Outercourse: 7 great ideas for pleasure
Outercourse is any sexual activity that does not include sexual penetration. The opposite of outercourse is intercourse (penetrative sex).
Outercourse can mean different things to different people. Some people consider outercourse as any sex play without sexual intercourse, where a man inserts his penis into a woman’s vagina.
For others, outercourse means sex play without any penetration (oral, anal, vaginal).
There are many sexual activities with outercourse that don’t involve sexual intercourse:
Kissing
You can explore kissing different body parts. Thighs, forehead, neck, between the toes, etc. Just let your tongue do the walking.
Masturbation
You can give yourself pleasure by touching your own genitals. You can give your partner pleasure by touching their genitals. You can watch your partner masturbate or masturbate while your partner watches, which is a great way to learn what kind of touching you each like.
Rubbing
You can rub your body with your partner’s body. Many couples find it pleasurable and can even orgasm when they rub their genitals together. Body-to-body rubbing is sometimes also called grinding, dry humping, or frottage.
Acting out sexual fantasies
You can share or act out fantasies that turn you on with your partner. Or perhaps you might want to watch a sexy film or read a sexy story together.
Using sex toys
You can use a vibrator or dildo to explore and caress your body or your partner’s body. If you want to share your toy with your partner, and you’re using a toy to go into a vagina or an anus, it is important to put a condom on the toy. For each partner, use a new condom on your sex toy.
Oral sex
You can explore your partner’s genitals by using your mouth. You won’t get pregnant by performing or receiving oral sex, but you can pass on an infection. If you’re a guy, you can prevent passing on infection by using a condom. If you’re a girl, you can prevent passing on infection by using plastic wrap (or a condom cut into a square) to cover your genitals.
Anal sex
You can explore your partner’s buttocks, anus, and rectum by touching them with your fingers, mouth, genitals, or toys. You won’t get pregnant having anal sex, but it’s even easier to pass on an infection. Using a condom to cover your fingers or genitals can greatly reduce the risk of passing on an infection.
Can I get pregnant?
Outercourse can prevent pregnancy as long as you and your partner stick to having outercourse and not sexual intercourse (when a man inserts his penis into a woman’s vagina).
If you and your partner perform outercourse correctly, the chances of getting pregnant are almost zero. With anal sex and rubbing your genitals with your partners, there is a chance that semen or pre-ejaculate can get into the vagina. So if you want to be 100 percent sure, use a condom.
Can I get STIs?
No.
Outercourse can greatly reduce your risk of getting an STI, but it doesn’t guarantee it. During oral and anal sex, there is an exchange of bodily fluids between couples, which increases your risk of getting an STI.
Some STIs like herpes and HPV can be passed on simply by skin-to-skin contact. So while the risk of getting an STI is quite low, even with kissing or rubbing you’ve still got a risk of getting an STI. If you’re worried about getting an STI, use a condom or another barrier method to protect yourself.
Are there benefits?
Outercourse has no side effects and can be a pleasurable way to have safer sex especially when no semen and vaginal fluids are exchanged.
For women, outercourse can be helpful to learn how to have orgasms. Many women don’t get orgasms from vaginal stimulation (or sexual intercourse) alone but from clitoral stimulation. For men, outercourse allows them to be sexual without having the pressure to perform during sexual intercourse.
So for couples, outercourse can be a great way to learn about each other’s bodies and give each other pleasure, without the worry of getting pregnant.
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It’s possible for you to get pregnant without having sexual intercourse if, for example:
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To address your question, Yes. Although birth control pills have a high success rate, they can fail and you can get pregnant while on the pill. Certain factors increase your risk of getting pregnant, even if you’re on birth control. Keep these factors in mind if you’re sexually active and want to prevent an unplanned pregnancy.
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