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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developmental disability

Health care; Sexual health

Cognitive or physical impairment that may begin at birth and is expected to last a lifetime.

change of life

Health care; Sexual health

Common term for menopause.

delayed ejaculation

Health care; Sexual health

Commonly used term for a man’s difficulty in having an orgasm.

flirtation

Health care; Sexual health

Commonly used to refer to playfully romantic gestures between people who are sexually attracted to each other. In sexological terms, a five-stage ritual people use to begin courtship. # One or both ...

onanism

Health care; Sexual health

Commonly, but incorrectly, used to refer to masturbation. In the Torah or Old Testament, Onan practiced withdrawal when ordered by God to make his brother’s widow pregnant. God struck Onan down for ...