Table of Contents
296 relations: Abram Svyadoshch, Absence seizure, Academic Press, Adaptation, Alfred Kinsey, American Psychiatric Association, Anal sex, Androgen, Anecdotal evidence, Anhedonia, Animal sexual behaviour, Anne Koedt, Anorgasmia, Antisexualism, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Ars Amatoria, Autonomic nervous system, Barry Komisaruk, BBC, BBC News, BDSM, Beverly Whipple, Biology Letters, Birthgasm, Breast, Bulbospongiosus muscle, Cadaver, Cambridge University Press, Cengage Group, Central nervous system, Cerebral cortex, Cervical canal, Cervix, Chicago Women's Liberation Union, Child sexuality, Circulatory system, Clinical Psychology Review, Clitoral hood, Clitoris, Clyde Martin, Coital alignment technique, Coitus reservatus, Cunnilingus, D. H. Lawrence, Darwinism, Defence mechanism, Desmond Morris, Dildo, Dolphin, Donald Symons, ... Expand index (246 more) »
Abram Svyadoshch
Abram Svyadoshch (1914–1997) was a Soviet psychiatrist and sexologist.
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Absence seizure
Absence seizures are one of several kinds of generalized seizures.
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Academic Press
Academic Press (AP) is an academic book publisher founded in 1941.
Adaptation
In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.
Alfred Kinsey
Alfred Charles Kinsey (June 23, 1894 – August 25, 1956) was an American sexologist, biologist, and professor of entomology and zoology who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.
American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world.
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Anal sex
Anal sex or anal intercourse is generally the insertion and thrusting of the erect penis into a person's anus, or anus and rectum, for sexual pleasure. Orgasm and anal sex are sexual acts.
Androgen
An androgen (from Greek andr-, the stem of the word meaning "man") is any natural or synthetic steroid hormone that regulates the development and maintenance of male characteristics in vertebrates by binding to androgen receptors.
Anecdotal evidence
Anecdotal evidence is evidence based only on personal observation, collected in a casual or non-systematic manner.
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Anhedonia
Anhedonia is a diverse array of deficits in hedonic function, including reduced motivation or ability to experience pleasure.
Animal sexual behaviour
Animal sexual behaviour takes many different forms, including within the same species.
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Anne Koedt
Anne Koedt (born 1941) is an American radical feminist activist and author of "The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm", a 1970 classic feminist work on women's sexuality.
Anorgasmia
Anorgasmia is a type of sexual dysfunction in which a person cannot achieve orgasm despite adequate sexual stimulation.
Antisexualism
Antisexualism is opposition or hostility towards sexual behavior and sexuality.
Archives of Sexual Behavior
The Archives of Sexual Behavior is a peer-reviewed academic journal in sexology.
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Ars Amatoria
The (The Art of Love) is an instructional elegy series in three books by the ancient Roman poet Ovid.
Autonomic nervous system
The autonomic nervous system (ANS), sometimes called the visceral nervous system and formerly the vegetative nervous system, is a division of the nervous system that operates internal organs, smooth muscle and glands.
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Barry Komisaruk
Barry R. Komisaruk (born 1941) is an American psychologist and Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
BDSM
BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics. Orgasm and BDSM are sexual acts.
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Beverly Whipple
Beverly Whipple is an American sexologist who is Professor Emerita at Rutgers University and a professional author.
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Biology Letters
Biology Letters is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Royal Society, established in 2005.
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Birthgasm
A birthgasm is a female orgasm that occurs during childbirth.
Breast
The breast is one of two prominences located on the upper ventral region of the torso among humans and other primates. Orgasm and breast are human sexuality.
Bulbospongiosus muscle
The bulbospongiosus muscles (in older texts bulbocavernosus and, for female muscle, constrictor cunni) are a subgroup of the superficial muscles of the perineum.
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Cadaver
A cadaver or corpse is a dead human body.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Cengage Group
Cengage Group is an American educational content, technology, and services company for higher education, K–12, professional, and library markets.
Central nervous system
The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord.
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Cerebral cortex
The cerebral cortex, also known as the cerebral mantle, is the outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain in humans and other mammals.
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Cervical canal
The cervical canal is the spindle-shaped, flattened canal of the cervix which connects the vagina to the main cavity of the uterus in most mammals.
Cervix
The cervix (cervices) or cervix uteri is a dynamic fibromuscular organ of the female reproductive system that connects the vagina with the uterine cavity.
Chicago Women's Liberation Union
The Chicago Women's Liberation Union (CWLU) was an American feminist organization founded in 1969 at a conference in Palatine, Illinois.
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Child sexuality
Sexual behaviors in children are common and may range from normal and developmentally appropriate to abusive.
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Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.
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Clinical Psychology Review
Clinical Psychology Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes reviews on topics relevant to the field of clinical psychology.
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Clitoral hood
In female humans and other mammals, the clitoral hood (also called preputium clitoridis, clitoral prepuce, and clitoral foreskin) is a fold of skin that surrounds and protects the glans of the clitoris; it also covers the external clitoral shaft, develops as part of the labia minora and is homologous with the foreskin (also called the prepuce) in the male reproductive system.
Clitoris
In amniotes, the clitoris (or;: clitorises or clitorides) is a female sex organ.
Clyde Martin
Clyde E. Martin (January 2, 1918 – December 5, 2014) was an American sexologist.
Coital alignment technique
The coital alignment technique sex position is used primarily as a variant of the missionary position and is designed to maximize clitoral stimulation during sexual intercourse.
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Coitus reservatus
Coitus reservatus (from, "sexual intercourse" and, "reserved"), also known as sexual continence, is a form of sexual intercourse in which a male does not attempt to ejaculate within his partner, avoiding the seminal emission. Orgasm and Coitus reservatus are sexual acts.
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Cunnilingus
Cunnilingus is an oral sex act consisting of the stimulation of a vulva by using the tongue and lips. Orgasm and Cunnilingus are sexual acts.
D. H. Lawrence
Herman Melville, Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Schopenhauer, Lev Shestov, Walt Whitman | influenced.
Darwinism
Darwinism is a theory of biological evolution developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and others, stating that all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increase the individual's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce.
Defence mechanism
In psychoanalytic theory, a defence mechanism is an unconscious psychological operation that functions to protect a person from anxiety-producing thoughts and feelings related to internal conflicts and outer stressors.
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Desmond Morris
Desmond John Morris FLS ''hon. caus.'' (born 24 January 1928) is an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology.
Dildo
A dildo is a sex toy, often explicitly phallic in appearance, intended for sexual penetration or other sexual activity during masturbation or with sex partners.
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Dolphin
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the clade Odontoceti (toothed whale).
Donald Symons
Donald Symons (born 1942) was an American anthropologist best known as one of the founders of evolutionary psychology, and for pioneering the study of human sexuality from an evolutionary perspective.
Dorsal nerve of the clitoris
The dorsal nerve of the clitoris is a nerve in females that branches off the pudendal nerve to innervate the clitoris.
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Dotdash Meredith
Dotdash Meredith (formerly The Mining Company, About.com and Dotdash) is an American digital media company based in New York City.
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Edward Ellerker Williams
Edward Ellerker Williams (22 April 1793 – 8 July 1822) was a retired army officer who became a friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley in the final months of his life and died with him.
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Ejaculation
Ejaculation is the discharge of semen (the ejaculate; normally containing sperm) through the urethra in men.
Electroencephalography
Electroencephalography (EEG) is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain.
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Elisabeth Lloyd
Elisabeth Anne Lloyd (born September 3, 1956) is an American philosopher of science specialising in the philosophy of biology.
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Elsevier
Elsevier is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content.
Endorphins
Endorphins (contracted from endogenous morphine) are peptides produced in the brain that block the perception of pain and increase feelings of wellbeing.
Erection
An erection (clinically: penile erection or penile tumescence) is a physiological phenomenon in which the penis becomes firm, engorged, and enlarged.
Erogenous zone
An erogenous zone (from Greek ἔρως, érōs "love"; and English -genous "producing", from Greek -γενής, -genḗs "born") is an area of the human body that has heightened sensitivity, the stimulation of which may generate a sexual response such as relaxation, sexual fantasies, sexual arousal, and orgasm. Orgasm and erogenous zone are human sexuality.
Eros
In Greek mythology, Eros (Ἔρως|lit.
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Erotic electrostimulation
Erotic electrostimulation (abbreviated erotic e-stim and also known as electrosex) is a sexual practice involving the application of electrical stimulation to the nerves of the body, with particular emphasis on the genitals, using a power source (such as a TENS, EMS, violet wands, or made-for-play units) for purposes of sexual stimulation. Orgasm and erotic electrostimulation are sexual acts.
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Eroto-comatose lucidity
Eroto-comatose lucidity is a technique of sex magic known best by its formulation by English author and occultist Aleister Crowley in 1912, but which has several variations and is used in a number of ways by different spiritual communities. Orgasm and Eroto-comatose lucidity are human sexuality.
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Esophagus
The esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English, see spelling differences; both;: (o)esophagi or (o)esophaguses), colloquially known also as the food pipe, food tube, or gullet, is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions, from the pharynx to the stomach.
Euphemism
A euphemism is an innocuous word or expression used in place of one that is deemed offensive or suggests something unpleasant.
Euphoria
Euphoria is the experience (or affect) of pleasure or excitement and intense feelings of well-being and happiness. Orgasm and Euphoria are Euphoriants.
Fake orgasm
A fake orgasm occurs when a person pretends to have an orgasm without actually experiencing one.
Fellatio
Fellatio (also known as fellation, and in slang as blowjob, BJ, giving head, or sucking off) is an oral sex act consisting of the stimulation of a male penis by using the mouth. Orgasm and fellatio are sexual acts.
Female ejaculation
Female ejaculation is characterized as an expulsion of fluid from the Skene's gland at the lower end of the urethra during or before an orgasm.
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Female hysteria
Female hysteria was once a common medical diagnosis for women. Orgasm and Female hysteria are human sexuality.
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Female promiscuity
Promiscuity tends to be frowned upon by many societies that expect most members to have committed, long-term relationships. Orgasm and Female promiscuity are human sexuality.
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Female sexual arousal disorder
Female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD) is a disorder characterized by a persistent or recurrent inability to attain sexual arousal or to maintain arousal until the completion of a sexual activity.
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Fingering (sexual act)
Fingering is sexual stimulation of the vulva (including the clitoris) or vagina by using the fingers. Orgasm and Fingering (sexual act) are sexual acts.
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Fluctuating asymmetry
Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), is a form of biological asymmetry, along with anti-symmetry and direction asymmetry.
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Flushing (physiology)
Flushing is to become markedly red in the face and often other areas of the skin, from various physiological conditions.
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Forced orgasm
A forced orgasm is consensual BDSM or kinky sexual play whereby a person consents to be forced to orgasm in a way that is beyond their control.
Foreplay
Foreplay is a set of emotionally and physically intimate acts between one or more people meant to create sexual arousal and desire for sexual activity. Orgasm and Foreplay are sexual acts.
French literature
French literature generally speaking, is literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French.
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow.
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G-spot
The G-spot, also called the Gräfenberg spot (for German gynecologist Ernst Gräfenberg), is characterized as an erogenous area of the vagina that, when stimulated, may lead to strong sexual arousal, powerful orgasms and potential female ejaculation.
Generalized tonic–clonic seizure
A generalized tonic–clonic seizure, commonly known as a grand mal seizure or GTCS, is a type of generalized seizure that produces bilateral, convulsive tonic and clonic muscle contractions.
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Genitality in the Theory and Therapy of Neurosis
Die Funktion des Orgasmus ("The Function of the Orgasm") is a monograph about the ability to achieve orgasm published in 1927 by Wilhelm Reich, later published in English as Genitality in the Theory and Therapy of Neurosis.
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Geoffrey Miller (psychologist)
Geoffrey Franklin Miller (born 1965) is an American evolutionary psychologist, author, and associate professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico.
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Georg Ludwig Kobelt
Georg Ludwig Kobelt (March 12, 1804 in Kehl – May 18, 1857) was a German anatomist.
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Gert Holstege
Gert Holstege (born 1948 in Warnsveld) is a Dutch neuroscientist at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Glans penis
In male human anatomy, the glans penis or penile glans, commonly referred to as the glans, (from Latin glans meaning "acorn") is the bulbous structure at the distal end of the human penis that is the human male's most sensitive erogenous zone and primary anatomical source of sexual pleasure.
Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Greek literature
Greek literature dates back from the ancient Greek literature, beginning in 800 BC, to the modern Greek literature of today.
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Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.
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Helen Fisher (anthropologist)
Helen Elizabeth Fisher (born May 31, 1945) is an American anthropologist, human behaviour researcher, and self-help author.
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Helen Singer Kaplan
Helen Singer Kaplan (February 6, 1929 – August 17, 1995) was an Austrian-American sex therapist and the founder of the first clinic in the United States for sexual disorders established at a medical school.
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Homoeroticism
Homoeroticism is sexual attraction between members of the same sex, including both male–male and female–female attraction.
Homology (biology)
In biology, homology is similarity due to shared ancestry between a pair of structures or genes in different taxa.
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Hormone
A hormone (from the Greek participle ὁρμῶν, "setting in motion") is a class of signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant organs or tissues by complex biological processes to regulate physiology and behavior.
HuffPost
HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.
Human anus
In humans, the anus (anuses or ani; from Latin ānus, "ring", "circle") is the external opening of the rectum located inside the intergluteal cleft.
Human penis
In human anatomy, the penis (penises or penes; from the Latin pēnis, initially "tail") is an external male sex organ (intromittent organ) that serves as a passage for excretion of urine and ejaculation of semen.
Human sexual activity
Human sexual activity, human sexual practice or human sexual behaviour is the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality. Orgasm and human sexual activity are sexual acts.
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Human sexual response cycle
The human sexual response cycle is a four-stage model of physiological responses to sexual stimulation, which, in order of their occurrence, are the excitement, plateau, orgasmic, and resolution phases.
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Human sperm competition
Sperm competition is a form of post-copulatory sexual selection whereby male sperm simultaneously physically compete to fertilize a single ovum.
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Hunter House Publishers
Hunter House Publishers was a publishing company based in Alameda, California which was established in 1978.
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Hypogonadism
Hypogonadism means diminished functional activity of the gonads—the testicles or the ovaries—that may result in diminished production of sex hormones.
Ian Kerner
Ian Kerner is a sex counselor, practitioner of psychotherapy, and author on pleasuring sex partners.
Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences.
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Inferior anal nerves
The inferior rectal nerves (inferior anal nerves, inferior hemorrhoidal nerve) usually branch from the pudendal nerve but occasionally arises directly from the sacral plexus; they cross the ischiorectal fossa along with the inferior rectal artery and veins, toward the anal canal and the lower end of the rectum, and is distributed to the sphincter ani externus (external anal sphincter, EAS) and to the integument (skin) around the anus.
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Insemination
Insemination is the introduction of sperm into a female's reproductive system in order to fertilize the female for sexual reproduction.
Irving Singer
Irving Singer (December 24, 1925 – February 1, 2015) was an American professor of philosophy who was on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 55 years and wrote over 20 books.
John Dryden
John Dryden (–) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.
Jones & Bartlett Learning
Jones & Bartlett Learning, a division of Ascend Learning, is a scholarly publisher.
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Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature.
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Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
The Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Routledge and formerly by Brunner/Mazel.
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Journal of Sex Research
The Journal of Sex Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of human sexuality and the field of sexology in general.
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Juno (mythology)
Juno (Latin Iūnō) was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counsellor of the state.
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Jupiter (god)
Jupiter (Iūpiter or Iuppiter, from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father" Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), also known as Jove (gen. Iovis), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion and mythology.
Kama Sutra
The Kama Sutra (कामसूत्र) is an ancient Indian Hindu Sanskrit text on sexuality, eroticism and emotional fulfillment.
Kazimierz Imieliński
Kazimierz Imieliński (6 December 1929 – 16 July 2010) was a Polish physician and the “father of Polish sexology”.
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King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.
Kinsey Reports
The Kinsey Reports are two scholarly books on human sexual behavior, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), written by Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy, Clyde Martin, and (for Sexual Behavior in the Human Female) Paul Gebhard and published by W.B. Saunders.
La petite mort
La petite mort is an expression that refers to a brief loss or weakening of consciousness, and in modern usage refers specifically to a post-orgasm sensation as likened to death.
Labia minora
The labia minora (Latin for 'smaller lips',: labium minus), also known as the inner labia, inner lips, or nymphae, are two flaps of skin that are part of the primate vulva, extending outwards from the vaginal and urethral openings to encompass the vestibule.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover is the last novel by English author D. H. Lawrence, which was first published privately in 1928, in Italy, and in 1929, in France.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Latin literature
Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and other writings written in the Latin language.
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Lev Shcheglov
Lev Shcheglov (28 August 1946 – 11 December 2020) was a Russian physician who focused on sexology and psychotherapy.
Levator ani
The levator ani is a broad, thin muscle group, situated on either side of the pelvis.
Limbic system
The limbic system, also known as the paleomammalian cortex, is a set of brain structures located on both sides of the thalamus, immediately beneath the medial temporal lobe of the cerebrum primarily in the forebrain.
Lip
The lips are a horizontal pair of soft appendages attached to the jaws and are the most visible part of the mouth of many animals, including humans.
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is an American imprint of the American Dutch publishing conglomerate Wolters Kluwer.
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Live Science
Live Science is a science news website.
Loose connective tissue
Loose connective tissue, also known as areolar tissue, is a cellular connective tissue with thin and relatively sparse collagen fibers.
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Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the UK and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the US) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers (along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster).
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Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes inside the body.
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Mary Roach
Mary Roach (born March 20, 1959) is an American author specializing in popular science and humor.
Masters and Johnson
The Masters and Johnson research team, composed of William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson, pioneered research into the nature of human sexual response and the diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders and dysfunctions from 1957 until the 1990s.
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Masturbation
Masturbation is a form of autoeroticism in which a person sexually stimulates their own genitals for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure, usually to the point of orgasm. Orgasm and Masturbation are sexual acts.
Mating
In biology, mating is the pairing of either opposite-sex or hermaphroditic organisms for the purposes of sexual reproduction.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit American academic medical center focused on integrated health care, education, and research.
Medical diagnosis
Medical diagnosis (abbreviated Dx, Dx, or Ds) is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs.
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Medical ultrasound
Medical ultrasound includes diagnostic techniques (mainly imaging techniques) using ultrasound, as well as therapeutic applications of ultrasound.
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Menopause
Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time when menstrual periods permanently stop, marking the end of reproduction.
Meredith Chivers
Meredith L. Chivers is a Canadian sexologist and clinical psychologist noted for her research on female sexuality, sexual orientation, paraphilias, sex differences, gender identity, and the physiology of sexual arousal.
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Meredith Small
Meredith Francesca Small (born 20 November 1950) is a Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Cornell University and popular science author.
Metabolism
Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.
Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses (Metamorphōsēs, from μεταμορφώσεις: "Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid.
Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.
Morphine
Morphine, formerly also called morphia, is an opiate that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin produced by drying the latex of opium poppies (Papaver somniferum). Orgasm and Morphine are Euphoriants.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.
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Muscle contraction
Muscle contraction is the activation of tension-generating sites within muscle cells.
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Myofibroblast
A myofibroblast is a cell phenotype that was first described as being in a state between a fibroblast and a smooth muscle cell.
Natalie Angier
Natalie Angier /ænˈdʒɪər/ (born February 16, 1958 in the Bronx, New York City) is an American nonfiction writer and a science journalist for The New York Times.
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH, is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research.
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Natural selection
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.
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Nerve
A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of nerve fibers (called axons) in the peripheral nervous system.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
Neurohormone
A neurohormone is any hormone produced and released by neuroendocrine cells (also called neurosecretory cells) into the blood.
Neuromuscular junction
A neuromuscular junction (or myoneural junction) is a chemical synapse between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber.
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Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity, also known as neural plasticity or brain plasticity, is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization.
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Neurosis
Neurosis (neuroses) is a term mainly used today by followers of Freudian thinking to describe mental disorders caused by past anxiety, often that has been repressed.
Nipple
The nipple is a raised region of tissue on the surface of the breast from which, in females, milk leaves the breast through the lactiferous ducts to breastfeed an infant. Orgasm and nipple are human sexuality.
Nocturnal emission
A nocturnal emission, also known as a wet dream, sex dream, or sleep orgasm, is a spontaneous orgasm during sleep that includes ejaculation for a male, or vaginal lubrication and/or an orgasm for a female.
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Non-penetrative sex
Non-penetrative sex or outercourse is sexual activity that usually does not include sexual penetration. Orgasm and non-penetrative sex are sexual acts.
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Non-reproductive sexual behavior in animals
Animal non-reproductive sexual behavior encompasses sexual activities that non-human animals participate in which do not lead to the reproduction of the species.
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Note (typography)
In publishing, a note is a brief text wherein the author comments upon the subject and themes of the book and names the supporting citations.
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Odds ratio
An odds ratio (OR) is a statistic that quantifies the strength of the association between two events, A and B. The odds ratio is defined as the ratio of the odds of event A taking place in the presence of B, the and odds of A in the absence of B. Due to symmetry, odds ratio reciprocally calculates the ratio of the odds of B occurring in the presence of A, and the odds of B in the absence of A.
Ontogeny
Ontogeny (also ontogenesis) is the origination and development of an organism (both physical and psychological, e.g., moral development), usually from the time of fertilization of the egg to adult.
Oral sex
Oral sex, sometimes referred to as oral intercourse, is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a person by another person using the mouth (including the lips, tongue, or teeth). Orgasm and oral sex are sexual acts.
Orgasm gap
The orgasm gap or pleasure gap is the disparity in sexual satisfaction—specifically the unequal frequency in achieving orgasm during sexual encounters—between heterosexual men and women.
Orgastic potency
Within the work of the Austrian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957), orgastic potency is a human's natural ability to experience an orgasm with certain psychosomatic characteristics. Orgasm and orgastic potency are sexual acts.
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Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Oxytocin
Oxytocin is a peptide hormone and neuropeptide normally produced in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary.
Pair bond
In biology, a pair bond is the strong affinity that develops in some species between a mating pair, often leading to the production and rearing of young and potentially a lifelong bond.
Partible paternity
Partible paternity or shared paternity is a cultural conceptualization of paternity according to which a child is understood to have more than one father; for example, because of an ideology that sees pregnancy as the cumulative result of multiple acts of sexual intercourse.
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Paul Gebhard
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Pegging (sexual practice)
Pegging is an anal sex act in which a woman penetrates a man's anus with a strap-on dildo. Orgasm and Pegging (sexual practice) are sexual acts.
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Pelvic floor
The pelvic floor or pelvic diaphragm is an anatomical location in the human body, which has an important role in urinary and anal continence, sexual function and support of the pelvic organs.
Pelvis
The pelvis (pelves or pelvises) is the lower part of the trunk, between the abdomen and the thighs (sometimes also called pelvic region), together with its embedded skeleton (sometimes also called bony pelvis or pelvic skeleton).
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley (4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets.
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Perineal nerve
The perineal nerve is a nerve of the pelvis.
Perineum
The perineum (perineums or perinea) in mammals is the space between the anus and the genitals.
Peristalsis
Peristalsis is a type of intestinal motility, characterized by radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagate in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction.
Persistent genital arousal disorder
Persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD), originally called persistent sexual arousal syndrome (PSAS), is spontaneous, persistent, unwanted and uncontrollable genital arousal in the absence of sexual stimulation or sexual desire, and is typically not relieved by orgasm.
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Physical therapy
Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease prevention, and health promotion.
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Physiology
Physiology is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system.
Plato
Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (Ἀριστοκλῆς; – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms.
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Platonism
Platonism is the philosophy of Plato and philosophical systems closely derived from it, though contemporary Platonists do not necessarily accept all doctrines of Plato.
Positron emission tomography
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes in metabolic processes, and in other physiological activities including blood flow, regional chemical composition, and absorption.
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Postorgasmic illness syndrome
Postorgasmic illness syndrome (POIS) is a syndrome in which human males have chronic physical and cognitive symptoms following ejaculation.
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Premature ejaculation
Premature ejaculation (PE) is a male sexual dysfunction that occurs when a male expels semen (and most likely experiences orgasm) soon after beginning sexual activity, and with minimal penile stimulation.
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Proceptive phase
In biology and sexology, the proceptive phase is the initial period in a relationship when organisms are "courting" each other, prior to the acceptive phase when copulation occurs.
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Prolactin
Prolactin (PRL), also known as lactotropin and mammotropin, is a protein best known for its role in enabling mammals to produce milk.
Prostate
The prostate is both an accessory gland of the male reproductive system and a muscle-driven mechanical switch between urination and ejaculation.
Prostatic plexus (nervous)
The prostatic plexus is continued from the lower part of the pelvic plexus.
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Psychoanalysis
PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: +. is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge.
Psychopathology
Psychopathology is the study of mental illness.
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Pudendal nerve
The pudendal nerve is the main nerve of the perineum.
Rajneesh
Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain; 11 December 193119 January 1990), also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and later as Osho, was an Indian godman, philosopher, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement.
Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House.
Randy Thornhill
Randy Thornhill (born 1944) is an American entomologist and evolutionary biologist.
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Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.
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Refractory period (sex)
In human sexuality, the refractory period is usually the recovery phase after orgasm, during which it is physiologically impossible for males to have additional orgasms. Orgasm and refractory period (sex) are human sexuality.
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Retrograde ejaculation
Retrograde ejaculation occurs when semen which would be ejaculated via the urethra is redirected to the urinary bladder.
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Reward system
The reward system (the mesocorticolimbic circuit) is a group of neural structures responsible for incentive salience (i.e., "wanting"; desire or craving for a reward and motivation), associative learning (primarily positive reinforcement and classical conditioning), and positively-valenced emotions, particularly ones involving pleasure as a core component (e.g., joy, euphoria and ecstasy).
Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.
Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949.
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Royal Society
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.
Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society and professional association in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences".
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Rutgers University
Rutgers University, officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey.
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Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
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Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Sarah Hrdy (née Blaffer; born July 11, 1946) is an American anthropologist and primatologist who has made major contributions to evolutionary psychology and sociobiology.
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São Paulo
São Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo.
ScholarlyEditions
ScholarlyEditions is a publishing imprint of ScholarlyMedia, LLC.
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Second-wave feminism
Second-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity that began in the early 1960s and lasted roughly two decades, ending with the feminist sex wars in the early 1980s and being replaced by third-wave feminism in the early 1990s.
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Semen
Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is a bodily fluid that contains spermatozoa.
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Seminal vesicles
The seminal vesicles (also called vesicular glands or seminal glands) are a pair of convoluted tubular accessory glands that lie behind the urinary bladder of male mammals.
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Seven Stories Press
Seven Stories Press is an independent American publishing company.
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Sex education
Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, safe sex, and birth control, sexual health, reproductive health, emotional relations and responsibilities, age of consent, and reproductive rights. Orgasm and sex education are human sexuality.
Sex position
A sex position is a positioning of the bodies that people use to engage in sexual intercourse or other sexual activities. Orgasm and sex position are sexual acts.
Sex toy
A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used to facilitate sexual pleasure, such as a dildo, artificial vagina or vibrator.
Sexism
Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's sex or gender.
Sexual and Relationship Therapy
Sexual and Relationship Therapy is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal offering a multidisciplinary forum for review and debate in the field of sex and relationship therapies.
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Sexual anhedonia
Sexual anhedonia, also known as pleasure dissociative orgasmic disorder, is a condition in which an individual cannot feel pleasure (see anhedonia) from an orgasm.
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Sexual arousal
Sexual arousal (also known as sexual excitement) describes the physiological and psychological responses in preparation for sexual intercourse or when exposed to sexual stimuli.
Sexual assault
Sexual assault is an act in which one intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will.
Sexual dysfunction
Sexual dysfunction is difficulty experienced by an individual or partners during any stage of normal sexual activity, including physical pleasure, desire, preference, arousal, or orgasm.
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Sexual function
Sexual function is how the body reacts in different stages of the sexual response cycle. Orgasm and sexual function are human sexuality.
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Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse (also coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity involving the insertion and thrusting of the male penis inside the female vagina for sexual pleasure, reproduction, or both. Orgasm and sexual intercourse are sexual acts.
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Sexual partner
Sexual partners are people who engage in sexual activity together.
Sexual penetration
Sexual penetration is the insertion of a body part or other object into a body orifice, such as the mouth, vagina or anus, as part of human sexual activity or sexual behavior in non-human animals. Orgasm and sexual penetration are sexual acts.
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Sexual stimulation
Sexual stimulation, in everyday usage, is anything that leads to, enhances and maintains sexual arousal, and may lead to orgasm. Orgasm and sexual stimulation are human sexuality.
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Sexuality after spinal cord injury
Although spinal cord injury (SCI) often causes sexual dysfunction, many people with SCI are able to have satisfying sex lives.
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Shame
Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion often associated with negative self-evaluation; motivation to quit; and feelings of pain, exposure, distrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness.
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Shere Hite
Shere Hite (November 2, 1942 – September 9, 2020) was an American-born German sex educator and feminist.
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
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Skene's gland
In female human anatomy, Skene's glands or the Skene glands (also known as the lesser vestibular glands or paraurethral glands) are glands located around the lower end of the urethral meatus.
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. is an American independent book publishing company founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York City, with a satellite office in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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Spandrel (biology)
In evolutionary biology, a spandrel is a phenotypic trait that is a byproduct of the evolution of some other characteristic, rather than a direct product of adaptive selection.
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Spasm
A spasm is a sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ, such as the bladder.
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Sperm
Sperm (sperm or sperms) is the male reproductive cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of sexual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, female reproductive cell and a smaller, male one).
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Sperm Wars
Sperm Wars is a popular science book by evolutionary biologist Robin Baker about sperm competition.
Spinal cord injury
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function.
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Springer Publishing
Springer Publishing Company is an American publishing company of academic journals and books, focusing on the fields of nursing, gerontology, psychology, social work, counseling, public health, and rehabilitation (neuropsychology).
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Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
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Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science.
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Strap-on dildo
A strap-on dildo (also strap-on) is a dildo designed to be worn, usually with a harness, during sexual activity.
Summum bonum
Summum bonum is a Latin expression meaning the highest or ultimate good, which was introduced by the Roman philosopher Cicero to denote the fundamental principle on which some system of ethics is based — that is, the aim of actions, which, if consistently pursued, will lead to the best possible life.
Tantra
Tantra (lit) is an esoteric yogic tradition that developed on the Indian subcontinent from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards in both Hinduism and Buddhism.
Tantric sex
Tantric sex or sexual yoga refers to a range of practices in Hindu and Buddhist tantra that utilize sexuality in a ritual or yogic context. Orgasm and Tantric sex are human sexuality and sexual acts.
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.
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Testicle
A testicle or testis (testes) is the male gonad in all bilaterians, including humans.
Thanatos
In Greek mythology, Thanatos (Θᾰ́νᾰτος, Thánatos, pronounced in "Death", from θνῄσκω thnēskō "(I) die, am dying") was the personification of death.
The BMJ
The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, published by BMJ Group, which in turn is wholly-owned by the British Medical Association (BMA).
The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture.
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The Ego and the Id
The Ego and the Id (Das Ich und das Es) is a prominent paper by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
The Human Animal (TV series)
The Human Animal: A Personal View of the Human Species is a British nature documentary series written and presented by English zoologist Desmond Morris, first transmitted on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 27 July to 31 August 1994.
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The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed medical journal that covers clinical psychiatry, especially depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, addiction, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, as well as several other mental disorders.
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The Journal of Neuroscience
The Journal of Neuroscience is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Society for Neuroscience.
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The Journal of Sexual Medicine
The Journal of Sexual Medicine (JSM) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published on behalf of the International Society for Sexual Medicine.
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The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein
The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein is a 2007 book written and published by John Lauritsen, which defends the unorthodox hypothesis that the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, not his wife Mary Shelley, is the real author of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818).
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The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm
"The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm" is a feminist essay on women's sexuality written by American radical feminist activist Anne Koedt in 1968, and published in 1970.
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The Naked Ape
The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal is a 1967 book by English zoologist and ethologist Desmond Morris that looks at humans as a species and compares them to other animals.
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
Thieme Medical Publishers
Thieme Medical Publishers is a German medical and science publisher in the Thieme Publishing Group.
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Tiresias
In Greek mythology, Tiresias (Teiresías) was a blind prophet of Apollo in Thebes, famous for clairvoyance and for being transformed into a woman for seven years.
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" is a short story by the 20th-century Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
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TLC (TV network)
TLC is an American multinational cable and satellite television network owned by the Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Twin study
Twin studies are studies conducted on identical or fraternal twins.
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
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University of Groningen
The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.
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Urethra
The urethra (urethras or urethrae) is the tube that connects the mammalian urinary bladder to the urinary meatus.
Urethral sponge
The urethral sponge is a spongy cushion of tissue, found in the lower genital area of females, that sits against both the pubic bone and vaginal wall, and surrounds the urethra.
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Urinary meatus
The urinary meatus (meatus or meatuses), also known as the external urethral orifice, is the opening where urine exits the male and female urethra.
Urology
Urology (from Greek οὖρον ouron "urine" and -λογία -logia "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary system and the reproductive organs.
Vagina
In mammals and other animals, the vagina (vaginas or vaginae) is the elastic, muscular reproductive organ of the female genital tract.
Vaginal fornix
The fornices of the vagina (fornix of the vagina or fornix vaginae) are the superior portions of the vagina, extending into the recesses created by the vaginal portion of cervix.
Vajrayana
Vajrayāna (वज्रयान; 'vajra vehicle'), also known as Mantrayāna ('mantra vehicle'), Mantranāya ('path of mantra'), Guhyamantrayāna ('secret mantra vehicle'), Tantrayāna ('tantra vehicle'), Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism, is a Buddhist tradition of tantric practice that developed in Medieval India and spread to Tibet, Nepal, other Himalayan states, East Asia, parts of Southeast Asia and Mongolia.
Vas deferens
The vas deferens (vasa deferentia), with the more modern name ductus deferens (ductūs deferentes), is part of the male reproductive system of many vertebrates.
Vasocongestion
Vasocongestion, vascular congestion or vascular engorgement is the swelling of bodily tissues caused by increased vascular blood flow and a localized increase in blood pressure.
Venus (mythology)
Venus is a Roman goddess, whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.
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Venus Butterfly
The Venus Butterfly is a term used for various sexual techniques, one of which was the subject of the 1988 book The One Hour Orgasm. It was first publicly mentioned in a 1986 episode of the American television drama L.A. Law. However, a technique of the same name appears in the book The Sensuous Woman, which was first published in 1969. Orgasm and Venus Butterfly are sexual acts.
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Vestigiality
Vestigiality is the retention, during the process of evolution, of genetically determined structures or attributes that have lost some or all of the ancestral function in a given species.
Vibrator (sex toy)
A vibrator, sometimes described as a massager, is a sex toy that is used on the body to produce pleasurable sexual stimulation.
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Victim blaming
Victim blaming occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them.
Vulva
In mammals, the vulva (vulvas or vulvae) consists of the external female genitalia.
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Wardell Pomeroy
Wardell Baxter Pomeroy (December 6, 1913 – September 6, 2001) was an American sexologist.
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Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.
WebMD
WebMD is an American corporation which publishes online news and information about human health and well-being.
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Wiley (publisher)
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.
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Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich (24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian doctor of medicine and a psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.
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Woman on top
Woman on top is any sex position in which the woman is on top of her sexual partner during sexual activity.
Women who have sex with women
Women who have sex with women (WSW) are women who engage in sexual activities with women, whether they identify as straight, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, have other sexualities, or dispense with sexual identification altogether.
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