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No Bodily Fluid s are intended to be exchanged, and outercourse is therefore often considered a practice of Safer Sex as well as of Birth Control (but see below for exceptions).
Some practices of outercourse include:
Frottage , any form of consensual sexual rubbing, whether naked or clothed, including genito-genital rubbing.
Note that with oral sex, there is a higher risk of getting Sexually Transmitted Disease s (including HIV ) than with other forms of outercourse, but studies have shown (so far) that there is less chance of getting these diseases through oral sex than with vaginal intercourse. One can reduce the risk of getting Sexually Transmitted Disease s this way by using Barrier Methods . The risk of pregnancy with oral sex is only through contact between sperm-bearing fluids such as Semen or Cowper's Fluid and female sex organs, though the sex organs aren't usually in close contact with oral sex.
Note also that interfemoral intercourse and genital rubbing, although notionally forms of outercourse, can carry a risk of Pregnancy through transfer of sperm-bearing fluids such as Semen or Cowper's Fluid to the sex organs, and that any of the activities above can pose a risk of Sexually Transmitted Disease s if any Body Fluid s are deposited on Wound s or Mucous Membrane s such as those of the sex organs or anal membranes.
Outercourse in preparation of intercourse is also called Foreplay .
Dr. Joycelyn Elders , President Bill Clinton's surgeon general, tried to popularize outercourse as a means of sexual play for teens that would offer a safer alternative than sexual intercourse involving penile-vaginal or penile-anal penetration. However, her recommendation was controversial and was not well received by many teens' parents. Eventually, Elders resigned.
