Midlife women are at much greater risk for acquiring a sexually transmitted infection (STI) than most people appreciate. Since a condom covers only the penis, short of strapping on a trash bag to cover a man’s scrotum, anus, and surrounding skin, there is no such thing as total protection. And obviously a condom is not a solution when it comes to oral sex, whether it is with a woman, a man, two women, or any other combination you can think of.


In this episode, Dr. Streicher covers:


WHY mid-life women are at high risk for getting an STI
A guide for buying CONDOMS

Ways to avoid getting or giving an STI during ORAL sex
 Dental dams


 DYI dental dams


 Female condom


 Saran™ Wrap?


 LORALS™ latex undies


 
A conversation with *Melanie Cristol about latex undies
 Why women often turn down oral sex?


 What are latex undies? 




How latex undies protect against transmission of bacteria and viruses


 Why latex undies are better than dental dams and condoms


 What's it’s like to use latex undies


 



*Melanie Cristol is the Inventor, Founder & CEO of Lorals. Prior to creating Lorals, Melanie studied Sociology at Columbia University and received her JD from Columbia Law School. She worked as a healthcare and consumer products attorney and was part of the legal team that secured gay marriage rights for the western United States. 

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For more information on this topic: 

Episode 3: What's Up Down There? Genital Dryness & Misbehaving Bladders 

Episode 10:Dating After 50- Make it Awesome Not Awful- With Bela Gandhi
Episode 14: Need to Know Info About the Penis in Your Bed with Dr. Rachel Rubin
 Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain

Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. 

Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. 
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

 Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain

Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat

Sex Rx- Hormones , Health, and Your Best Sex Ever

The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy