 [ Symptoms ] causes of genital warts without sex  i am a male and i went into the doctor is to see about what i thought was acne around my genitals just above my penis he told me it was warts caused by hpv and despite me practicing safe sex a condom does not protect against it but i have contacted my previous 4 sexual partners in the years since we have been together they have all been tested for different reasons pregnancy cancer abortion and regular physicals  how else could i have gotten them [ Disease ] i meant to say that a lot of women have hpv but have no symptoms