Hard question September 17, 2018 · 6:29 · 5 min
Dispute over 'safer sex' framing in monogamy
Reading Connolly's claim that monogamous couples practice less 'safer sex,' the hosts reject the framing: within a faithful monogamous relationship where neither partner has an STI, unprotected sex is not unsafe, so the research definition of 'safe' is wrong from the start. Greg Hudson adds that condom use among non-monogamous people only offsets risk they themselves introduced.