FIRST-PERSON: 'Safe' sex? Hardly

ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP) -- Most words have clear and distinct definitions and for those that don't, context helps to delineate meaning. An example of a word with a definite denotation is "safe."

"Safe," according to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, means "protected from or not exposed to danger or risk."

When the word safe is used to describe a product or activity, the message conveyed is that it will not cause harm to consumers or participants. Our government even goes to great lengths to ensure companies provide labels concerning a product's relative safety.

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