safe sex
Help an AI agent recognise and assess sexual practices intended to reduce harm, identify unresolved risks, and support informed, consensual prevention choices.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Help an AI agent recognise and assess sexual practices intended to reduce harm, identify unresolved risks, and support informed, consensual prevention choices.
Safe sex, often termed safer sex to acknowledge residual risk, comprises sexual practices and preventive measures intended to reduce transmission of sexually transmitted infections and, where relevant, unintended pregnancy.
It can be Clarify which harms participants want to reduce and what they mean by safe sex.; Map a described sexual practice to prevention questions using current authoritative guidance.; Identify mismatches between agreed protection, available supplies, and actual use.; Support discussion of boundaries and protection changes without pressuring disclosure or participation.; Recognise when an exposure or protection failure needs timely professional assessment.; Produce a minimal, privacy-conscious account of unresolved risks and agreed next steps..
Distinguishing features
An instance connects a particular sexual practice with explicit harm-reduction measures; sexual activity alone does not establish safer practice.
A pregnancy-prevention measure must be assessed separately for infection prevention; contraception alone does not establish safe sex.
Consent and protective measures are recorded independently; agreement to sex does not establish agreement to every practice or protection change.
Safety is assessed against specified harms and exposures rather than inferred from relationship status, appearance, identity, or a general claim of being 'clean'.
A usable assessment records residual uncertainty and the conditions under which protection may fail rather than assigning an unconditional 'safe' label.
Scope
+ The meaning and limits of 'safe sex' and 'safer sex' in a specified context
+ Voluntary, ongoing consent and agreements about protective measures
+ Practice-specific exposure to sexually transmitted infections and, where applicable, unintended pregnancy
+ Selection, availability, and actual use of barriers and other prevention measures
+ Relevant testing, clinical prevention, and responses to protection failures
- Diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections
- Comprehensive contraception prescribing and reproductive care
- General relationship counselling and sexual satisfaction
- Legal determinations of capacity, consent, or criminal responsibility
- Manufacture and regulatory approval of condoms, lubricants, medicines, and tests
Characteristics
- Operational meaning of safety
- Infection prevention; pregnancy prevention; consent and autonomy; physical harm reduction; explicitly stated combination Makes clear which harms an assessment addresses and which it leaves unresolved.
- Practice and exposure context
- Relevant contact sites, contact types, shared devices, and potential exposure routes; unknown; not disclosed Prevention must be matched to the actual practice rather than a generic description of sex.
- Consent and protection agreement
- Explicitly agreed and ongoing; conditional; uncertain; withdrawn; absent; not assessed Determines whether an activity or a change to protective measures is within participants' agreement.
- Prevention coverage
- Links each prevention measure to its intended harm, exposure route, and supporting guidance Prevents one measure from being assumed to address every risk.
- Protection use and integrity
- Planned; available; used as intended; interrupted; failed; unknown; not applicable Distinguishes intended protection from the conditions of the actual encounter.
- Evidence timing
- Dates and elapsed hours or days since relevant exposure, testing, or prevention use; unknown Allows current clinical guidance to be consulted using the relevant timeline.
- Pregnancy-prevention relevance
- Relevant and desired; potentially relevant but unresolved; not applicable; not disclosed Includes pregnancy prevention when appropriate without inferring reproductive potential or intentions from identity.
- Assessment uncertainty
- Missing exposure information; unverified prevention use; incomplete testing context; guidance uncertainty; other specified uncertainty Makes limitations visible and prevents unsupported reassurance.
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.safe-sex
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 6 bundles · 11 layers · 18 findings · 33 questions.
Meaning and risk boundaries Defines what safe sex means for the encounter and prevents an absolute interpretation of safety.
The term can refer to different combinations of infection prevention, pregnancy prevention, and broader sexual wellbeing.
Operational definition
Records the adopted meaning and its source.
Specified safety objectives
An assessment needs an explicit account of the harms it is intended to reduce.
- Does safe sex here mean reducing infection exposure, unintended pregnancy, physical injury, coercion, or a stated combination? definition
- Whose definition or guidance establishes this scope, and when was it issued? provenance
Conditional assessment
Records the conditions and limits of any safety judgement.
Residual risk and unknowns
Safety descriptions should identify the exposure and evidence they concern and retain unresolved uncertainty.
- Which harms remain outside the protection offered by the measures being considered? boundary
- What missing information prevents a more specific assessment of this encounter? measurement
Consent and protection agreements Connects voluntary participation with explicit boundaries about sexual practices and prevention.
A technically protective encounter cannot be evaluated adequately without establishing what participants have agreed to.
Ongoing agreement
Records consent as specific to the activity and capable of being withdrawn.
Practice-specific consent
The model distinguishes agreement to a particular activity from assumptions based on a relationship or previous encounter.
- What sexual practices and protective conditions have participants explicitly agreed to? boundary
- What should happen if a participant hesitates, withdraws agreement, or cannot communicate a voluntary choice? action
Negotiation and disclosure
Handles protection discussions and relevant information without demanding unnecessary sensitive details.
Protection change boundaries
Changes to a barrier or another agreed prevention measure require attention to the original conditions of participation.
- Is participation conditional on a barrier or another specified prevention measure? definition
- How will participants pause and seek renewed agreement before changing an agreed protective measure? action
- What information is necessary for this decision, and what can remain undisclosed or unrecorded? boundary
Sexual practices and exposures Describes relevant contact and separates infection exposure from pregnancy-related concerns.
The phrase 'having sex' is too broad to determine which prevention questions matter.
Contact and transmission context
Records the minimum practice details needed to consult applicable prevention guidance.
Practice-specific exposure map
Exposure assessment is organised around contact sites and practices rather than demographic labels.
- Which contact sites, fluids, skin contact, or shared sex toys are relevant to the described activity? measurement
- Which authoritative guidance addresses the infection exposure routes associated with these particular practices? provenance
Pregnancy context
Determines whether avoiding pregnancy is a relevant objective of the encounter.
Separate pregnancy-prevention assessment
Pregnancy-related concerns are assessed explicitly and separately from infection prevention.
- Does the described activity create a pregnancy-related concern that participants want to address? boundary
- What pregnancy-prevention measure, if any, was planned and actually used? measurement
- Which unresolved questions require a contraception or reproductive-care model? action
Prevention selection and use Connects protective measures with their intended coverage and actual conditions of use.
Naming a prevention measure does not establish that it was appropriate, available, or used as intended.
Barriers, lubricants, and devices
Assesses practical questions about barriers, compatible supplies, and shared devices.
Barrier fit and integrity
The model records product-specific instructions, compatibility questions, and observed protection failures.
- Which barrier and lubricant are being used, and what do their instructions say about compatibility and the intended practice? provenance
- Was there any breakage, slippage, late application, early removal, or unprotected change between contact sites or users? measurement
- What supplies or adjustments are needed to follow the applicable instructions? action
Clinical prevention
Records relevant vaccination, HIV prevention, and clinician-managed measures without prescribing them.
Measure-specific coverage
Each clinical prevention measure is linked to its target, evidence, and conditions rather than treated as universal protection.
- Which vaccination, HIV PrEP, or other clinician-managed prevention measure is relevant, and what harm is it intended to reduce? definition
- What current clinical guidance establishes the conditions under which that measure can inform this assessment? provenance
- Which eligibility, timing, adherence, or monitoring questions need professional review? action
Testing and exposure response Handles the interpretation limits of testing information and the next steps after a possible exposure.
Safer-sex decisions extend beyond preparation and must accommodate incomplete evidence and failures during an encounter.
Testing evidence
Places reported test results in the context needed for their interpretation.
Test scope and timing
A test result is represented with its scope and timeline rather than reduced to a general infection-free status.
- Which infection, specimen site, test type, and collection date does the reported result concern? measurement
- What exposures occurred before or after that test, and what guidance is needed to interpret its timing? boundary
Protection failure follow-up
Supports prompt assessment when the actual encounter differs from the prevention plan.
Exposure timeline and referral
The model records the event and directs unresolved clinical decisions to suitable services using current guidance.
- What happened, when did it happen, and which protection measure was absent or failed? measurement
- Does current guidance indicate prompt assessment for HIV PEP, emergency contraception, testing, injury care, or other follow-up? action
- Which accessible service can assess the exposure, and what minimum information is needed for that assessment? action
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.
A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.
Reported evidence
Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.
Check these first
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- This account is based on recall; no sources were consulted.
- Usage varies: some definitions focus on STI prevention, while others also include pregnancy prevention, consent and broader safety.
- Current clinical recommendations and applicable product-standard editions require verification; no universal numerical risk reduction applies across practices and infections.
- Which of these check these first hold for the sense of safe sex this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Kinds and varieties
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Barrier-based practices using external or internal condoms or dental dams
- Sexual activities that reduce exposure to infectious fluids or affected skin
- Biomedical prevention, including vaccination and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
- Testing, treatment and partner communication as components of prevention
- Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of safe sex this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Standards and regulation
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- ISO 4074, issued by the International Organization for Standardization, specifies requirements and test methods for natural rubber latex male condoms.
- WHO and CDC issue guidance on prevention of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
- Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of safe sex this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Real-world use
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Sexual-health education and counselling
- Individual and partner decisions about sexual practices and protection
- Condom distribution and access programmes
- Clinical services integrating STI testing, vaccination, prevention and treatment
- Public-health programmes to reduce STI transmission and unintended pregnancy
- Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of safe sex this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Typical measurements
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Consistency of condom use - 0-100; interpretation requires a specified activity and observation period - percent of reported sex acts
- Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of safe sex this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Failure modes and hazards
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Condom breakage, slippage or inconsistent use reduces protection.
- Some infections can spread through skin contact outside the area covered by a barrier.
- Contraception that prevents pregnancy may provide no protection against sexually transmitted infections.
- Testing during an infection's window period can produce false reassurance.
- Coercion, stigma and unequal access to preventive supplies or care can undermine protective practices.
- Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of safe sex this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Regional variation
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Availability and affordability of condoms, vaccination, HIV prophylaxis and testing vary between health systems.
- Sexual-health education, confidentiality rules and access for young people vary by jurisdiction.
- Local infection prevalence and vaccination coverage affect which prevention measures receive emphasis.
- Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of safe sex this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart
Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.
- Contraception - Contraception specifically prevents pregnancy; safer sex also addresses infection transmission, including during activities that cannot cause pregnancy.
- Sexual health - Sexual health encompasses physical, emotional, mental and social well-being; safer sex describes a narrower set of preventive practices.
- Sexual consent - Consent concerns voluntary agreement to sexual activity; it is essential but does not itself establish protection against infection or pregnancy.
- Sexual abstinence - Abstinence means refraining from specified sexual activities; safer sex commonly concerns reducing risks when sexual activity occurs.
- Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of safe sex this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Which authoritative definitions distinguish safe sex from safer sex, and how broadly do they include consent, physical injury, and emotional wellbeing?
- Which current sources support prevention coverage and limitations for each practice, contact site, barrier type, and shared-device scenario?
- How should the model represent test timing and clinical prevention evidence without producing unsupported individual risk estimates?
- Which jurisdiction-specific pathways and current guidance should govern referral after exposure or protection failure?
- What minimum sensitive information must an agent retain, and which encounter details should remain transient or unrecorded?