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If there was 0% chance of STDs and pregnancy?

Asked by Charles (4823points) May 2nd, 2012

If there was 0% chance of STDs and pregnancy, would you have more sex with lots of multiple partners?

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janbb's avatar

If there were no chance of intimacy and emotions…..

SpatzieLover's avatar

Nope.

I consider sex more than just physical contact.

What if’s are not for me.

marinelife's avatar

No. Sex is only meaningful in a committed relationship.

tom_g's avatar

No. I’m married.

nikipedia's avatar

No. I have all the sex I want and use protection as needed.

Sunny2's avatar

No. Sharing that degree of intimacy is too special. For monkeys, on the other hand, it’s no more intimate than scratching.

wundayatta's avatar

It turns out that I never had a chance of getting anyone pregnant. I think there were two relationships I had where we didn’t have intercourse out of fear of pregnancy. We did other things, of course, but maybe I would have lost my virginity sooner if we had known pregnancy was not a possibility.

I doubt it. I don’t think knowing I couldn’t get anyone pregnant would have made a difference. I don’t think STD’s would have changed things, either. We used protection mostly for pregnancy fears. Fear of STD’s never got in the way. So I don’t think these conditions would have materially changed anything in my life, sexually.

tedd's avatar

Yes but very marginally. Fear of STD’s/Babies are not/were not the only thing to keep me from having many partners many times. A certain level of attraction and commitment is/was needed in most “stages” of my life.

It would make it a lot easier to get to that level though if you didn’t have to worry about that stuff.

mowens's avatar

I dont know if that is possible. ;)

Seaofclouds's avatar

No. Fear of STDs and pregnancy never stopped me from having sex. Sex, for me, involves a lot more than just the physical gratification, so being with multiple people just for that has no appeal to me.

Facade's avatar

Risk of STDs and pregnancy doesn’t deter me from sex.

josie's avatar

Personally, no. Maybe it wasn’t always that way, but I currently have the greatest girlfriend in the world and she would be disappointed.
Having said that, in the 21st century there practically is 0% chance of either of those things if you are willing to take a couple of simple steps. The fact that people worry about either or both nowdays is probably a sign of laziness, stupidity or both.

Charles's avatar

“No. I’m married.”

Yes. I’m married.

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

Yes. I’m married.

CWOTUS's avatar

I’m not a user. I wouldn’t, because I don’t believe in “throwaway” relationships (as either the first person or the third). If “emotion” also played no part in sexual relations, then I might change my mind.

tranquilsea's avatar

No. I have 19 years worth of relationship with my husband and we still are very attracted to one another. I couldn’t even imagine having sex with anyone else.

Uberwench's avatar

I already have sex with multiple partners. Would I have more sex if there was no chance of STDs or (unintended) pregnancies? Only marginally more. There aren’t a lot of occasions when I’ve gone without because I was worried about disease or pregnancy (though half of my sex is with other women, so pregnancy isn’t always an issue). A person who knows what they are doing can avoid these issues quite effectively.

And as someone with plenty of experience in the matter, sex can definitely be meaningful outside of committed relationships. Just because you never managed it doesn’t make it impossible. Why does all sex have to be meaningful, anyway? I get plenty of meaning in my life from other sources, including the committed relationship I have with my girlfriend. My breakfast doesn’t have to be meaningful everyday, and neither does my sex.

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