sexual expression
Physical desire manifested
Sexual expression encompasses the ways people communicate or enact their sexuality—through physical intimacy, dress, art, speech, or behavior.
The phrase often appears in legal and political contexts concerning rights: The court ruled that certain forms of sexual expression are protected by the First Amendment.
It can range from subtle flirtation to explicit acts.
- masturbationSelf-stimulation for pleasure
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- heterosexualityOpposite-sex sexual orientation
- kissingLip-to-lip contact
- attractionPull toward something
desire · touch · taboos · queer identity · coming out · intercourse · safe sex · vulnerability · liberation movements · eroticism · consent · body autonomy · polyamory · open relationship · gender roles · boundaries · intimacy · love language
- senior intimacyintimacy, senior dating, emotional intimacy, affection, closeness
- sexual freedomfree love, consent, bodily autonomy, sex positivity, reproductive rights
- male sexualitypenis, erection, testicles, libido, ejaculation
sexual expressionabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
celibacy · sexual abstinence · chastity · asexuality · sexlessness
sexual expressionprudery
Excessive concern with decorum
prudishness · modesty · puritanism · self-denial · closetedness
sexual expressionpurity culture
Ideology emphasizing virginity before marriage