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Making love
This is probably the most widely used term for sexual activity between people. It is all too often used to mean sex involving penetration but in reality the term can reflect all the different kinds of intimate pleasure two people can enjoy together, and suggests the trust and mutual respect of people who truly care for each other.
If you are advising someone who talks about `making love' it will be important to ask them to describe the activities they mean by the term. Whatever you mean by making love, it can be kept safe by following the suggestions offered in the rest of this chapter.