"An investigation of the behavioural aspects of ""Dry Sex"" in Lusaka urban"

ABSTRACT

The investigator`s findings revealed that dry sex was widely practiced by (86 percent) women in Lusaka Urban; for various reasons documented in the text. Methods used included herbal porridge and vaginal mopping etc. Among the adverse effects of drying agents were ulceration due to excessive tightness and friction during coitus; and irritating and erosive effects of some herbs used. These adverse effects predispose the dry sex practitioner to HIV infection if she meets an HIV infected man