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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transition

Health care; Sexual health

In sexuality, the process of changing from one sex to the other, with or without medical intervention. For most, transition is a gradual set of changes over time. It may be difficult to determine ...

berdache

Health care; Sexual health

In some Native American cultures, a person who is both feminine and masculine. See "transgender" and "two-spirited. "

out

Health care; Sexual health

Being open about one’s own sexual orientation, intersex, or transgender status.

incontinence

Health care; Sexual health

Being unable to control urination or defecation oo loss of bladder and/or bowel control. Sometimes also used to describe difficulty controlling sexual impulse.