Dry sex

For another meaning, see Non-penetrative sex.

[5] Sunanda Ray, Nyasha Gumbo, Michael Mbizvo (May

1996).
Local Voices: What Some Harare Men
Say about Preparation for Sex. Reproductive Health
Matters (Reproductive Health Matters) 4 (7): 3445.
doi:10.1016/S0968-8080(96)90004-X. JSTOR 3775349.

Dry sex is the sexual practice of having sexual intercourse without vaginal lubrication. Vaginal lubrication can be removed by using herbal aphrodisiacs,
household detergents, antiseptics,[1] by wiping out the
vagina,[2] or by placing leaves in the vagina[2] besides
other methods.[3] Dry sex is associated with increased
health risks.

[6] January 2001 edition of Parade": Page 45: Dry sex is

paifnul for both men and women and may expose one to
infection.
[7] Women in Action published 2001 by Isis International
Page 11: there is nothing pleasant about dry sex because
both the man and woman feel pain and they experience
cuts

Removing or preventing vaginal lubrication through practices associated with dry sex increase friction during intercourse, which may be perceived as increased vaginal tightness, and enhanced sexual pleasure for the male
partner.[4] Some men who insist on dry sex regard wet
women to be unchaste.[5] Dry sex can be painful for
men[6][7] and women.[1] Dry sex is common in SubSaharan Africa[1][2] and it has also been reported in
Suriname among Afro-Surinamese women.[8]

[8] van Andel T, de Korte S, Koopmans D, BehariRamdas J, Ruysschaert S (February 2008). Dry sex
in Suriname. J Ethnopharmacol 116 (1): 848.
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2007.11.003. PMID 18083316.
[9] Hyena, Hank (1999-12-10). ""Dry sex worsens AIDS
numbers in southern Africa. Salon.com. Retrieved
2012-05-23.

Health risks

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The practice has been linked to the high incidence of

HIV/AIDS infection in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1] The practice is regarded as increasing the risk of transmitting
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) for both partners,
including HIV[1][3] in a number of ways. Increased friction during intercourse may cause lacerations in vaginal
tissue.[9] Drying the vagina also removes the natural antiseptic lactobacilli which can combat sexually transmitted
diseases. Furthermore, dry sex increases the risk that a
condom will break because of the increased friction. It
may also result in vaginal inammation and/or traumatic
lesions which in turn may increase the transmission of
STDs in other ways.

Beksinska ME, Rees HV, Kleinschmidt I, McIntyre J (June 1999). The practice and prevalence of dry sex among men and women in South
Africa: a risk factor for sexually transmitted infections?". Sex Transm Infect 75 (3): 17880.
doi:10.1136/sti.75.3.178. PMC 1758205. PMID
10448396.
Civic D, Wilson D (January 1996). Dry sex
in Zimbabwe and implications for condom use.
Soc Sci Med 42 (1): 918. doi:10.1016/02779536(95)00081-X. PMID 8745110.

References

[1] Concern voiced over dry sex practices in South

Africa". Cirp.org. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
[2]
[3] International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 24,
Number 2, June 1998, Vaginal Drying Agents and HIV
Transmission by Karen E. Kun.
[4] http://www.jstor.org/pss/3775349

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