What Do You Think?


1. When a woman wants to talk to her partner about safer sex, there are many things to pay attention to. Put a tick beside the things that a woman needs to do when she talks about safer sex with her partner.

_____ speak up
_____ ask his sex history
_____ ask to use a condom
_____ say how she feels
_____ be clear
_____ know she has a right to feel that way
_____ say what she needs to feel comfortable
_____ carry condoms
_____ learn to say no
_____ show him she respects him
_____ wait to get to know him first
_____ talk to her partner before having sex
_____ feel good about herself
_____ feel comfortable talking about sex
_____ know different things to do in sex besides intercourse
_____ work out boundaries
_____ be firm
_____ be able to say no, and mean it

2. How can a woman learn more about how to work out safer sex? Put a tick beside the ways a woman can learn more.

____ talk to friends
____ talk to people in her family
____ talk to a counsellor
____ talk to her partner
____ talk to her children
____ talk to a doctor
____ read about safer sex
____ go to workshops
____ watch TV
____ listen to the radio
____ watch movies
____ think about safer sex
____ learn more about how she feels
____ learn to say no


Adapted from Centre for AIDS Services Montreal (Women), with permission.





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