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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bacterial vaginosis

Health care; Sexual health

The most common vaginal infection in women of reproductive age. Bacterial vaginosis often causes a vaginal discharge that is thin and milky, and is described as having a "fishy" odor. Bacterial ...

infibulation

Health care; Sexual health

The most severe form of female circumcision. This procedure involves performing a clitorectomy, including the removal of the labia. The tissues are then sewn together, leaving only a small hole for ...

social hygiene movement

Health care; Sexual health

The movement that emerged from the social purity movement in the early 1900s to fight the spread of sexually transmitted infections.

cremaster

Health care; Sexual health

The muscle that elevates the testicles as temperatures get colder or when the front or inner surface of the thigh is stimulated.

machismo

Health care; Sexual health

The mystique of masculinity in Latin American cultures that is centered on men who are aggressive, courageous, risk-taking, and virile, as well as casual and domineering in their relationships with ...

cervix

Health care; Sexual health

The narrow, lower part — neck — of the uterus, with a narrow opening connecting the uterus to the vagina. This is the part through which babies pass when they are born.

fallopian tube

Health care; Sexual health

The narrow, muscular tubes attached to the upper part of the uterus that serve as tunnels for the ova to travel from the ovaries to the uterus. Conception, the fertilization of an egg by a sperm, ...