• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Do you prefer sex with a condom to sex without?

    I don’t have a strong opinion either way. I like sex and I like a sense of safety. With new partners, or old partners who fear a risk of pregnancy, condoms guarantee both and that makes me feel good coming and going.

    I don’t prefer unprotected sex when it leaves me paranoid the day after. There’s more to the experience than just degrees of friction.

    • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      You’re missing my point, which I thought was clear, but add “when the condom is not preventing anything” to the end of the bit you quoted to clarify it.

      My point is that, unless you have a good reason to do it (the source of the “sense of safety” and the prevention of the “paranoia”, described above), you’re obviously not going to do it.

      If your partner is infertile, and you know that both of you have no STIs, neither of you are going to want to use a condom. Condoms are used because they’re needed, not because they’re wanted.