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Vacation time: what are the dangers of sex with single women?
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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70% of single women practice unprotected sex. This is the reason for the sharp increase in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
A surge in STDs is observed in most European countries, including Russia. The British portal DrFox.co.uk conducted a survey of 2,000 women aged 18 to 40 to find out some features of their sex lives. It turned out that 70% of respondents regularly have unprotected sex. Scientists defined their attitude to the threat of STDs as the motto "maybe it will pass."
On average, a single woman has unprotected sex 11 times with four different men. 20% of respondents completely trust their partners in this matter, who assure that they are healthy. Sadly, as many as 18% admitted that they were too drunk at the time of sex to use any contraception. Another 8% do not like to feel condoms in themselves at all.
"Unprotected sex on holiday is particularly worrying as more and more women are having sex with men who don't use condoms," says DrFox.co.uk consultant Dr Tony Steely. "Holidays are a time for holiday romances, intimate relationships with strangers. Women are likely to know nothing about their partners. In these circumstances, unprotected sex is like playing Russian roulette. It could end with HIV or hepatitis!"
They say that wisdom comes with age. But 10% of women over 30 still find it awkward to discuss protection during sex with their partners. It is in the age group from 30 to 40 that the risk of contracting an STD is highest. For girls from 18 to 29, it is significantly lower, oddly enough.