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Note: Information provided on this page is for reference only, please seek medical assistance when in doubt
Sexual abstinence or sexual restraint is a practice of refraining from some or all aspects
of sexual activity for medical, psychological, legal, social, financial, philosophical, moral or
religious reasons. Sexual abstinence generally motivated by factors such as an individual's personal
or religious beliefs. Sexual abstinence before marriage is required in some societies by social norms
or by laws.
Sexual abstinence could be voluntary when an individual chooses not to engage in sexual activity
due to moral, religious, philosophical reasons, or could be involuntary as a result of social
circumstances such as when one cannot find sexual partners
Some groups advocate total sexual abstinence, by which they mean the avoidance of all sexual
activity, in the context of birth control the term usually means abstinence from vaginal intercourse.
Abstinence is 100% effective in preventing pregnancy however is very difficult to practice and not
everyone who intends to be abstinent refrains could from all sexual activity
Experts recommend that those using abstinence as a primary method for birth control should
have backup method also readily available such as such as use of condoms or emergency contraceptive
pills. Deliberate non-penetrative sex without vaginal sex or deliberate oral sex without vaginal sex
is also sometimes considered as a birth control measure. While this generally avoids pregnancy,
pregnancy can still occur with intercrural sex and other forms of penis-near-vagina sex such as
genital rubbing, and the penis exiting from anal intercourse where sperm can be deposited near the
entrance to the vagina and can travel along the vagina's lubricating fluids.
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