Defining Sex: Four Common Types Of Sex

When we talk about “sex,” it’s important to know there are different kinds of sex.  While you can define sex how you want to, when we use the term “sex,” we are generally talking about the four kinds of sex below becuase each is associated with risks, like pregnancy, STIs, and HIV.

Four common types of sex are:

Genital-to-genital contact

In the next few pages, we’ll go over each of these in more depth!