Outercourse is a term that can be used to encompass a wide variety of sexual behaviors.
It can also include kissing,mutual masturbation, talking about sexual fantasies, and similar activities.
The defining factor is the lack ofpenetration of the vagina, mouth, or anus.
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This bang out of behavior is sometimes referred to as “dry humping.”
However, some people define outercourse to include oral or anal sex and only exclude vaginal penetrative sex.
Abstinence also has variable definitions.
For some people, abstinence is no sexual interaction at all.
For others, it’s anything that can’t get you pregnant.
However, this is not the most common definition among sex educators and sexuality professionals.
Similarly, most sex educators wouldn’t consider abstinence to include oral and anal sex.
However,some people disagree.
It is, indeed a very good way to do that.
For couples who practice abstinence, outercourse is sometimes a sexual option.
Depending on religious or cultural beliefs and practices, it may be an allowed activity.
Outercourse can also be an activity for people who aren’t worried about pregnancy or abstinent.
People may engage in body rubbing and other outercourse activities as either foreplay or the main sexual activity.
Some people are not particularly interested in penetrative sex.
Others engage in outercourse for variety.
Outercourse can also be an option for people who don’t want to engage in a longsafer-sex negotiation.
Outercourse can be made safer with the use ofcondomsor other barriers.
Even naked, however, outercourse is a relatively safer activity.
It’s even used as a risk-reduction technique for individuals with HIV.
Can Outercourse Lead to Intercourse?
Some people claim that one of the drawbacks of outercourse is that it can lead to intercourse.
It’s true that some sexual enjoyment may lead to people wanting more.
However, the idea that one activity automatically leads to another is highly problematic.
It makes it seem as though people don’t have any sexual agency.
If outercourse leads you to want intercourse, you could often choose whether or not you want to.
Consider having a backup birth control method available if you are at risk of pregnancy from intercourse.
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