Fucking - reducing the risk

'Active' or 'passive'

There's a difference in risk between fucking (being 'top' or 'active') and getting fucked (being 'bottom' or 'passive'). Here's why...

The biggest risk comes from infected cum getting into someone's arse. The lining of the inside of the arse is delicate and easily torn. It also absorbs liquids (the reason doctors sometimes put medicines up the arse). This absorbent and easily torn arse lining lets HIV (in blood, cum or pre-cum) get through it and into the bloodstream.

So if you're HIV negative

fucking = less risk of getting HIV
being fucked = more risk of getting HIV

If you have HIV

being fucked = less risk of passing on HIV
fucking = more risk of passing on HIV

Can an HIV negative man who is 'active' get HIV?

Yes. Many have. When his dick goes inside a guy's arse, it can touch blood or anal mucus, both with HIV in them. The virus then gets into his bloodstream through the absorbent and easily damaged skin of:

• his foreskin
• the head of his cock
• or through his urethra (the pipe in his dick that piss comes down).

It's worth remembering that doing the fucking is how millions of straight men have got infected from women. As vaginas are tougher and less likely to bleed compared to arses, fucking arses carries even more risk of getting HIV.

• This article was last reviewed on: 18/10/11
• Date due for next review: 18/10/13