as in "it's safe to cross the road if you look and give way to traffic". Consider the following: If you break 1% or more condoms then you are not using them correctly. Get the right size and fit. Use water-based lubrication every time as it prevents many breakages. I have had about 3 breakages in the last 12 yrs and I'm a high user. If a condom doesn't break its safe for HIV but you can get other STI. Remember it is all about transfer of body fluids -in this case her vaginal mucous has to get into his uretha (eye of dick) or be left under his foreskin if he has one. Makes sense for him to clean up afterwards. It is harder for a guy to get infected from vaginal sex compared to anal sex and compared to men infecting women. If a condom breaks he can have PEP = post exposure prophylaxis, a month long drug treatment that stops infection taking hold in the mojority of people. However he may be ineligible if the risk is too low - If she is on drug treatment she may have no detectable virus in her blood and therefore very little in her vaginal mucous. They can reduce the risk by having regular sexual health checks. If she has a STI or other vaginal infection she may have a hot spot of HIV in the area as HIV-infected immune cells go there to fight the infection. If he has an STI his skin will be damaged even microscopically and this may allow the virus in and because of the STI, there will be immune cells there waiting to be infected. Your nephew may actually be safer in this situation where he knows the risks and how to keep them to an irrelvant low level. There are plenty of discordant couples around who have prevented one from infecting the other for more than 20 yrs. Unfortunately too many couples, gay and straight drop condoms the moment love is in the air when they do not know each others status from repeat tests. And yes that is what happened to me -after 5 yr I did not think he could have HIV or that he had been 'exciting' enough sexually to get it. Ps they can still have kids.
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