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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Declaration of Sexual Rights

Health care; Sexual health

Drafted by the World Association for Sexual Health and endorsed by the World Health Organization, the declaration includes these sexual rights: : The right to sexual freedom — allows us to express ...

anti-inflammatory drugs

Health care; Sexual health

Drugs that reduce inflammation (swelling) by modifying the body’s immune response.

vaginal lubrication

Health care; Sexual health

During sexual arousal, the secretion of a slippery fluid from the blood vessels that “perspires” through the rugae of the walls of the vagina into the vaginal canal to facilitate penetration.

Puritans

Health care; Sexual health

Early American Protestant colonists who established English laws and social and sexual mores in the northeastern United States. Though actually less sexually restrictive than commonly believed, the ...