“Sex doesn’t have to be an issue on Valentine’s Day. You don’t need to have sex because it’s Valentine, but if you decide to be intimate with someone anyway, go for safe sex. With a condom ”. This is the advice that Doctor John Sewratan gives to all who want to make Valentine a special day, especially the young.
Sewratan believes that Valentine is not only intended to exclusively spoil the partner with whom you have a romantic relationship, but also sees it as a day to give attention to everyone you care about: father, mother, brother, sister and so on. He advises young people who are planning to give their relationship an extra dimension to consider everything carefully. “It is not the intention that young people make promises to each other with the intention of just having sex, safe or unsafe. We must be aware of what we want. And I certainly wouldn’t advise young people to have unsafe sex on Valentine’s Day, because you can never know what will come out. That you will generate spirits that you will not be able to exorcise afterwards. “
Unsafe sex can increase the chance of an unwanted pregnancy. But the risk of sexually transmitted diseases is also increasing. Sewaratan notes that some people think they are completely safe without penetration, but there are diseases that are also transmissible without penetration. “I am thinking of oral sex, for example, there you can also contract diseases, you can also contract a sexually transmitted disease that way, although that may be limited for the mouth and throat, but you can also contract it. The safest thing about sex, that’s not sex, that’s the safest. But simply fingering with your hand can also be unsafe, especially if a partner is infected with some kind of disease and you have a wound on your finger, or a wound on the mouth, lips and so on, ”he illustrates the risks.
Sex without a condom is possible, but then you have to know your partner well, says Sewratan. “If you have one steady partner, it is of course much better, but then you really have to know your partner well. As long as you are not yet in a ‘real’ relationship, a family planning relationship, you will have to have some tests carried out more often to see if you have HIV or another STI. Because we all talk about one partner, but you can never know what the other partner has in mind and what it has done. And that applies to both men and women. One partner is always recommended, that’s the best, but then you really have to know your partner really well. And if you know him or her very well, you can have intercourse without a condom. ”
