Sadism:
A paraphilia in which sexual arousal becomes dependent on
sexual role play or fantasy that includes giving punishment,
discipline, or humiliation.
Sadomasochism
(S and M):
The consensual use of domination and/or pain for sexual
stimulation in sex play. The "sadist" is the partner
who dominates and inflicts pain. The "masochist"
is the partner who is dominated and receives pain.
“Safe
Sex”:
Ways in which people reduce the risk of getting sexually
transmitted infections, including HIV.
Scabies:
A contagious skin disease caused by the skin mite. It is
an sexually transmitted disease. The female mite burrows
beneath the skin and digs a short tunnel parallel to the
surface in which it lays its eggs. After about a month the
itching becomes intense.
Scrotum:
The pouch of skin behind the penis that holds the testes.
Sex Characteristics:
Characteristics of the body that are caused by hormones,
develop during puberty,
and last through adult life. For girls, these include breast
development and widened hips. For guys, they include facial
hair development. Both genders develop pubic hair and underarm
hair. See Puberty
Chart for Girls. Puberty Stages
for Guys.
Semen:
A thick fluid, containing a mixture of glandular secretions
and sperm cells, that is discharged from the penis during
ejaculation.
Seminal
Fluid:
A fluid that nourishes and helps sperm to move. Seminal
fluid is made in the seminal vesicles.
Seminal
Vesicle:
One of two glands located behind the male bladder, which
secrete a fluid that forms part of semen.
Sex
Drive:
The natural urge and desire to have sex.
Sexism:
Bias against a certain gender.
Sexology:
The scientific study of sex and sexuality through many disciplines
including, but not limited to, anthropology, biology, sociology,
history, psychology, medicine, and law.
Sex
Play:
Any voluntary sexual activity, with or without a partner.
Sex
Therapy:
Treatment to resolve a sexual problem or dysfunction such
as premature
ejaculation, inability to have orgasm, or low level
of sexual desire, etc.
Sexual
Abuse:
Sexual activity that is harmful or not consensual.
Sexual
Addiction:
The compulsive search for having very frequent sex.
Sexual
Assault:
The use of force or coercion, physical or psychological,
to make a person engage in sexual activity.
Sexual
Aversion Disorder:
The fear of sexual contact.
Sexual
Compulsion:
An obsession with having very frequent sex, often with many
different sex partners.
Sexual
Desire:
A strong physically arousing attraction.
Sexual
Discomfort:
Feelings of sexual inhibition that are not considered dysfunctional.
Sexual
Dysfunction:
A psychological or physical disorder of sexual function.
Sexual
Harassment:
Unwanted sexual advances with suggestive gestures, language,
or touching.
Sexual
Identity:
Feelings about ones own sexual orientation, gender, gender
role, and gender identity.
Sexual
Intercourse
The erect penis of the male entering the vagina of the female.
Sexuality:
Referring to the interplay of physical, psychological, social,
emotional, and spiritual makeup of an individual. It also
encompasses gender, gender role, gender identity, sexual
orientation, sexual preference, and social norms as they
affect physical, emotional, and spiritual life.
Sexually
Transmitted Infections (STIs):
Infections that are often or usually passed from one person
to another during sexual contact. Also called STDs.
Sexual
Norm:
A cultural norm regarding sex or sexuality.
Sexual
Orientation:
The term used to describe the gender of the objects of our
sexual desires. People who feel sexual desire for members
of the other gender are heterosexual, or straight. People
who feel sexual desire for people of the same gender are
homosexual, or gay. Gay women are called lesbians. People
who are attracted to both genders are bisexuals.
Sexual
Repression:
The suppression of sexual activities, ideas, or identities
that are perceived to be harmful or morally wrong.
Sexual
Response Cycle:
The pattern of response to sexual stimulation. The five
stages of the cycle are desire, excitement, plateau, orgasm,
and resolution.
Sexual
Seduction:
Legally, the encouragement of a younger or less mature person
into an illegal sexual situation.
Sexual
Stereotype:
An overly simplified judgment or bias regarding the sexuality
of a person or group.
Shaft:
A part of the penis and clitoris.
Smegma:
The secretions of the sebaceous glands, especially the cheesy
secretion, consisting primarily of dead skin cells found
beneath the foreskin. If left unwashed, it can become an
unpleasant-smelling substance.
Social
Stigma:
Severe disapproval for behavior that is not within cultural
norms.
Sodomy:
Anal intercourse. Or (dictionary version) - any intercourse
held to be abnormal.
Speculum:
A plastic or metal instrument used to separate the walls
of the vagina so a health care provider can examine the
vagina and cervix. Usually used in order to take a pap
smear.
Speculum
Exam:
Physical examination of the cervix that is accomplished
by using a speculum.
Sperm:
Mature male sex cell.
Spermatozoa:
The mature sperm
cell (about 0.05 ml. long)
Spermatozoon:
The mature male sex cell containing 23 chromosomes.
Spermarche:
The time when sperm is first produced by the testes of a
boy.
Spermatogenesis:
The process of producing sperm. Spermatogenesis occurs in
the somniferous tubules of the testes.
Spermicides:
Chemicals used to immobilize sperm and kill .
Spirochetes:
Bacterial organisms that cause syphilis. Many other bacteria
are in the shape of the Spirochete, for example, Lyme
Disease is caused by a Spirochete.
Squeeze
Technique:
A method for postponing early ejaculation.
Statutory
Rape:
Sexual intercourse between an adult and anyone who is below
the age of
consent, whether or not it is voluntary.
STD
(Sexually Transmitted Disease):
A sexually transmitted
infection that has developed symptoms.
Stereotype:
An overly simplified judgment or bias regarding a person
or group.
Sterilization:
Surgical methods of birth control that are intended to be
permanent. These are: blocking of the fallopian tubes for
women or the vas deferens in men). Known as tubal ligation
and vasectomy
Straight:
Slang for a heterosexual.
Syphilis:
A sexually transmitted disease caused by a specific bacterial
spirochete.
