Sexual health

Sexual health

Enjoying emotional, physical, and social well-being in regard to one’s sexuality, including free and responsible sexual expression that enriches one’s personal and social life and fulfills one’s sexual rights. Disorders in sexual health can impact a person’s physical and emotional health, as well as his or her relationships and self-image.

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fecundity

Health care; Sexual health

Technically, the physical ability of a woman or couple to have a child. Often used as a synonym for ”fertility. ”

female prostate glands

Health care; Sexual health

Term used by some authorities to describe the Skene’s glands in a woman’s vulva, which may secrete during female ejaculation a fluid similar to the fluid produced by the prostate gland in men.

two-spirited

Health care; Sexual health

In some Native American cultures, refers to people who have the spirits of both women and men. See "berdache" and "transgender. "

dressing ring

Health care; Sexual health

In Victorian times, a ring of metal put through the glans of the penis. It attached to a hook inside the leg of a man’s trousers to keep the penis in place so it wouldn’t bunch up and interfere ...

frenulum

Health care; Sexual health

In women, the highly sensitive tissue where the inner labia join below the glans of the clitoris. In men, the highly sensitive, triangular piece of skin just below the glans of the penis.

lubricant

Health care; Sexual health

In women, the slippery liquid that is secreted from the walls of the vagina and the Bartholin’s glands during sexual arousal in order to facilitate vaginal intercourse. In men, the slippery liquid ...