sexuality
One's intimate nature
Sexuality encompasses sexual feelings, attractions, and behaviors.
It includes one's orientation—whether attracted to the same sex, opposite sex, both, or neither—as well as broader aspects of identity and expression related to sex.
She's open about her sexuality.
The word also refers simply to capacity for sexual experience: the sexuality of adolescence, a film that explores human sexuality.
Intense wanting
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
allure · magnetism · infatuation · crush · longing · yearning · libido · eroticism
Warm emotional attachment
- closenessState of proximity
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- caressGentle loving touch
- foreplayPre-coital intimacy
embrace · kissing · bonding · tenderness · connection · passion · romance · consent
Pregnancy prevention measures
- STISexually transmitted infection
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- AIDSImmune deficiency syndrome
- condomContraceptive sheath worn internally
testing · reproductive health · erectile dysfunction · libido · gynecology · urology · consent · boundaries
Gender differs from assignment
- cisgenderBirth-sex-identified
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
- genderfluidVariable gender identity
intersex · two-spirit · agender · bigender · transmasculine · transfeminine · gender-nonconforming · LGBTQ
Attracted regardless of gender
- gayAttracted to same sex
- lesbianWoman desiring women
- straightNot curved or crooked
- queerUnusual or non-normative
demisexual · polysexual · omnisexual · androsexual · fluid · spectrum · allosexual · aromantic
Communication or sexual connection
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
sperm · egg · pregnancy · fertilization · IVF · gamete · procreation · menstrual cycle
desire
Intense wanting
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
seduction · allure · magnetism · infatuation · crush · longing · yearning · libido · eroticism · passion
affection
Warm emotional attachment
foreplay · embrace · kissing · bonding · tenderness · connection · passion · romance · consent · vulnerability
contraception
Pregnancy prevention measures
condom · testing · reproductive health · erectile dysfunction · libido · gynecology · urology · consent · boundaries · lubrication
transgender
Gender differs from assignment
- cisgenderBirth-sex-identified
- nonbinaryOutside male-female categories
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
genderfluid · intersex · two-spirit · agender · bigender · transmasculine · transfeminine · gender-nonconforming · LGBTQ · coming out
pansexual
Attracted regardless of gender
queer · demisexual · polysexual · omnisexual · androsexual · fluid · spectrum · allosexual · aromantic · questioning
intercourse
Communication or sexual connection
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
insemination · sperm · egg · pregnancy · fertilization · IVF · gamete · procreation · menstrual cycle · ejaculation
- identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
- health educationhealth education, health curriculum, school health, health literacy, health videos
- sex edpuberty, consent education, contraception, abstinence, STDs
- sexualityerotica, sensuality, lust, eroticism, intercourse
- identitiesalter ego, gender, persona, alias, ethnicity
- social constructssocial constructs, gender, race, class, marriage
sexualityasexuality
Lack of sexual attraction
celibacy · sexlessness · abstinence · chastity · frigidity
sexualityinnocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
purity · chasteness · modesty · propriety · decorum
sexualityspirituality
Connection to the sacred
asceticism · monasticism · disembodiment · puritanism · otherworldliness
- human sexualityStudy of erotic behavior
- fluid sexualityChanging attraction patterns
- adolescent sexualityTeen erotic development
homosexuality, bisexuality, sexualize, heterosexuality, asexuality, pansexuality, sexualizing, sexualities, sexualization