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From: synth@yenta.alb.nm.us (Synth F. Oberheim)
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Subject: Re: WARNING: re: ORAL SEX
Keywords: AIDS, fellatio
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decwrl!well.sf.ca.us!well!lady@uunet.UU.NET (Lee Lady) writes:

>I am in no way a medical expert, but it seems to me that quite a bit of 
>additional study will be required before one can say just how high the 
>risk of receptive fellatio is.  The Berkeley study certainly indicates, 
>though, that there is at least some risk.  

>From what I understand, fellatio is quite risky for one simple reason: 
mucous membranes in the mouth.  Any type of cut or lesion (even at the 
microscopic level) is an easy entryway for infected semen.  And mucous
membranes are FAR more easily disturbed than normal epidermis (outer skin), 
which is why mutual masturbation is, in relation, fairly safe.

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