headbang8 said:Using the phrase "safer" sex implies that all sex is inherently dangerous, dirty, and morally stigmatised. It's about as useful as talking about "safer" eating or "safer" breathing. Is breathing a bad thing to do? Is eating? You might as well say all living is dangerous.
I feel quite strongly about this. I can feel a new thread coming on...
I think it's a battle of semantics in which neither side wins.
Those who go with "safe sex" will focus on issues of enjoying and promoting sex in a wholly positive light.
Those who go with "safer sex" will focus on reminding people that they should still exercise caution within the context of enjoying sex.
I don't think either term is especially useful, ultimately, as one promises of a world of woe, and the other a world of absolute safety.