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after being asked by a nurse if i was 'sexually active' i started thinking...
how frequently do you have to be having sex to be considered 'sexually active'?
how frequently do you have to be having sex to be considered 'sexually active'?
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depends on the context she asked it i think I would have asked her to clarify if you werent sure. if it was for a cervical smear, she may have been asking if you had ever had sex. If it was for contraception, she may have meant are you having sex from one month to the next.
If you're being asked by a nurse under "medical" circumstances then it's helpful to disclose as much as possible (not graphically, obviously); whether you would consider yourself to have an active sex life or not. It actually is for the good of your health.
just thought it was an interesting question and wondered what others thought the definition of sexually active is
i wouldn't count that as proper sex, even though you could call it oral sex.
by sexually active i'd take it that someone meant having intercourse.
and i agree with walkindude.
"Nope."
So the doc starts running through some tests ...
Some hours later the doc is back and not impressed. "Your pregnant!"
"Ah," sighs the girl, "I thought that might be it."
Struggling to keep a reign on his temper the doc asks "then why did you tell me you weren't sexually active?!?!"
"I'm not I just lie there"
why would it have sex in it's name if oral sex wasn't a type of sex?