the 2012 trivial drivel thread

[HairOfTheDog]

...persons who have had six or more partners on whom they've practiced unprotected oral sex are eight times more likely than those who have not had oral sex to develop the HPV-related mouth and throat cancers, reports CBS News.

Is there a way for guys to perform "protected" oral sex on a woman??


A mouth rubber?

Balloon?

I'm thinking adults who have never had oral sex (which is what the piece cited) are probably 8 times less likely to make a lot of lifestyle/personal choices that could present some risk (disease or otherwise) in trade-off for fun/pleasure as compared to those who have never eaten out.

The piece didn't make a direct enough correlation between "those who eat readily" and "those who go hungry" to lend credence to the scary-sounding "8 times more likely to get cancer" statistic. It didn't even say if those who have completely abstained are adults and/or in the same age group as those who have had multiple partners.

I'm lettin' this one sit in the "everything causes cancer until proven otherwise" bucket until the research is conclusive.