sexual contact
Touching with intent
Sexual contact is physical touch involving the sexual or intimate parts of the body—genitals, buttocks, breasts, or inner thighs.
The term appears frequently in legal contexts, where it typically means touching for purposes of sexual arousal or gratification: The statute defines sexual contact as any intentional touching of intimate parts.
It's broader than intercourse, covering groping, fondling, and similar acts.
- intimacyEmotional closeness between people
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- skin to skinUnclothed bodies touching directly
- caressGentle loving touch
- foreplayPre-coital intimacy
making out · embrace · kiss · skin · bodies · passion · consent · bodily autonomy · desire · arousal · sensual · physical · closeness · bedroom · naked · tender · stroke · heavy petting
- disease spreadairborne, bloodborne, droplets, fecal-oral, transmission
- STIschlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, herpes, syphilis
sexual contactno contact
Absence of communication
separation · isolation · estrangement · avoidance · hands-off
sexual contactconversation
Exchange of spoken ideas
verbal communication · talking · correspondence · written communication · phone call
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