Lenny, I am starting to think you have a one track mind. BBFS with SP's is a HORRIBLE idea, yet you seem to advocate it every chance you get. The risk of STD's is a far larger issue than pregnancy. You seem to ignore that constantly,
How can I ignore a topic that has never been discussed here before? STDs could severely affect my heath. Getting an SP pregnant could hit my bankroll quite hard. Apples & oranges. Would I rather get HIV or lose a quarter million dollars?
or worse claim condoms don't protect you at all from STI's - patently and proven false,
I never claimed that. Apart from a minor itch or two, my circumcision condom (with other safe sex measures) is protecting me very well.
in your same wiki article, the percentages quoted are an 80-95% reduction of STI transmission. If an SP or civilian gives you BBFS, she's doing it with other clients or people, therefore, you are sharing the disease pool with ALL of them.
I'm sure there are SP's doing BBFS with one client only. Some might be dumb or crazy enough to do it with everyone, but others are not. Give SP's a bit more credit. Also, no doubt, many SP's are doing BBFS with their BF or SO. Including probably those you've seen, if you're an active seasoned hobbyist.
Your "disease pool" comment applies to any SP's you've seen, too, whether or not they always use condoms or other means of protection like I did do with SAFE BBFS. For example one of your SP's seeing clients who also visit DTES sex workers with a 20-25% rate of HIV. If they're doing covered Greek with clients it's as risky re HIV as BBFS. Do you avoid those? How about SP's that offer BBBJ, DATY, DFK, DATO?
Some of them are pretty easy to clear up, but drug resistant strains are on the rise and some diseases are for life.
If drug resistant strains ever become widespread, fatal or more than a one in a gazillion risk, I might have to reconsider my behaviour.
Sure, "some diseases are for life", IF you catch them. A big IF. And even then they are probably manageable, if not curable in the near future.
Some pleasures, like BBFS, are for life, with generally no ifs, ands or buts about it. Up to you if you want to enjoy them or waste the opportunity or play it safe.
I choose SBBFS, because I want to have my cake & eat it too, having both condom-like safety & BBFS pleasure.
Your stance on birth control is laughable. You deride condoms, saying they are only 15% effective with typical use, yet you say CI (coitus interuptus) is far better with perfect use. Compare apples to apples. Using wikipedia, condoms are 2% failure rate with perfect use, CI is 4% or 100% higher. Which is more likely? Using a condom perfectly or pulling out before you blow your load? I can tell you which one any SP I have seen would prefer! Seems to me you are quoting the stats you want to, in order to support your unsupported position. I would also state that basically every SP I have seen uses the condom "perfectly" - it's not all that difficult to do. Condoms plus another method like the pill is by far the best option for birth control and disease prevention. Period.
My point, if I recall, was that my perfect practice of CI at 4% is far better at avoiding pregnancy than the average condom use (15% of couples getting pregnant per year). Obviously perfect condom use at 2% would be even better than 4%. And it is likely that SP's experienced with condoms would do better than the average 15% rate.
IME condoms have failed me quite a number of times. Sometimes I didn't even realize it was broken or had slid off completely inside the SP. Imagine if I had blown my load into her when that happened.
With CI I've never ejaculated accidently into a pussy. Moreover there seems to be some question whether or not precum contains sperm, if one pees after the previous sex session. If not, then peeing & perfect practice of CI could conceivably mean a zero percent risk of pregnancy. Moreover, often I have a sense before precum is about to come out, so may be able to prevent that as well from entering an SP's body.
"...some studies have found that withdrawal could be almost as effective as condoms in preventing pregnancy.[12] There have been several small-scale studies (sample sizes ranging from 4 to 23)[5] that conclude no sperm is present, and thus, pre-ejaculate is ineffectual at causing pregnancy.[1][2][3][4]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-ejaculate