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sexual intercourseor coitus or copulationAct 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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Under the proposed new legislation, adults would not be able to legally have sexual relations with anyone under the age of 16. and 3 items assess attitudes toward casual, uncommitted sexual relations (e. The late Kaori Chino (to whom the book is dedicated) showed how the gender and sexual relations inscribed in the screen paintings of the Heian period represented the anxiety and ambivalence surrounding the Japanese male's political identity. |
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