When was the very last time you noticed or learned about a dental dam, away from wellness class, trip to the dentist or

The L Keyword

?

For many not as sure what a dental care dam (aka the condom for lesbians) is,

really

they certainly were initially built to shield folks during dental care treatments, but happened to be re-marketed for queer females as safe-sex device during cunnilingus.

Sadly, it absolutely was never highly popular into the lesbian area, and a
2010 research in fact located
that around 10per cent of lesbian females have actually actually ever utilized all of them, and less than 2% frequently use them.

Today
according to Mashable’s Heather Dockray
, the dental care dam is dead.

Exactly why you may ask, really it is not exactly the building associated with dam itself that stops folks from using them – it’s the (identified) character of lesbian sex now by itself.

Lesbian gender is commonly
represented as “low-risk”
intercourse. But “low-risk” does not mean no risk females.