Is mutual masturbation considered sexually active?
Question Posted Wednesday June 16 2010, 10:44 pm
I am going to the doctor for my first check up and I was reading online for what to expect during a papsmear. I saw a few of the questions they might ask you and one of them was about sexual activity.
My boyfriend and I aren't having real sex yet. I mean, he hasn't gone inside me like that. He has fingered me and I've given him a handjobs and blowjobs though (and we do this pretty frequently).
Now, is that considered sexually active? Because I read that it was really important to tell them the truth about this sort of thing. I don't want to be lying to them but I'm just not sure if this counts. Am I sexually active?
Jumpercutie2009 answered Wednesday June 16 2010, 11:33 pm: Yes. I would just tell them that you have been sexually active but have not had actual intercourse yet. They might ask if you are planning on having intercourse soon and how many sexual partners you have had or currently have so they cant talk to you about birth control, STD safety, etc. [ Jumpercutie2009's advice column | Ask Jumpercutie2009 A Question ]
Peeps answered Wednesday June 16 2010, 10:48 pm: Yes.
If a guy had contact with your vaginal area or you have contact with his genitals then you are sexually active and you will need to tell the doctor that. You can tell the doctor, "I am sexually active because I have engaged in mutual masturbation with ## of guys; however, I have not engaged in penetration type intercourse." This way he knows if you are at risk of something. Just as a side note, fingernails can and do carry disease like HPV and herpes.
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