{"id":6088,"date":"2021-06-01T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/?page_id=6088"},"modified":"2021-06-17T08:45:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T08:45:25","slug":"risks-for-men-vs-women-and-insertive-vs-receptive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/testing\/risks-for-men-vs-women-and-insertive-vs-receptive","title":{"rendered":"Risks for men vs women and insertive vs receptive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Q: Are risks different for men vs women?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>A: In heterosexual vaginal or anal sex, if other factors are equal, a woman has a biologically higher risk of infection compared to a man.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The surface area of the vagina or anus is far greater than the surface area of the penis.<\/li>\n<li>The risks of tears to the vagina or anus during sex is greater as the these inner linings are more delicate than the skin on the penis.<\/li>\n<li>The length of time of exposure of the vagina or anus to semen is greater than the time the penis is exposed to the vaginal fluid or rectal mucosa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Q: Are risks similar for insertive vs receptive anal sex?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>A: The risk for anal sex, if other factors are equal, is greater for a receptive partner compared to an insertive partner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The surface area inside of the anus, is larger than the surface area of the penis<\/li>\n<li>The risks of tears to the anus during sex is greater as the membrane on the inside of the anus is more delicate than the skin on the penis<\/li>\n<li>Pre-cum and cum will stay in the receptive partner for longer than the insertive partner is in contact with rectal tissue and mucosa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If viral load is undetectable, there is no risk of HIV.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/prep\">PrEP<\/a> also protects against HIV.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Are risks different for men vs women? A: In heterosexual vaginal or anal sex, if other factors are equal, a woman has a biologically higher risk of infection compared to a man. The surface area of the vagina or &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":5467,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6088","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6088\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}