Condoms and Zika

Reservoir tip root boots for photoshoots

The Photo: a selection of colored latex condoms now increasing in popularity because of the Zika virus.

Zika protection: My circle and I have reluctantly begun to use condoms with our partners now because there is no other protection from the Zika virus while having sexual intercourse of any kind. For repeated acts of underwater PVI we have always used the nitrile female condom (FC2) – just as Taryn’s porn actresses do during rehearsals -  except for the cum shots - but we hadn’t been using latex condoms except with new men until we got the of their (negative) STI full panel results. Now all our casual partners taken while out clubbing have to glove up. “No glove, no love!” Latex is far better than polyethylene and Nitrile from the standpoint of its heat transfer properties. The super-thin latex is amazing and personally I like the textured ones since in a condom I don’t get the feel of an uncut man’s frenulum rubbing bareback against my G-spot during ballet-sex, when I’m taken from behind while on my toes. However, latex can be easily damaged by a sharp fingernail so there is that to be careful to avoid.

Reality: Most Escorts, Hostesses and women in my circle have never really been too concerned about birth defects since we all are using effective contraceptive methods and would terminate any unplanned pregnancy. But that is certainly foremost in the minds of most women of reproductive age especially now that it’s known that a woman can be infected by sexual intercourse. Our concern now is that as scientists learn more about Zika they are finding that there may be other long term problems (in addition to Guillain-Barre syndrome) even for adults who show no early symptoms.  Now we know that the virus can stay for at least six months or perhaps longer in a man’s semen.

But what about saliva? The U.S. CDC says that any secretions can transmit Zika so fellatio and cunnilingus are included.  I’ve never been a fan of dental dams so when clubbing oral sex is out at least for now. The rules at my London club, “The Costume Club” (AKA Clever Cunts), have been changed to substantially increase the use of condoms and most of the members understand as none of them wants to take Zika back to their wife and/or mistress.

So when I’m with a new and well-endowed man (and not menstrual) I’ll wear one of my transparent silicone Oves cervical caps for contraceptive protection while he wears a ultra-thin latex sheath lubricated with a water base lube. That way I’m not as likely to grip him so tightly when he is in my anterior fornix that the reservoir tip is flattened and his secretions squeezed out around his glans and down his shaft so he slides out. I know I could use an FC2, but inserting it ahead of time spoils the line of my nude pubes under a sheer thong and with the large anterior ring hanging out it is too much like advertising which is such a put-off and not my style at all!

Current UK (NHS) Zika virus guidance: This guidance is from August 6, 2016 the most recent official UK guidance available. However, the intervals of 6 months for avoiding unprotected sex may not be long enough as longer instances of the virus remaining active in semen have been found to occurred in the U.S. The article can be read HERE

Current (8-17-2016) U.S CDC Zika guidance concerning sexual transmission: Sex includes vaginal, anal, oral sex, and the sharing of sex toys The U.S. seems further ahead in Zika research, perhaps because there is greater likelihood of cases in states in the deep south.  The article can be read HERE

U.S. FDA advises testing for Zika virus in all donated blood and blood components in the US: On August 26^th the FDA said “As a further safety measure against the emerging Zika virus outbreak, today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a revised guidance recommending universal testing of donated Whole Blood and blood components for Zika virus in the U.S. and its territories.”

“There is still much uncertainty regarding the nature and extent of Zika virus transmission,” said Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. “At this time, the recommendation for testing the entire blood supply will help ensure that safe blood is available for all individuals who might need transfusion.” The full News Release can be read HERE:

Zika and my circle: Given the cool climate in the UK experts think it unlikely that there will be much spread of Zika by mosquitos. However, it can be spread through bodily secretions during vaginal, anal, oral sex, and the sharing of sex toys so there could be transmission by persons infected by mosquitoes while traveling outside the UK.  Which is why I and my wards and other friends haven’t been visiting my home on Lost Cove on Virgin Gorda recently as the Caribbean is not safe for sunbathing and bikinis right now and it is also hurricane season there now as well. Not that I worry about microcephaly, since we all use effective means of contraception and would terminate an unplanned pregnancy should one occur, but the scientists are finding more about Zika almost daily and there could be more serious and long term effects for adults that are as yet unknown. And of course I wouldn’t want to infect partners during unprotected sex which I enjoy so much and have them spread it to others.

Aimée’s new ballet boots

Coked fetish model injured after photoshoot

Aimée’s new boots: I was really pleased with Gepetto when his boot-shop called yesterday to say Aimée’s toe-boots were ready. When we got there the shop manager was grinning when he told us he was able to produce both pairs a day early because they were able to use the featherweight titanium armor from another order when that customer became injured and cancelled her purchase. When I heard they had armored Aimée’s boots I went ballistic! I hadn’t authorized having armored boots made for her! Actually, I specifically told them not to and when I asked who had authorized armoring her order I was told Gepetto himself had told the shop to use the featherweight plates.

I thought about refusing the order because they weren’t to my specs, but we didn’t have time for new ones to be made and the armor only added 4 oz to each boot which, since Aimée has been practicing in a pair of Gigi’s old boots I was sure she had the stamina to perform in. However, while Aimée was putting them on and being shown how to adjust the anti-slash lacing I went down to Gepetto’s office and asked him why he had told the shop to add the featherweight armor. He pointed out that there had been an increase in puncture injuries to women even when wearing his best unarmored boots (titanium spike heels do not bend or break) and while most of the injuries were from accidents while kidding around with friends in boots there had been instances where older more experienced boot-girls had started hazing much younger girls new to ballet boots. Some of that is a sort of initiation into the entrance level of the fighting boot community and other instances seem to be from envy of younger, prettier women (boot-virgins) entering the pool of boot-girls competing for eligible men with ballet boot fetishes. He said that given the increase in incident involving new boot-girls he thought I would want Aimée’s boots lightly armored to withstand anything short of an attack by a woman in KP Fighting boots. Explained that way I was grateful – again – for his knowledge of the female ballet boot wearing community and the psychological kinks that make some of the more experienced women attack the younger ones.

I spar in KP Fighting boots at least three times a week. I’m in the senior division (40 and over) now, but Anya and I workout together and that’s enough to keep me in fairly decent shape – enough to handle anything in boots – when I’m duty manager at the casino. So Aimée watched Anya and me spar after putting on her boots for the first time. Afterward, Anya and I went to shower and change our boots for dry pairs. We left Aimée in the studio practicing moves that Anya had shown her on a training mannequin in boots and sparing armor. In the studio across the hall there was a BDSM boot-girl photoshoot underway with a lovely long auburn haired model encased in a latex catsuit and German custom made ballet boots with the shaft locks fastened. We could hear from the shouting between the photographer and the model that the photo session wasn’t going the way either wanted it to.

Boot training area risks: At Gepetto’s it’s a good idea to wear a pair of armored boots when in the far back area of the complex where the fighting studios are. That’s because there is almost always a psychological change in women once we put on fighting boots. It’s as though we become goddess of retribution, we can do no wrong and think we can’t be hurt and that sort of mindset can often lead to trouble. Things like confrontations between friends or taking offense when not acknowledged while passing in the hallway. And if a woman in boots is on an adrenaline high after a sparing match or feeling a bit menstrual or on recreational pharma that makes her aggressive that just compounds the problem making her more emotionally unstable. So the area containing Gepetto’s boot fighting studios is something of a high risk area which is why we all wear at least lightly armored boots when in that area.

When Anya and I came back down the hall after showering and changing boots we heard the soft thuds, moans and screams of boot fighting in the studio where we left Aimée. I opened the door and found the BDSM boot-girl up against the wall with the laces of her right boot in shreds and her ankle badly twisted or broken and Aimée’s left heel being thrust down behind and splitting the laces of her left boot and then Aimée’s knee pumping, repeatedly pounding the rubber-girls groin and from the way the model was screaming it was clear she wasn’t wearing pelvic protection. We pulled the girls apart and the rubber-girl rolled onto the floor in the fetal position holding her crotch and moaning her right foot flopping around, and every time it moved she screamed. By that time Gepetto’s security and the EMT unit was there. Aimée wanted to leave, but I told her I wanted her to watch the EMTs at work so she could see the damage she had done to her attacker. We watched as they cut the boot off rubber-girls right foot and found a compound fracture of her ankle which they stabilized and when they cut away the pelvis of rubber-girls catsuit they found her labia had been split and her clitoris crushed.

The video: We had asked what the fighting was all about and neither answered so after Rubber-girl was taken away in an ambulance we played the DVD from the studio’s security camera. We found that when the photoshoot was over rubber-girl strutted into Aimée’s studio and w/o saying a word shoved her against the wall and started groping her groin and breasts. Aimée was wearing only convertible foot tights over a thong bottom leo and her new boots since she had only come to pick up the boots and watch Anya and me spar. Fortunately she had a Penetrator inserted so she didn’t even get fingered, which seemed to be what infuriated rubber-girl and she twisted Aimée’s nipples which by that time were erect and obvious through her pink St Lucy’s long sleeve turtleneck leotard. Rubber-girl then tried to shred the laces of Aimée’s left boot by ramming her left heel down them, keeping her pelvis turned so she couldn’t be kneed, but with anti-slash laces Aimée’s laces didn’t shred and rubber-girl’s heel was trapped. Aimée pulled her left leg back pulling rubber-girl off balance and freed her opponents heel from her laces then stepped in while rubber-girls legs were spread and rammed her heel down the auburn haired bitch’s right laces shredding them. Rubber-girl was so far off center when her laces parted that she fell off pointe and her ankle turned at a right angle and we all gasped knowing what that meant. It was at that point that we had walked in and found Aimée pounding her attacker’s pelvis with her knee. The photographer rather that trying to separate the two was videoing the fight. Gepetto’s security took the memory stick from his camera and downloaded the images of Aimée and his model fighting before erasing them from the memory stick and giving it back. Before we left Gepetto gave me a copy of the video so Anya and I could coach Aimée on how she could have performed better in her first boot fight.

Aimée was still high on adrenaline so to calm her down we took her for ice cream after we left Gepettos and over chocolate fudge sundaes, cokes and coffee we critiqued Aimée’s first boot fight as we watched it on my laptop at Ben & Jerry’s. Anya and I were so proud of her being able to defend herself. It was the defensive moves Anya had taught her that saved her after the model had snorted two lines of snow at the end of her photoshoot. That was when I decided that a 15 y/o isn’t too young to start learning the basics of boot fighting and I have signed her up for beginners’ classes though all the other girls are 16 or 17 years old. I’m certain from what we saw Aimée will be able to compete successfully with the other boot training beginners.