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male or female gametes Legal sex or legal gender, a legal status Human sexual activity, a broad range of reproductive or erotic human practices Human...

Sex, more formally known as sexual intercourse, coitus, or copulation, is an intimate social activity typically involving the insertion of the erect male...

Sexual activity, sexual practice, sexual behaviour or, very broadly, sex is the set of activities people engage in that typically includes any combination...

Sexual arousal (also known as sexual excitement) describes the physiological and psychological responses in preparation for sexual intercourse or when...

Sexual orientation is an enduring personal pattern of romantic attraction or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite...

Sexual dimorphism is the condition where different sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, including characteristics...

Sexualization (sexualisation in Commonwealth English) is the emphasis of the sexual nature of a behavior or person. Sexualization is linked to sexual...

Sexual stimulation is anything that leads to sexual arousal or orgasm. This thing can be physical or of other senses, and is known as a stimulus. Sexual...

Sexuality is the way people experience, and express themselves through sexual activities. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional...

Sexual penetration is the insertion of a body part or other object into a body orifice, such as the vagina, mouth, or anus, as part of human sexual activity...

Sexual assault (SA) is an act of sexual abuse in which one person intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces...

Sexual attraction is attraction on the basis of sexual desire or the quality of arousing such interest. Sexual attractiveness or sex appeal is an individual's...

Sexual harassment primarily refers to harassment involving unwanted sexual behavior, though it may occasionally refer to harassment with a sexist targeting...

A sexual fantasy, or erotic fantasy, is an autoerotic mental image or pattern of thought that stirs a person's sexuality and can create or enhance sexual...

Sexual partners are people who engage in sexual activity together. The sexual partners may be in a committed relationship, either on an exclusive basis...

Sexual fetishism is a sexual fixation on anything not considered sexual by its respective nature. The object of interest is called the fetish; the person...

Sexual fluidity is one or more changes in sexuality or sexual identity (sometimes known as sexual orientation identity). Sexual orientation is stable...

The sexual revolution, also known as the sexual liberation, was a social movement that challenged traditional codes of behavior related to sexuality and...

Sexual jealousy is a special form of jealousy in sexual relationships, based on suspected or imminent sexual infidelity. The concept is studied in the...

Sexual grooming is the action or behavior used to establish an emotional connection with a vulnerable person under but not exclusively the age of consent...

Sexual slavery or sexual exploitation is an attachment of any ownership right over one or more people with the intent of coercing or otherwise forcing...

(colloquially called porn, or porno) is sexually suggestive material, such as pictures, videos, text, or audio intended for sexual arousal. Over the course of human...

Sexual abstinence or sexual restraint is the practice of refraining from sexual activity for reasons medical, psychological, legal, social, philosophical...

Child pornography (CP), also known as child sexual abuse material (CSAM), is erotic material that involves or depicts persons under the local age of majority...

Sexual rituals fall into two categories: culture-created, and natural behaviour, the human animal having developed sex rituals from evolutionary instincts...

Sexual assistance is support for disabled people so that they can have sexual access to their own body and sexual experiences. Some people with physical...

pattern of sexual assaults. The offender is referred to as a sexual abuser. Live streaming sexual abuse involves trafficking and coerced sexual acts, or...

paraphilia is an uncommon, intense, and persistent sexual arousal or attraction to anything not sexual by nature, though preference is favored for specific...

Sexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that involves a complex life cycle in which a gamete (haploid reproductive cells, such as a sperm or egg...

Sexual consent is consent to engage in sexual activity. In many jurisdictions, sexual activity without consent is considered rape or other forms of sexual...

Sexual roleplay is roleplay that has a strong erotic element. It may involve two or more people who act out roles in order to bring to life a sexual fantasy...

Sexual comedy (also known as sex comedy and erotic comedy) is a genre in which comedy is motivated by sexual situations and love affairs. Although "sexual...

Sexual suggestiveness is visual, verbal, written, or behavioral material or action with sexual undertones that imply sexual intent, with the aim of provoking...

Sexual identity refers to one's self-perception in terms of romantic or sexual attraction towards others, though not mutually exclusive, and can be different...

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a form of child abuse defined as any act that involves a child in, or exposes a child to, any type of sexual activity that...

Animal sexual behaviour takes many different forms, including within the same species. Common mating or reproductively motivated systems include monogamy...

Sexual jihad (Arabic: جهاد النكاح, romanized: jihad al-nikah) refers to the practice in which women sympathetic to Jihadist extremism travel to war zones...

Sexual addiction is a state characterized by compulsive participation or engagement in sexual activity, particularly sexual intercourse, despite negative...

Sexual objectification is the act of treating a person solely as an object of sexual desire (a sex object). Objectification more broadly means treating...

Sexual desire is an emotion and motivational state characterized by an interest in sexual objects or activities, or by a drive to seek out sexual objects...

Sexual selection is a mechanism of evolution in which members of one sex choose mates of the other sex (intersexual selection) to mate with, and compete...

Sexual frustration is a sense of dissatisfaction stemming from a discrepancy between a person's desired and achieved sexual activity. It may result from...

Sexual slang is a set of linguistic terms and phrases used to refer to sexual organs, processes, and activities; they are generally considered colloquial...

Fingering is sexual stimulation of the vulva (including the clitoris) or vagina by using the fingers. Vaginal fingering is medically called digital (vaginal)...

Sexual activities involving women who have sex with women (WSW), regardless of their sexual orientation or sexual identity, can include oral sex, manual...

Discussions about pegging often deal with gender roles, power dynamics, sexual stigma, and masculinity. The neologism "pegging" was popularized by being...

Bisexuality is defined as having romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior towards more than one gender or attraction that is not limited...

Pansexuality is sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction towards people of all genders, or regardless of their sex or gender identity. Pansexual people...

A sexual vampire practiced esoteric Daoist sexual techniques where one partner purportedly strengthened their own body by absorbing the other partner's...

internal ejaculation, and often in same-sex contexts as breeding) is a sexual act featured in hardcore pornography in which a man ejaculates inside his...

Sexual capital or erotic capital is the social power an individual or group accrues as a result of their sexual attractiveness and social charm. It enables...

use of sexual practices, concepts or fantasies that are not conventional. The term derives from the idea of a "bend" (cf. a "kink") in one's sexual behaviour...

A sexual inhibition is a conscious or subconscious constraint or curtailment by a person of behavior relating to specific sexual matters or practices,...

Sexual anorexia is a term coined in 1975 by psychologist Nathan Hare to describe a fear of or deep aversion to sexual activity. It is considered a loss...

Sexual obsessions are persistent and unrelenting thoughts about sexual activity. In the context of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), these are extremely...

psychological energy that, in common parlance, encompasses all forms of sexual desire, but is sometimes also regarded as the driving force behind other...

Sexual repression is a state in which a person is prevented from expressing their own sexuality or sexual orientation. Sexual repression can be caused...

Sexual guilt is a negative emotional response associated with the feeling of anxiety, guilt, or shame in relation to sexual activity. Also known as sexual...

Sexual headache occurs in the skull and neck during sexual activity, including masturbation or orgasm. These headaches are usually benign, but occasionally...

"Sexual Healing" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye. Co-written by Gaye, Odell Brown and David Ritz, it was the leading single...

media discourse, sexual content is material depicting sexual behavior. The sexual behavior involved may be explicit, implicit sexual behavior such as...

the practice of engaging in sexual activity frequently with different partners or being indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners. The term can carry...

"excitement, swelling"), sexual climax, or simply climax, is the sudden release of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, characterized...

Sexual practices involving men who have sex with men (MSM), regardless of their sexual orientation, can include oral sex, manual sex, anal sex, and frot...

Sexual maturity is the capability of an organism to reproduce. Most multicellular organisms are unable to sexually reproduce at birth (animals) or germination...

Sexual XXXXX! (stylized as SEXUAL×××××! and read as simply "sexual") is the second studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick, released as their...

Sexual cannibalism is when an animal, usually the female, cannibalizes its mate prior to, during, or after copulation. This trait is observed in many arachnid...

Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between people of the same sex or gender. It also denotes identity based on...

Sexual violence is any harmful or unwanted sexual act, an attempt to obtain a sexual act through violence or coercion, or an act directed against a person's...

Sexual tension is a social phenomenon that occurs when two individuals interact and one or both feel sexual attraction, but the consummation is postponed...

Sexual mimicry occurs when one sex mimics the opposite sex in its behavior, appearance, or chemical signalling. It is more commonly seen within invertebrate...

A sexual predator is a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically "predatory" or abusive manner...

Sexual characteristics are physical traits of an organism (typically of a sexually dimorphic organism) which are indicative of or resultant from biological...

Sexual function is how the body reacts in different stages of the sexual response cycle. It is defined as the ability of an individual to react sexually...

Non-penetrative sex or outercourse is sexual activity that usually does not include sexual penetration, but some forms, particularly when termed outercourse...

considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts. Consequently, an adult who engages in sexual activity with a person younger than the age of...

The Ekiben (駅弁) sexual position Ekiben (Japanese: 駅弁) is a sex position that consists of a person being carried by their partner while having sex with...

Sexual ethics (also known as sex ethics or sexual morality) is a branch of philosophy that considers the ethics or morality of human sexual behavior....

Erotic sexual denial is a form of sexual activity whereby sexual gratification for one or both partners is delayed or "denied" in order to increase erotic...

A facial is a sexual activity in which a man ejaculates semen onto the face of one or more sexual partners. A facial is a form of non-penetrative sex...

predators. The vast majority of bird species are socially (but not necessarily sexually) monogamous, usually for one breeding season at a time, sometimes for years...

Sexual communication is a conversation between partners about sex, which is necessary to obtain sexual consent, to learn about likes and dislikes, and...

colloquially as teabagging. It may be performed by a sexual partner as foreplay before other sexual activities, such as vaginal or anal intercourse, or...

Sexual anhedonia, also known as pleasure dissociative orgasmic disorder, is a condition in which an individual cannot feel pleasure (see anhedonia) from...

Sexual swelling, sexual skin, or anogenital tumescence refers to localized engorgement of the anus and vulva region of some female primates that vary...

A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also known as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) or venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by...

Sexual Politics is the debut book by American writer and activist Kate Millett, based on her PhD dissertation at Columbia University. It was published...

and thanatophilia, is sexual attraction or acts involving corpses, including both direct intercourse with corpses and sexual excitement at the thought...

form of autoeroticism in which a person sexually stimulates their own genitals for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure, usually to the point of orgasm...

A sexual disorder is a type of medical condition which may refer to: Sexual dysfunction (e.g., erectile dysfunction, hypoactive sexual desire disorder...

positioning of the bodies that people use to engage in sexual intercourse or other sexual activities. Sexual acts are generally described by the positions the...

Numerous subgenres exist depicting a variety of sexual acts and relationships, as well as novel fetishes. In sexual contexts, hentai carries additional meanings...

Edging, sometimes also referred to as gooning or "surfing", is a sexual technique whereby an orgasm is controlled (that is, delayed or prevented). It is...

Wartime sexual violence is rape or other forms of sexual violence committed by combatants during an armed conflict, war, or military occupation. This type...

most erogenous area and generally the primary anatomical source of female sexual pleasure. The clitoris is a complex structure, and its size and sensitivity...

Heterosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between people of the opposite sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, heterosexuality...

German cities, a large number of sexual assaults occurred. Approximately 1,200 women were reported to have been sexually assaulted, especially in the city...

Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse, or other forms of sexual penetration, carried out against a person without their consent...

Sexual dysfunction is difficulty experienced by an individual or partners during any stage of normal sexual activity, including physical pleasure, desire...

as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual activity...

aphrodisiac is a substance that increases libido, sexual desire, sexual attraction, sexual pleasure, or sexual behavior. These substances range from a variety...

Sexual economics theory is a highly controversial hypothesis found in the field of evolutionary psychology. The theory purports to relate to how male and...

Soaking is a sexual practice of inserting the penis into the vagina but not subsequently thrusting or ejaculating, reportedly used by some Mormons, also...

Sexual misconduct is misconduct of a sexual nature that exists on a spectrum that may include a broad range of sexual behaviors considered unwelcome....

Sexual sadism disorder is the condition of experiencing sexual arousal in response to the pain, suffering or humiliation of other people. Several other...

Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson is a 1990 work about sexual decadence in Western literature and the visual arts by...

Sexual bullying is bullying that involves aggression centered around a person’s body, sexuality, or sex that is typically observed among adolescents. It...

Big black cock, usually shortened to BBC, is a sexual slang term and a genre of ethnic pornography that focuses on black men with large penises. The term...

A sexual field is an arena of social life wherein individuals seek intimate partners and vie for sexual status. Sexual fields emerge "when a subset of...

is the lack of sexual attraction to others, or low or absent interest in or desire for sexual activity. It may be considered a sexual orientation, or...

A quickie is sexual intercourse that individuals engage in when the time available is minimal. It can arise from a spontaneous sexual desire by the parties...

Sexual conflict or sexual antagonism occurs when the two sexes have conflicting optimal fitness strategies concerning reproduction, particularly over...

Animal non-reproductive sexual behavior encompasses sexual activities that non-human animals participate in which do not lead to the reproduction of the...

Sexual phobia may refer to: Sex-related phobias Genophobia, fear of sexual relations or intercourse Sexophobia, fear of sex organs Eurotophobia, aversion...

Demisexuality is a term used to describe individuals who rarely or never experience sexual attraction solely based on immediately observable characteristics such as...

Bestialityen refers to cross-species sexual activity between humans and non-human animals. While the two terms are often used interchangeably, it differs...

The human sexual response cycle is a four-stage model of physiological responses to sexual stimulation, which, in order of their occurrence, are the excitement...

experiences a sexual fixation on non-human animals. While the two terms are often used interchangeably, it differs from bestiality, which describes sexual acts...

Sexual differentiation is the process of development of the sex differences between males and females from an undifferentiated zygote. Sex differentiation...

understanding distinguishes consensual BDSM practices from non-consensual sexual violence, with DSM-5 and ICD-11 recognizing consensual sadomasochism as...

Sexual psychopath (defined in the 1930s) was a category of criminals roughly defined as male sex offenders who had little to no control over their sexual...

Sexual proposition may refer to: Flirting Seduction Sexual harassment Solicitation of prostitution Proposition (disambiguation) This disambiguation page...

including minors, to show them in bikinis or transparent clothing, or in sexually suggestive contexts, without the consent of the person being portrayed...

publicly accused Donald Trump of various acts of sexual misconduct, including rape, sex with minors, sexual assault, physical abuse, kissing and groping without...

Sexual polarity is a concept of dualism between masculine and feminine. More generally, the term may be used to denote mutual opposition between sexual...

Casual sex is sexual activity that is an alternative to a romantic relationship and implies an absence of commitment, emotional attachment, or familiarity...

1960s, gay became the word favored by homosexual men to describe their sexual orientation. By the end of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st century...

Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), hyposexuality, or inhibited sexual desire (ISD) is sometimes considered a sexual dysfunction, and is characterized...

condition said to cause unwanted or excessive sexual arousal, causing people to engage in or think about sexual activity to a point of distress or impairment...

known as a reproductive organ, is a part of an organism that is involved in sexual reproduction. Sex organs constitute the primary sex characteristics of an...

Sexualization and sexual exploitation in K-pop refers to elements of sexualization and sexual exploitation in K-pop (Korean pop), refers to matters surrounding...

Sexual Life is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Ken Kwapis, produced by Ken Aguado, and distributed by Showtime Independent Films...

Ephebophilia is the primary sexual interest in mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19 and showing Tanner stages 4 to 5 of physical development...

Sexual meanings are the meanings that are attributed, by a particular cultural-social-historical context, to sexual acts and broadly to all the aspects...

By-Sexual (stylized as BY-SEXUAL) was a Japanese visual kei punk rock band from Osaka. They were active from 1988 to 1995, when vocalist Sho left the...

in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Although girls typically begin the...

a violation of a couple's emotional or sexual exclusivity that commonly results in feelings of anger, sexual jealousy, and rivalry. What constitutes...

Sexual diversity or gender and sexual diversity (GSD), refers to all the diversities of sex characteristics, sexual orientations and gender identities...

Sexual medicine or psychosexual medicine as defined by Masters and Johnsons in their classic Textbook of Sexual Medicine, is "that branch of medicine...

involved in the movement, its central notion is "openness to a variety of sexual orientations, interests (or lack thereof), identities and expressions."...

trait of a sexually reproducing organism in producing gametes of one of two different sizes or shapes—male or female gametes. During sexual reproduction...

Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Europe has affected several dioceses in European nations. This article summarises reported cases of sexual abuse perpetrated...

A sexual norm can refer to a personal or a social norm. Most cultures have social norms regarding sexuality, and define normal sexuality to consist only...

female sexual identity and sexual behavior, the physiological, psychological, social, cultural, political, and spiritual or religious aspects of sexual activity...

in an erotic episode or lifestyle. It is a subset of BDSM. This form of sexual contact and pleasure has been shown to please a minority of people. Physical...

Israeli women, girls and men were reportedly subjected to sexual violence, including rape and sexual assault, by Hamas or other Gazan militants. The militants...

A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used to facilitate sexual pleasure, such as a dildo, artificial vagina or vibrator. Many popular sex...

sex is sexual activity involving more than two people. Participants in group sex can be of any sexual orientation or gender. Any form of sexual activity...

Oral sex, sometimes referred to as oral intercourse, is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a person by another person using...

Sexual humiliation may refer to: Sexual abuse, or non-consensual sexual humiliation Erotic humiliation, or consensual sexual humiliation This disambiguation...

explore sexual feelings. Interest in sexuality intensifies during the onset of puberty, and sexuality is often a vital aspect of teenagers' lives. Sexual interest...

In July 2003, allegations of sexual assault were made against American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant by a 19-year-old woman, resulting in...

the sex worker, also called adult service provider (ASP), who provides sexual services, to a multitude of support personnel. The origins of the term sex...

A sex offender (sexual offender, sex abuser, or sexual abuser) is a person who has committed a sex crime. What constitutes a sex crime differs by culture...

enabling fertilization. Along with pleasure and bonding, sexual activity can cause sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which can be prevented by safe...

Look up sexual inversion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sexual inversion may refer to: Sexual inversion (sexology), a term for homosexuality found...

urinate through them (stand-to-pee, or STP, devices), or for sexual penetration or other sexual activity (known as "pack-and-play"). Transitioning might involve...

identity. Gender identity is separate from sexual or romantic orientation; non-binary people have various sexual orientations. Non-binary people as a group...

type of sex work that involves engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as...

Metro Sexual is an Australian mockumentary television sitcom created by Henry Boffin, Nicholas Kraak, and Riley Nottingham. The series aired on the Nine...

another person's erogenous zones for their sexual pleasure. The process may achieve or enhance the recipient's sexual excitation or arousal and sometimes achieve...

analyses of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) estimate that over 90% of sexual assaults go unreported. This gap is driven by societal stigma, fear of retaliation...

Bareback sex is physical sexual activity, especially sexual penetration, without the use of a condom. The topic primarily concerns anal sex between men...

Sexual behaviors in children are common, and may range from normal and developmentally appropriate to abusive. These behaviors may include self-stimulation...

LGBTQ people express a broad array of sexual and gender minority identities. The alternative umbrella gender, sexual, and romantic minorities is sometimes...

accusations of sexual misconduct for incidents dating from 1990 to 2023. He has faced at least 10 civil lawsuits related to abuse and sexual misconduct,...

vagina. It is the primary form of copulation in mammals, and of penetrative sexual intercourse in human sexuality. Synonyms are: vaginal sex, coitus (Latin:...

Erotic spanking is the act of spanking another person for the sexual arousal or gratification of either or both parties. The intensity of the act can vary...

between biology and sexual orientation is a subject of ongoing research. While scientists do not know the exact cause of sexual orientation, they theorize...

Sexual concordance refers to the degree of correlation between subjective sexual arousal and physiological genital response. This phenomenon is often studied...

Facesitting, also known as queening or kinging, is a sexual practice with one partner sitting over the other's face, sometimes allowing for oral–genital...

man. The opposite of transgender is cisgender. Trans women may have any sexual and romantic orientation, including being straight (attracted to men), lesbian...

published academic work on aesthetics, fiction, imagination, sexual objectification, and sexual orientation. Her opposition to transgender rights and gender...

whose usual aim is not "merely" to be sexually stimulating, often does address larger concerns than mere sexual appetite. However, being presented in...

unrestrained sexual activity or group sex. Swingers' parties do not always conform to this designation, because at many swinger parties the sexual partners...

partner-swapping) is a sexual activity in which both singles and partners in a committed relationship engage with others sexually as a recreational activity...

fertilization, the spermatozoa fertilize the ova directly, outside of the female's sexual organs. Female fish, for example, spawn ova into their aquatic environment...

accused the American film producer Harvey Weinstein of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse over a period of at least 30 years. Over 80 women in the...

satisfactory sexual activity. It is the most common sexual problem in males and can cause psychological distress due to its impact on self-image and sexual relationships...

A sexual system is a distribution of male and female functions across organisms in a species. The terms reproductive system and mating system have also...

scatophilia or scat (Greek: σκατά, skatá 'feces'), is the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual...

sexual foreplay, for example, it may be used in erotic tickling or for sexual teasing. The free partner may derive erotic pleasure or achieve sexual arousal...

Sexual content has been found in films since the early days of the industry, and the presentation of aspects of sexuality in film, especially human sexuality...

In some jurisdictions, statutory rape is sexual activity in which one of the individuals is below the age of consent, the age required to legally consent...

demographics of sexual orientation is difficult for a variety of reasons, including the nature of the research questions. Most of the studies on sexual orientation...

American R&B singer R. Kelly has faced repeated accusations of sexual abuse for incidents dating from 1991 to 2018 and has been the subject of a long-term...

uncomfortable sensation in the genital regions during a prolonged state of sexual arousal. It usually resolves within hours unless relieved through an orgasm...

also refer to the sexual technique of thrusting the penis between the thighs of a partner (intercrural sex). In the ancient Roman sexual vocabulary, irrumatio...

Sexual Citizenship: The Material Construction of Sexualities is a book by David T. Evans. Boles, Jacqueline. "David T. Evans, Sexual Citizenship: The Material...

"Sexual" (also known as "Sensual" in censored versions) is a song by Swedish collective Neiked featuring vocals from English singer Dyo. It was released...

Cunnilingus can be sexually arousing for participants and may be performed by a sexual partner as foreplay to incite sexual arousal before other sexual activities...

Sexual opportunism is the selfish pursuit of sexual opportunities for one's own sake when they arise, often with the negative moral connotation that it...

intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions of a private nature, commonly for sexual stimulation. It may be a form of paraphilia...

The Sexual Contract is a 1988 non-fiction book by British feminist and political theorist Carole Pateman which was published through Polity Press. This...

Genetic sexual attraction is a hypothesis that attraction may be a product of genetic similarities. While there is scientific evidence for the position...

include sexual development (puberty), sexual orientation, gender identity, sexual relationships, sexual activities, paraphilias, and atypical sexual interests...

Look up sexual harassment in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sexual harassment is a form of intimidation or coercion of a sexual nature. Sexual Harassment...

relationship between the environment and sexual orientation is a subject of research. In the study of sexual orientation, some researchers distinguish...

type of sexual activity used in magical, ritualistic or otherwise religious and spiritual pursuits. One practice of sex magic is using sexual arousal...

Statistics on rape and other acts of sexual assault are commonly available in industrialized countries, and have become better documented throughout the...

format, including texts, videos, photos, or audio, that is consumed for sexual satisfaction and arousal of an individual or partnership. The effects of...

the intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for the purposes of sexual arousal. With a partner (or alone), the act often involves strangulation...

A tribute, or cum tribute, is a sexual activity that involves masturbating and/or ejaculating on the picture of a person. Originating as an online sex...

Taoist sexual practices (traditional Chinese: 房中術; simplified Chinese: 房中术; pinyin: fángzhōngshù; lit. 'arts of the bedchamber') are the ways Taoists may...

erotic films, adult films, blue films, sexually explicit films, or 18+ films are films that represent sexually explicit subject matter in order to arouse...

engage in sexual acts with each other. The highlighted age is that from which a young person can lawfully engage in a non-commercial sexual act with an...

and there are several federal statutes related to protecting minors from sexual predators. Depending on the jurisdiction, the legal age of consent (that...

Sexual Democracia are a Chilean folk-rock band, active in the late 1980s until the early 2000s. Sexual Democracia is among the commercially most successful...

(/ˈɪnsɛst/ IN-sest) is sexual activity between close relatives, such as a sibling or parent. This typically includes any kind of sexual activity between people...

Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay Men is a 1997 book by gay activist Gabriel Rotello, who discusses why HIV continued to infect large numbers...

Sexual consent plays an important role in laws regarding rape, sexual assault and other forms of sexual violence. In a court of law, whether the alleged...

thrusting of the erect penis into a person's anus, or anus and rectum, for sexual pleasure. Other forms of anal sex include anal fingering, the use of sex...

sexual practices are sexual practices involving people of the same sex, regardless of sexual orientations. Sexual practices between women are sexual activities...

maintaining power in a married life, when and how to commit adultery, sexual positions, and other topics. The text majorly dealt with the philosophy...

one-night stand is a single sexual encounter in which there is no expectation that there shall be any further relations between the sexual participants. It draws...

Urolagnia, also known as urophilia, is a paraphilia in which sexual excitement is associated with urine or urination. Etymologically, the term comes from...

conviction of downloading child sexual abuse material. He was also convicted of child sexual abuse in 2006 and a series of sexual offences (including attempted...

pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sexual activity on video that is usually characterized as a pornographic film....

commonly depicted as fan art of normally non-erotic subjects engaging in sexual activity. It can also include writings, animations, images, GIFs and any...

fetishism (also known as mastophilia, breast partialism, or mazophilia) is a sexual interest that focuses exclusively on the female breasts, and is a type of...

Paraphilias are sexual interests in objects, situations, or individuals that are atypical. The American Psychiatric Association, in its Diagnostic and...

felony sexual assault. On January 18, 2015, on the Stanford University campus, Turner, then a 19-year-old student athlete at Stanford, sexually assaulted...

strap-on) is a dildo designed to be worn, usually with a harness, during sexual activity. Harnesses and dildos are made in a wide variety of styles, with...

Sexual content has featured in video games since the early days of the industry, and games featuring sexual content can be found on most platforms and...

Sexual bimaturism describes a difference in developmental timing between males and females of the same species. Sexual bimaturism can result in sexual...

Erotic lactation (clinically known as milk fetishism or lactophilia) is sexual arousal from breastfeeding or sucking on a female breast. It may occur in...

Teabagging is a slang term for the sexual act involving placing the scrotum into the mouth of a sexual partner for sexual pleasure, or onto the face or head...

and preserving physical evidence following an instance or allegation of sexual assault. The evidence collected from the victim can aid the criminal rape...

by law of human sexual activity. Sex laws vary from one place or jurisdiction to another, and have varied over time. Unlawful sexual acts are called sex...

a series of procedures, that alters a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their gender identity...

Sexual life may refer to: Human sexual activity Sexual Life, a 2005 comedy-drama film This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

Child abuse (also called child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, emotional and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child, especially by a parent...

The Sexual Brain is a 1993 book about brain mechanisms involved in sexual behavior and feelings, and related topics such as sexual orientation, by the...

Human sexual reproduction, to produce offspring, begins with fertilization. Successful reproduction typically involves sexual intercourse between a healthy...

therapy is a therapeutic strategy for the improvement of sexual function and treatment of sexual dysfunction. This includes dysfunctions such as premature...

Reports of the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy and members of religious orders have been documented in numerous countries. Beginning in the late...

characterized by an individual engaging in sexual acts while in non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. Sexual behaviors that result from sexsomnia are not...

In human sexual relationships, concepts of age disparity, including what defines an age disparity, have developed over time and vary among societies. Differences...

Campus sexual assault is the sexual assault, including rape, of a student while attending an institution of higher learning, such as a college or university...

a sexually appealing person (or thing), primarily referring to physical attractiveness. It may also refer to: Sexual arousal, the arousal of sexual desire...

Explicit sexual activity, such as sexual penetration, may occur within a session, but is not essential. For legal reasons, such explicit sexual interaction...

Sexual evolution may refer to: Evolution of sex Sexual selection This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sexual evolution. If...

the libido. It is the opposite of an aphrodisiac, something that enhances sexual appetite. The word anaphrodisiac comes from the Greek privative prefix ἀν-...

Concubinage is an interpersonal and sexual relationship between two people in which the couple does not want to, or cannot, enter into a full marriage...

Fisting (also known as fist fucking (FF) and handballing) is a sexual activity that involves inserting one or more hands into the rectum (anal fisting)...

Marital rape or spousal rape is the act of sexual intercourse with one's married spouse without the spouse's consent. The lack of consent is the essential...

A circle jerk, also sometimes spelled circlejerk, is a sexual practice in which a group of men form a circle and masturbate or touch each other's genitals...

and allow more rapid dispersal than sexual reproduction. The Fungi imperfecti ('fungi lacking the perfect or sexual stage') or Deuteromycota comprise all...

people meant to create sexual arousal and desire for sexual activity. Although foreplay is typically understood as physical sexual activity, nonphysical...

Strictly Sexual is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Joel Viertel, written by Stevie Long, and starring Amber Benson, Johann Urb, Kristen Kerr, Stevie...

battery. This issue is so prevalent that the crime of sexual assault would be better labelled a sexual battery. This confusion stems from the fact that both...

Sexual segregation, in biology, is the segregation of males and females into different groups or the differential use of space, habitats, and resources...

hardcore porn is pornography that features detailed depictions of sexual organs or sexual acts such as vaginal, anal, oral, or manual intercourse; ejaculation;...

Evidence Act prohibited publication of information identifying survivors of sexual assault since 2001. In practice, this prevented survivors from speaking...

experience demonstrably high levels of sexual selection. And three, the ancestor would need to communicate using sexual signals that are visible to a conspecific...

from most consequences due to their fame are later accused or convicted of sexual abuse, harassment, or misconduct. The term "Weinstein effect" came into...

Some victims of rape or other sexual violence incidents are male. Historically, rape was thought to be, and defined as, a crime committed solely against...

allegations of sexual misconduct. Those allegations began after Anthony Rapp alleged that Spacey, while appearing intoxicated, made a sexual advance toward...

The anti-LGBTQ bill in Ghana, formally the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, is a pending law in Ghana that would introduce wide-ranging restrictions...

social construct that denotes the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. As it is not an objective term with an operational definition...

cubicles or sex video arcade booths and lounges, for people to engage in sexual activity or to observe the person on the opposite side. Glory holes are...

culturally acceptable ways. He defined sublimation as the process of deflecting sexual instincts into acts of higher social valuation, being "an especially conspicuous...

countries, often in the Global South, with the intention of engaging in paid sexual activity or relationships. The World Tourism Organization of the United...

reproductive system and sexual well-being during all stages of their life. Sexual and reproductive health is more commonly defined as sexual and reproductive...

offenses against Samantha Gailey (now Geimer), a 13-year-old girl: unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, rape by use of drugs, perversion, sodomy, a lewd...

A sexual network is a social network that is defined by the sexual relationships within a set of individuals. Like other forms of social networks, sexual...

pressures led to the evolution and maintenance of sexual reproduction? More unsolved problems in biology Sexually reproducing animals, plants, fungi and protists...

nose by a group of molecules. Certain body odours are connected to human sexual attraction. Humans can make use of body odour subconsciously to identify...

Human sexuality and sexual behavior—along with its taboos, regulation, and social and political impact—has had a profound effect on the various cultures...

manifestations of sexual stigma. These have been identified as enacted sexual stigma, felt sexual stigma and internalized sexual stigma. Enacted sexual stigma involves...

A sexual rite of passage is a ceremonial event that marks the passage of a young person to sexual maturity and adulthood, or a widow from the married...

Queer slang often includes playful references to sexual acts, which can serve as an assertion of sexual agency and a rejection of shame. Because of sodomy...

(or paederasty in Commonwealth English) (/ˈpɛdəræsti/) refers to same-sex sexual relationships between an adult man and an adolescent boy; some authors also...

less than 10% disapproval. Until the 1950s, "premarital sex" referred to sexual relations between two people prior to marrying each other. During that period...

"Sexual Feeling" is a 1990 single by American singer La Toya Jackson. The song was recorded in Milan, Italy in April 1990. Her manager, Jack Gordon, was...

Child-on-child sexual abuse, frequently abbreviated to COCSA, is a form of child sexual abuse in which a prepubescent child is sexually abused by one or...

is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, or gender expression...

community that typically refers to a sexual subculture of black men who usually identify as heterosexual but actively seek sexual encounters and relations with...

In human sexuality, top, bottom, and versatile are roles during sexual activity, especially between two (or more) males. A top is usually a person who...

Times reported that five women had accused Franco of inappropriate or sexually exploitative behavior while Franco was serving as their acting teacher...

Sexual script theory is a sociological theory that states that sexual behavior is socially scripted, meaning that individuals follow social norms that...

report by The New York Times that he had settled five lawsuits involving sexual misconduct. Since then, O'Reilly has hosted the No Spin News podcast where...

changes through which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction. It is initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the...

Sexual Drive is a 2021 Japanese anthology film written and directed by Kōta Yoshida. The film is a black comedy triptych that explores human desire, sexuality...

spermatophagy) is the act of orally consuming semen, most commonly occurring in sexual contexts but also documented in certain cultural, ritual, and historical...

lubrication and/or orgasm for a female. This occurrence is often produced by sexual arousal during a dream, which is often known as a wet dream or a sex dream...

podophilia, refers to a sexual interest in feet. Similar to other fetishes, individuals with a foot fetish experience varying degrees of sexual attraction to feet...

through the urethra. It is the final stage and natural objective of male sexual stimulation, and an essential component of natural conception. After forming...

Catholic sexual abuse cases in Australia, like Catholic Church sexual abuse cases elsewhere, have involved convictions, trials and ongoing investigations...

The piledriver is a sexual position. Named after the downward motion of an actual pile driver, the position is executed by the receiving partner lying...

sexual offences. He pleaded guilty to sexual assault of children, including those as young as infants, and the possession of child and animal sexual abuse...

(1950). Questions and answers on the sex life and sexual problems of trans-sexuals: trans-sexuals are individuals who are physically of one sex and apparently...

sexual dysfunction such as anorgasmia, erectile dysfunction, diminished libido, genital numbness, and sexual anhedonia (pleasureless orgasm). Sexual problems...

Cock and ball torture (CBT) is a sexual activity involving the application of pain or constriction to the male genitals. This may involve directly painful...

Royal National Theatre in London. Beginning in 2024, news outlets published sexual assault accusations against Gaiman by numerous women. This affected or halted...

Trampling is a sexual activity and fetish in which one person is stepped on or trampled underfoot by another person or persons. The practice is sometimes...

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, commonly known as POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment)...

Frot or frotting (slang for frottage; from French frotter 'to rub') is a sexual practice that usually involves direct penis-to-penis contact. The term was...

factors, and is usually, though not exclusively, associated with sexual arousal or sexual activity. Erections should eventually subside, and the prolonged...

incest (i.e. sexual activity between family members or close relatives) vary considerably between jurisdictions, and depend on the type of sexual activity...

Graphic Sexual Horror is a 2009 independent film written and directed by Anna Lorentzon and Barbara Bell in their directorial debut. The film is a documentary...

California gubernatorial election. In April 2026, allegations of rape and other sexual misconduct led him to suspend his gubernatorial campaign and resign from...

to some classification systems, sexual masochism disorder is the condition of experiencing recurring and intense sexual arousal in response to enduring...

Department of Veterans Affairs, military sexual trauma (MST) are experiences of sexual assault, or repeated threatening sexual harassment that occurred while a...

In psychoanalysis, psychosexual development is a central element of the sexual drive theory. According to Sigmund Freud, personality develops through a...

The Encyclopaedia of Sexual Knowledge, under the editorship of Dr. Norman Haire (1892–1952), is the first of a trilogy of sexual encyclopaedias by Arthur...

cult based in Arizona and is serving a life sentence in Texas for child sexual assault after two convictions in 2011. The FLDS Church was founded in the...

identifying and prosecuting the widespread cases of group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation that mostly occurred between the 1990s and 2010s...

In BDSM, Master/slave, M/s or sexual slavery is a relationship in which one individual serves another in a consensual authority-exchange structured relationship...

Revenge porn is the distribution of sexually explicit images or videos of individuals without their consent, with the punitive intention to create public...

Sexual violence refers to a range of completed or attempted sexual acts in which the affected party does not or is unable to consent. Theories on the causes...

Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) comprise individuals whose sexual identity, sexual orientation, sexual behavior, or gender identity differ from the...

Sexual differentiation in humans is the process of development of sex differences in humans. It is defined as the development of phenotypic structures...

media attention for several decades. He was introduced to the topic of sexual activity at the age of nine while a member of the Jackson 5. He and his...

The Sexual Paradox is a book by Susan Pinker published by Scribner in 2008. Pinker is a psychologist and columnist for The Globe and Mail. The Sexual Paradox...

Sexual violence in Haiti is a common phenomenon today, making it a public health problem. Being raped is considered shameful in Haitian society, and victims...

Comedy Jam television program. In 2017, Simmons was publicly accused of sexual assault by multiple women; he denied the allegations. Following these allegations...

Times reported in August 2018 that actor Jimmy Bennett accused Argento of sexually assaulting him in 2013, when he was 17 and she was 37. According to reporting...

desire to have sex or form sexual relationships with others while still experiencing arousal, enjoying sexual content, having sexual fantasies or masturbating...

for money or goods". Thus it differs from sexual exploitation, or the forcing of a person to commit sexual acts. The term "sex worker" was coined in 1978...

Risky sexual behavior is the description of the activity that will increase the probability that a person engaging in sexual activity with another person...

of the penis, which occurs during sexual arousal. Erections can occur in non-sexual situations; spontaneous non-sexual erections frequently occur during...

Actor in a Drama Series for Thirtysomething. Busfield has been accused of sexual assault against five children and three adults, with the allegations occurring...

Situational sexual behavior is a type of sexual behavior that differs from behavior that the person normally exhibits, due to a social environment that...

Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) is an Act of Parliament of India. It is aimed at preventing and prosecuting cases of child sexual abuse. The...

reportedly committed wartime sexual violence against Palestinian women, children and men including rape, gang-rape and sexualized torture and genital mutilation...

Muhammad (hadith) and the rulings of religious leaders (fatwa) confining sexual intercourse to relationships between men and women. All instructions regarding...

discriminatory practices he mandated at Harrods, of sexual harassment and assault. Early media scrutiny of sexual misconduct allegations against Al-Fayed was...

immediately after ejaculation and lasts until the excitement phase of the human sexual response cycle begins anew with low-level response. Some sources report...

"weakling". In slang, it can mean "vulva", "vagina", or by synecdoche, "sexual intercourse with a woman". Because of its multiple senses including both...

Sexual selection in mammals is a process the study of which started with Charles Darwin's observations concerning sexual selection, including sexual selection...

Human sexual response or Sexual response may refer to: Human sexual arousal Human Sexual Response, a 1966 book by Masters and Johnson Human sexual response...

banning their intermarriage. At the same time, a fear of Asian women's sexual appeal led to the complete ban of Chinese prostitutes from migrating to...

depicting anthropomorphic animal characters engaging in lascivious behavior or sexual intercourse, commonly associated with the furry fandom. Such material may...

as part of foreplay. All sexual orientations may participate in the act. Studies confirm anilingus to be one of the sexual practices between women, though...

or blowup doll) is an anthropomorphic sex toy in the size and shape of a sexual partner. The sex doll may consist of an entire body, or just a head, pelvis...

it was reported that from October 2021 onward it would no longer allow sexually explicit material, due to pressure from banks that OnlyFans used for user...

and knees), or lies on their abdomen, for sexual intercourse, other forms of sexual penetration or other sexual activity. Doggy style is a form of rear-entry...

form of adult entertainment that features sexual activity between males with the primary goal to sexually arouse its audience. Softcore gay pornography...

Deviant sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse is, in some U.S. states, a legal term for "any act of sexual gratification involving the sex...

erotic component but which is less sexually explicit than hardcore pornography, lacking sexual penetration and other sexual activities. It typically contains...

self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity. While mostly used in contexts involving sexual orientation or gender...

position may also be used for other sexual activity, such as anal sex. It is commonly associated with heterosexual sexual activity, but is also used by same-sex...

In human sexuality, a person's sex life is the aspect or degree of sexual activity with others in their day-to-day existence. The individual is able to...

innocuous: to friends, acquaintances or strangers for their amusement or sexual satisfaction. It may also be to a bystander to shock them. In the latter...

Sex work is the exchange of sexual services, performances, or products for material compensation. It includes activities of direct physical contact between...

"Sexual Guarantee" is a song by the Swedish band Alcazar. It was released as the fourth single from their debut studio album, Casino (2000), and samples...

referred to as a girl. Anatomically the general female characteristic of human sexual dimorphism is the human female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries...

for instance, recognized both consent and age as factors in regulating sexual behavior. Since the publication in 1978 of Kenneth Dover's work Greek Homosexuality...

type of partialism in which a person is sexually attracted to armpits, which may lead to armpit intercourse (sexual activity with one or both armpits). The...

to attract females, and the showy features of the males had evolved by sexual selection. More recently, Amotz Zahavi proposed in his handicap principle...

Estimates of sexual violence are surveys of victims of sexual violence crime that have been undertaken to estimate the prevalence of sexual violence. The...

named as Time Person of the Year in 2017 for going public with stories of sexual assault during the MeToo movement. Crews was born on July 30, 1968 in Flint...

Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (French: Chroniques sexuelles d'une famille d'aujourd'hui, lit. 'Sexual Chronicles of a Family Today') is a 2012 French...

"Sexual Harassment Panda" is the sixth episode of the third season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 37th episode overall...

abortions, and social integration; and to protect women and girls from sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic violence. Changes in female dress standards...

contamination, obsession with symmetry, the fear of acting blasphemously, sexual obsessions, and the fear of possibly harming others or themselves. Compulsions...

allegations of sexual harassment or rape against him by October 31. The allegations sparked the #MeToo social media campaign and subsequent sexual abuse allegations...

directly into English. The concept is that both partners can experience sexual stimulation and oral sensation simultaneously, but this can also distract...

In November 2017, multiple women made allegations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore, a former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and the Republican...

lubrication production increases significantly during sexual arousal in anticipation of sexual intercourse. Vaginal dryness is the condition in which...

incarcerated in the United States. A United States Department of Justice report, Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, states that "In...

following is an alphabetical list by surname of individuals known to have their sexual acts recorded and distributed: Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P...

territory Sexual attraction Androphilia and gynephilia Sexual orientation – pattern of sexual attraction. Allosexuality – the ability to experience sexual attraction...

The Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse (Child Sexual Abuse Regulation, or CSAR) is European Union pending legislation to require digital...

punishments for aggravated sexual assault and aggravated rape vary by country and by legislature within a country. Aggravated sexual assault can lead to short-...

Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in the early 1980s. Three other women also accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. None of the accusations...

supposed legal right in medieval Europe, allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with any female subject, particularly on her wedding night. There...

The Sexual Freedom League (SFL) was an organization founded in 1963 in New York City by Jefferson Poland and Leo Koch. It existed under the name New York...

In many animals, a penis (/ˈpiːnɪs/; pl.: penises or penes) is the male sexual organ used to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation....

most common metaphor, first prevalent in the aftermath of World War II, sexual activities are described as if they are actions in a game of baseball. Baseball...

Extramarital sex is sexual activity in which at least one sex partner is a married person and the partners are not married to each other. The term may...

only for sexual pleasure in evaluating relative morality. Sexual morality has varied greatly over time and between cultures. A society's sexual norms—standards...

Cybersex can also mean sending each other sexually explicit messages without having sex, and simply describing a sexual experience (also known as "sexting")...

Human Rights: Intersex people are born with sex characteristics (such as sexual anatomy, reproductive organs, hormonal patterns and/or chromosomal patterns)...

Genital modifications are forms of body modifications applied to the human sexual organs, including invasive modifications performed through genital cutting...

A secondary sex characteristic (or secondary sexual characteristic) is a physical characteristic of an organism that is related to or derived from its...

gender of both the rapist and the victim. This scope includes both rape and sexual assault more generally. Most research indicates that rape affects women...

Mass sexual assault is the collective sexual assault of adults and sometimes children, in public by groups. Typically acting under the protective cover...

reported receiving "a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace" and added that NBC had "reason to believe this...

woman's breasts and moving the penis up and down to simulate sexual penetration and to create sexual pleasure. Mammary intercourse involves a man kneeling or...

nihilism, rape culture, and the endorsement of sexual and non-sexual violence against women and the sexually active. Incels tend to blame both women and...

Malaysia, sexual harassment, as defined by the Employment Act 1955 Archived 11 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine, is “any unwanted conduct of a sexual nature...

relationships according to the roles of seme, the sexual top or active pursuer, and uke, the sexual bottom or passive pursued. BL has a robust global...

considered aesthetically pleasing or beautiful. The term often implies sexual attractiveness or desirability but can also be distinct from them. Many...

obese women, typically for sexual encounters. Unlike fat fetishists, men who participate in hogging are not necessarily sexually attracted to obese women's...

profit. This exploitation may include forced labor, sexual slavery, or other forms of commercial sexual exploitation. It is a form of modern slavery, a crime...

Men in 2018. In 2021, Hammer's career was derailed when he was accused of sexual and emotional abuse by three women. He abandoned several projects and was...

Sex trafficking is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Perpetrators of the crime are called sex traffickers or sometimes pimps—people...

procedure is associated with reduced rates of urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted infections including incidence of cancer-causing forms of human...

which stimulate androgen production result in the development of secondary sexual characteristics that result in even more differences between the sexes....

The Sexual Healing Tour was the final concert tour of American singer Marvin Gaye, then promoting his hit album, Midnight Love and named after the album's...

Dog sex may refer to: Sexual behavior of dogs Canine reproduction, a social behavior of the domestic dog Dog breeding, the practice of mating selected...

not protected Gaetz from committee investigations into Gaetz's alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old minor. According to McCarthy, the House...

based upon the use of baths and saunas that provided alternatives to sexualization. The spread of Western concepts of modest dress was part of colonialism...

BDSM activity. They may more broadly denote a psychological, social, or sexual identity, or indicate one's usual preference. Terms top and bottom refer...

Erotic photography is a style of art photography of an erotic, sexually suggestive or sexually provocative nature. It is a type of erotic art. In a spectrum...

bois) is slang within butch and femme and gay male communities for several sexual or gender identities. The term has also been used, independently of any...

(PE) is a male sexual dysfunction that occurs when a male expels semen (and most likely experiences orgasm) soon after beginning sexual activity, and with...

Sexual Heretics: Male Homosexuality in English Literature from 1850 to 1900 (1970) is an anthology by Brian Reade, published by Routledge. Sexual Heretics...

between people and can include feelings of romantic or platonic love and sexual intimacy. Intimate relationships are interdependent, and the members of...

Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy, released in 2001. Jeremy was accused of sexual assault more than a dozen times between 2017 and 2020, for incidents stretching...

cause of this sexual bill dimorphism is that the selective forces from competition for nectar between the sexes of each species drives sexual dimorphism...

and can vary throughout the menstrual cycle and throughout the stages of sexual and reproductive development. Normal vaginal discharge may have a thin,...

cause to people's gender identity, sexual identity and sexual behavior, power has effectively been able to normalize sexual and gendered behavior. This has...

they are free to choose the amount of sexual content for their broadcasts. While most display nudity and sexually provocative behavior, some choose to...

in sex development, variations in sex characteristics (VSC), sexual anomalies, or sexual abnormalities, are congenital conditions affecting the reproductive...

States, and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern, erupted in 1998. Their sexual relationship began in 1995—when Clinton was 49 years old and Lewinsky was...

usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be compulsory before pursuing sexual activity...

of the breasts. Breath control play: Restriction of oxygen to heighten sexual arousal and orgasm. Methods to achieve this include strangulation, suffocation...

Sexual Roulette is the second studio album by Art Bergmann, released in 1990 on Duke Street Records. The album's title track is a song about HIV/AIDS....

Queer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities. It is alternately used to refer to people who reject sexual and gender norms and share radical...

The Loss of Sexual Innocence is a 1999 drama film written and directed by Mike Figgis. It tells the story of the sexual development of a filmmaker through...

emotionally-exclusive relationship with another person. The affair can be solely sexual, solely physical, solely emotional, or a combination of these. The relationship...

Examples of sexual violence include any acts of unwanted sexual actions like sexual harassment, groping, rape, and circulation of sexual content without...

substances on sexual function and experience. Sex and drugs date back to ancient humans and have been interlocked throughout human history. Sexual performance...

countries are believed to impose the death penalty on consensual same-sex sexual acts: Iran and Afghanistan. The death penalty is officially law, but generally...

Stimulation may be by breastfeeding, sexual activity, an indirect non-sexual response, or kissing the nipple. As part of sexual activity, the practice may be...

perception of a woman's body and sexual attractiveness. Breasts, especially the nipples, can be an erogenous zone, and part of sexual activity. Some cultures ascribe...

exhibit size differences in canine teeth. True lemurs show sexual dichromatism (sexual differences in fur coloration), but the difference between the...

gophers; it likely developed due to sexual selection, with larger males being more reproductively successful. Female-bias sexual dimorphism exists among chipmunks...

people who are non-binary or genderqueer. Being transgender is distinct from sexual orientation, and transgender people may identify as heterosexual (straight)...

In zoology, copulation is animal sexual behavior in which a male introduces sperm into the female's body, especially directly into the female's reproductive...

Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, had committed repeated acts of sexual abuse from the 1950s until the mid-2010s. Considered one of the most powerful...

are multiple motives for serial gang rapes, such as for sexual entitlement, asserting sexual prowess, or punishment. Gang rapes often occur during warfare...

The Sexual Offences Act 1967 (c. 60) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It legalised homosexual acts in England and Wales, on the condition...

veteran. Roth is a survivor of child sexual abuse, committed by his paternal grandfather, whom he has stated sexually abused him from childhood until his...

from time to time, including thoughts of sexual violence, sexual punishment, "unnatural" sex acts, painful sexual practices, blasphemous or obscene images...

A gang bang is a sexual activity in which one person is the central focus of the sexual activity of several people, usually more than three, sequentially...

vascular, and endocrine factors, and is often associated with sexual arousal, sexual attraction or libido, although erections can also be spontaneous...

children, considered sexually attractive. A related term is "cougar", which suggests an older woman in active pursuit of a sexual relationship with younger...

Sexual Offences Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and former British colonies and territories...

enticing someone else into sexual intercourse or other sexual activity. Strategies of seduction include conversation and sexual scripts, paralingual features...

the submissive male is "trained" to become feminine. Feminization as a sexual fetish is different from being a transgender woman, and the submissive partners...

often causes sexual dysfunction, many people with SCI are able to have satisfying sex lives. Physical limitations acquired from SCI affect sexual function...

Reports are two scholarly books on human sexual behavior, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), written...

Sexual harassment in education in the United States is an unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature that interferes with an American student's ability to learn...

result of long-term treatment has effectively no risk of transmitting HIV sexually. Campaigns by UNAIDS and other organizations around the world have communicated...

in a fast-track procedure and, in October 2008, was found guilty of the sexual assault and murder of Kercher. He subsequently exhausted the appeals process...

sexual assault were filed against Singer in 1997, 2014, and 2017. In 2019, The Atlantic published a report containing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct...

up is a euphemism for 'fucked up'; hook-up and laid are euphemisms for 'sexual intercourse'. Euphemisms formed from understatements include asleep for...

have accused Cosby of rape, drug-facilitated sexual assault, sexual battery, child sexual abuse, and sexual harassment. The earliest incidents allegedly...

Sexual harassment in education is an unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature that interferes with a student's ability to learn, study, work or participate...

A hermaphrodite (/hərˈmæfrəˌdaɪt/) is a sexually reproducing organism that produces both male and female gametes. Animal species in which individuals are...

due to insufficient evidence, but in September 2023, new allegations of sexual assault were reported against him. Roiland was born and raised in Manteca...

Savile, a British media personality who had died the previous year, had sexually abused hundreds of people throughout his life, mostly children but some...

TRIB-ə-diz-əm) or tribbing, commonly known by its scissoring position, is a lesbian sexual practice involving vulva-to-vulva contact or rubbing the vulva against the...

enacted as a subsection of the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act of 1994, which merely required sex offenders...

Dogging is a British English slang term for engaging in sexual acts in a public or semi-public place or watching others doing so. There may be more than...

questioning and challenging most moral principles, such as responsibility or sexual restraints, and will often declare these traits as unnecessary, undesirable...

adjective for women in relation to their experiences, regardless of their sexual orientation; or as an adjective relating to female homosexuality. The term...

Sexual arousal disorder is a condition in which a person has difficulty becoming or staying sexually aroused. This can happen by a lack or absence of sexual...

delves into a wide spectrum of heterosexual, homosexual, and transgender sexual acts in addition to unique fetishes and paraphilias. Starting with erotic...

and sexual dysfunction. In some patients, sexual dysfunction may persist even after the drug is discontinued, a condition known as post-SSRI sexual dysfunction...

Heterosexual–Homosexual Rating Scale, is used in research to describe a person's sexual orientation based on one's experience or response at a given time. The scale...

Canine reproduction is the process of sexual reproduction in domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes and other canine species. As with all mammals, a dog's penis...

is any of a range of practices in Hindu and Buddhist tantra that utilize sexual activity in a ritual or yogic context. Tantric sex is associated with antinomian...

between people, or any sexual activity between a human and another animal (bestiality). It may also mean any non-procreative sexual activity (including manual...

the Year, for speaking out about sexual assault and harassment, specifically in regard to the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases and the MeToo movement...

sex is sexual activity using protective methods or contraceptive devices (such as condoms) to reduce the risk of transmitting or acquiring sexually transmitted...

Sexual Perversity in Chicago is a play written by David Mamet that examines the sex lives of two men and two women in the 1970s. The play is filled with...

Sexual orientation is an enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same...

Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder (CSBD) is a psychiatric disorder which manifests as a pattern of behavior involving intense preoccupation with sexual fantasies...

Sexual selection in insects is about how sexual selection functions in insects. The males of some species have evolved exaggerated adornments and mechanisms...

In March 2026, allegations of sexual abuse were raised against American labor leader Cesar Chavez. Chavez, who died in 1993, co-founded United Farm Workers...

human sexuality, a threesome is "a sexual interaction between three people whereby at least one engages in physical sexual behaviour with both the other individuals"...

situation in which the perpetrator deceives the victim into participating in a sexual act to which they would otherwise not have consented, had they not been...

The Westermarck effect, also known as reverse sexual imprinting, is a psychological hypothesis that states that people tend not to be attracted to peers...

specific definitions used in such fields as law, medicine, research, and sexual consent. Consent, as understood in specific contexts, may differ from its...

The years 2017 and 2018 were a heightened period of allegations of sexual misconduct, harassment and assault, some of which resulted in the firing or resignation...

(/fʌk/) is a profanity in the English language. It often refers to the act of sexual intercourse, but it is most commonly used as an intensifier or to convey...

online child exploitation and abuse, and convicted in 2016 of 71 charges of sexual offences against children, committed while he worked as a teacher and a...

This can cause post-coital dysphoria or strains on relationships with a sexual partner. Aftercare is meant to combat this sudden drop and allow the body...

A sodomy law is a law that defines certain sexual acts as crimes. The precise sexual acts meant by the term sodomy are rarely spelled out in the law,...

of scientific study and social commentary. Psychologists have researched sexual attraction toward trans women, trans men, cross dressers, non-binary people...

has faced numerous allegations of sexual misconduct since 1992, including accusations of rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sex trafficking....

The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory is a 1990 book by American author and activist Carol J. Adams published by Continuum...

erogenous area of the vagina that, when stimulated, may lead to strong sexual arousal, powerful orgasms and potentially female ejaculation. It is typically...

Ego-dystonic sexual orientation is a highly controversial mental health diagnosis that was included in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic...

guide to sexual ethics: Sexual ethics – branch of philosophy that explores the moral obligations, and permissibility, or impermissibility of sexual activities...

(Sharia) is a violation of moral and divine law. Islam divides claims of sexual violation into 'divine rights' (huquq Allah) and 'interpersonal rights'...

Scenes of a Sexual Nature is a 2006 British comedy-drama film directed by Ed Blum and starring an ensemble cast which includes Ewan McGregor, Adrian Lester...

In biology, sexual segregation is the differential use of space, habitats, and resources by males and females, or the separation of males and females into...

A "pearl necklace" is slang for a sexual act in which a man ejaculates semen on or near the neck or chest of another person. The term originates from the...

beautification and individualization; in addition, some piercings enhance sexual pleasure by increasing stimulation. Pre-modern genital piercings were most...

Public sex is sexual activity that takes place in a public context. It refers to one or more persons performing a sex act in a public place, or in a private...

disorder is a mental disorder in which a paraphilia (sometimes called a sexual fetish or kink) involves people who do not consent, or causes marked distress...

the Haredi Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York City, to allegations of sexual abuse against its spiritual leaders has drawn scrutiny from inside and outside...

girlfriend) or spouse, either to conceal infidelity or to conceal one's sexual orientation. The term also refers, in some areas, to anyone who acted on...

(11-short-ton) apex predator, the orca. Various species of dolphins exhibit sexual dimorphism where the males are larger than females. They have streamlined...

known to display patterns of sexual dimorphism. It is commonly believed that the dimorphisms found in raptors occur due to sexual selection or environmental...

reservatus (from coitus, "sexual intercourse" and reservatus, "reserved"), also known as sexual continence, is a form of sexual intercourse in which a male...

sometimes engage in sexual play in the form of mounting. In some puppies, this behavior occurs as early as 3 or 4 weeks-of-age. Dogs reach sexual maturity and...

Sexual orientation discrimination (also known as sexualism)[citation needed] is discrimination based on a person's sex, sexual orientation, or pregnancy...

sexual behavior and practices of people with disabilities. Like the general population, individuals with disabilities exhibit a wide range of sexual desires...

population, incidents of widespread sexual abuse went undetected until 1999, culminating in a high-profile sexual assault trial in 2004. Various forms...

denied that Charlie Sheen was sexually involved with her son and accused Brascia, who died in 2018, of having sexually abused him. In March 2020, Feldman's...

portrayal of illustrated or animated fictional cartoon characters in erotic or sexual situations. Animated cartoon pornography, or erotic animation, is a subset...

to a rape in which there has been some sort of romantic or potentially sexual relationship between the two parties. Acquaintance rape also includes rapes...

A friends with benefits relationship (FWB or FWBR) is a sexual arrangement between friends that involves recurrent physical intimacy and varies in its...