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sexual intercourse
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sexual intercourse

 or coitus or copulation

Act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract (see reproductive system). Various sexual activities (foreplay) lead to physiological changes that progress to orgasm (climax) and resolution (see sexual response). If it is completed, semen passes from the male into the female's body. If conditions favour fertilization, a sperm joins with an egg, and pregnancy begins (see fertility; reproduction); contraception can prevent this. Intercourse with an unwilling female is rape. See also reproductive behaviour; sexuality, human; sexually transmitted disease.

sexual intercourse
the act carried out for procreation or for pleasure in which the insertion of the male's erect penis into the female's vagina is followed by rhythmic thrusting usually culminating in orgasm; copulation; coitus


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For example, Rosotsky and Travis (2000) describe a traditional sexual script as the script that deems heterosexual intercourse as the only sexual behavior with any significance (see also McCormick, 1994, 1987; O'Sullivan & Byers, 1993).
From sex to sexuality: exposing the heterosexual script on primetime ... by Tolman, Deborah L. / The Journal of Sex Research
37) states that in considering the question of the lesser evil, some distinctions must be made between homosexual intercourse and heterosexual intercourse and also between intrinsic and extrinsic factors.
Why some clergy question abstinence in the fight against HIV/AIDS by Shea, John B. / Catholic Insight
The church urged compassion for such people but still insisted that all sex outside of marital heterosexual intercourse without contraception was morally impermissible.
How dangerous is Benedict? by Sullivan, Andrew / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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