Vocabulary list for sexuality

David Bar-Tzur

RELATIONSHIPS

boyfriend date divorce engaged engagement fiancé/fiancée girlfriend
husband intimacy intimate marriage marry separate, separated, separation spouse
sweetheart virgin wife

SEXUAL ACTIVITY (CONSENSUAL AND NONCONSENSUAL)

See also Health Sciences under "Birth and birth control".

abstinence adultery anal intercourse anilingus arouse aroused breast sucking
celibacy cervix coitus cruise cunnilingus date deviant
deviate, deviation dildo effeminate erection excite excited exhibitionism
fantasy fellatio fellation female fiance/fiancee fisting flirt/ing
fondling foreplay french kiss/ing frigid genitalia genitals group sex
hickey hormone horny husband hustler hymen incest
indecent liberties intercourse kiss leather live together love lovemaking
lover lubrication make love make-out male marriage masturbation
mate swapping molest neck/ing nipples nocturnal emission oral-genital sex oral sex
orgy passion penetrate perversion pervert petting pick up (someone for sex)
stimulate, excite (sex) stimulated (sex) preorgasmic promiscuity promiscuous prostitute rape
raped relationship rimming scrotum sensual separate, separated, separation sex
sexual assault sexuality sexually satisfied sexual orientation sexual preference "69" stimulate
stimulated take advantage of vibrator victim violence virgin voyeurism
water sports whore wife wife swapping withdrawal

SEXUAL ANATOMY AND FUNCTION

anatomy anus breast(s) cervix clitoris ejaculate, ejaculation erection
erogenous zones fallopian tubes female foreskin genitalia genitals glans
hormone(s) hymen impotence inner lips labia majora labia minora lubrication
male mucous membranes nipples orgasm outer lips ovaries pelvis
penis period physiology premature ejaculation private parts of the body sanitary napkin scrotum
semen seminal vesicles sensitive sexuality sperm sterility testicles
urethra uterus vagina vaginal mucous membranes vas deferens vulva-> inner lips (of ~)
outer lips (of ~)

For the signs for these terms, see Signs for technical/specialized vocabulary.

For additional relevant terms, see Vocabulary list for Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans and Vocabulary list for health sciences (especially "Childbirth and Birth control", "Pathology", and "Sexually transmitted diseases").

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