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Definition: Safe Sex |
Safe SexNoun1. Sexual activity (especially sexual intercourse) with the use of measures (such as latex condoms) to avoid the transmission of disease (especially AIDS). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Sex behavior that prevents or decreases the spread of sexually transmitted diseases or pregnancy. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, that depends on your definition of safe sex. (GoldenEye; writing credit: Ian Fleming; Michael France) That was the best safe sex I've ever had! (Taking Care of Business; writing credit: Jill Mazursky; Jeffrey Abrams) Selena, honey this was not safe sex. (American Gothic; writing credit: Mariana Reyes; Doris Seguí) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Safe Sex (2000) The Mavis Davis Safe Sex Video (1993) Rhino's Guide to Safe Sex (1987) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Safe sex.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | We want safe sex...Now! [2 somen, one wearing striped outfit].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | We want safe sex...Now! [3 women having coffee].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | We want safe sex...Now! [3 women, 2 children in kitchen].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Join the safe sex team.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Practice safe sex use a latex.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | We want safe sex...Now! [2 women arm in arm - one wearing overalls].Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Practice safe sex if you are not in a long-term relationship with one person. (references) | |
Although sexual abstinence is a desirable objective, programs must include instruction in safe sex behavior, including condom use. The effectiveness of these programs is supported by strong scientific evidence. (references) | ||
For example, intervention programs with younger gay men need to address the fact that some of them consider HIV to be a threat mainly to older men. Negotiation about safe sex practices is much more difficult for women in populations where there are cultural barriers to doing so. Programs targeting sex workers have been highly efficacious in other countries, but in this country would encounter cultural and political barriers. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Dominican Republic | During the National Book Fair, a booth run by a gay and lesbian group was shut down because its safe sex materials were deemed to be "pornographic." The booth reopened after the group agreed not to distribute the safe sex literature. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
safe sex | 657 |
safe sex get paid | 27 |
safe sex for teen | 12 |
safe sex condom | 10 |
picture safe sex | 7 |
safe sex com | 7 |
safe sex lesbian | 7 |
safe sex education | 6 |
safe sex information | 6 |
practice safe sex | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "safe sex"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Italian | sesso sicuro (safer sex). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | afesay exsay.(various references) | |
Thai | āļāļēāļĢāļĄāļĩāđāļāļĻāļŠāļąāļĄāļāļąāļāļāđāļāļĩāđāļāļĨāļāļ"āļ āļąāļĒ āđāļāđāļāđāļāđāļāļļāļāļĒāļēāļāļāļāļēāļĄāļąāļĒ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-s-s-x" | |
-1 letter: feases. | |
-2 letters: eases, faxes, fease, fesse, safes, saxes, sexes. | |
-3 letters: axes, ease, eses, exes, fees, fess, safe, seas, sees. | |
-4 letters: ass, axe, efs, ess, fas, fax, fee, sae, sax, sea, see, sex. | |
-5 letters: ae, as, ax, ef, es, ex, fa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-s-s-x" | |
+2 letters: flaxseeds. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 66 65 53 65 78 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01100110 01100101 00100000 01010011 01100101 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a f e   S e x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0066 0065 0053 0065 0078 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536772712537190 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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