Obscenity:
Sexually arousing imagery that is considered socially offensive.
Oedipal
Conflict:
The Freudian theory that children have an unconscious sexual
attachment to the parent of the other gender, causing them
to be hostile toward the parent of the same gender.
Oral
Contraceptives:
Birth control
pills. (OC) A hormone compound that prevents ovulation
and thus pregnancy. Usually a progesterone and estrogen
compound that is swallowed.
Oral
Sex:
Sex play involving the mouth and sex organs.
Orgasm:
Sensory and motor events involved in the ejaculation for
the male and involuntary contractions of the perineal muscles
in the female at the climax of sexual intercourse.
Outercourse:
Sex play that does not include inserting the penis in the
vagina or anus.
Ovary:
The female gonad that produces estrogen, progesterone, and
relaxin.
Over-the-counter:
Available
without a prescription.
Ovulation:
The
rupture of a vesicular ovarian follicle with the release
of an egg into the pelvic cavity. - (the time when an ovary
releases an egg).
Ovum:
The female reproductive cell; an egg cell.
