sexual practices
Bedroom activity types
Sexual practices are the specific activities people engage in for sexual pleasure or reproduction.
The term encompasses everything from conventional intercourse to oral sex, manual stimulation, and less common acts.
In clinical, legal, or sociological contexts, sexual practices often appears as a neutral way to discuss behavior without judgment: The survey asked respondents about their sexual practices.
Safe sexual practices reduce disease transmission.
- monogamyOne partner at a time
- open relationshipConsensual romantic nonexclusivity
- intercourseCommunication or sexual connection
- heterosexualityOpposite-sex sexual orientation
- foreplayPre-coital intimacy
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Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
celibacy · sexual abstinence · chastity · continence · virginity
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Methods for connecting inward
religious devotion · meditation · prayer · contemplation · asceticism
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Emotional bond sans desire
friendship · companionship · emotional bonding · brotherly love · agape
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