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Definition: Have Sex |
Have SexVerb1. Have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic); "Were you ever intimate with this man?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Multilingual Slang | English (get it on), Esperanto (amori), Finnish (naida), Galician (foder ), Spanish (ir a desgastar el petate , ir a desvencigar la cama, ir a hacer de las aguas, ir a la junta de consiliacion , ir a la lucha super libre a calzon , ir a percudir el cochon, ir a rechinar la cama, ir a un entierro, revisar los interiores, subir al guayabo ). (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Sexual behavior is a form of physical intimacy that can be directed to reproduction (sexual intercourse) and/or to enjoying the body of someone else.
There is no clear borderline between sexual and nonsexual enjoyment of touching someone else's body. For example, holding hands may or may not have a sexual connotation, depending on culture, situation and other factors. The distinction between sexual and nonsexual behavior can be relevant due to social rules.
Some criteria that may be applied are:
While enjoying touching the body of someone else implies enjoying one's own body also, the latter may also happen without another person; enjoying one's own body also may or may not be of a sexual nature. If it is, it is called autoerotism.
- the body parts involved (see also intimate parts)
- physical signs of sexual arousal
- subjective feeling
Some forms of sex involve someone else, but not touching the other:
The whole of one's sexual activities is called one's sex life.
- phone sex
- cybersex
- exhibitionism
- voyeurism
Consenting noncommercial sexual behavior between people usually implies some kind of emotional bond, at least during the sex. Opinions and norms vary about whether a certain intensity and durability of this bond should be a prerequisite for sex (see also below).
Like other primates, Homo sapiens uses sexuality for reproduction and for maintenance of social bonds. It is generally acknowledged that children are capable of feeling sexual pleasure, even if they are not yet able to engage in sexual intercourse with each other, and/or are not yet biologically able to reproduce. Yet, child sexuality has historically been severely limited in western societies; in the late 19th century, the hysteria surrounding so-called "self-abuse" (masturbation) among children reached its peak and fueled the adoption of circumcision in some cultures.
As with other behaviors, our high intelligence and complex societies have produced in us the most complicated sexual behaviors of any animal.
Most people enjoy some sexual activities. However, most societies have defined some sexual activities as inappropriate (wrong person, wrong activity, wrong time, etc.) Many sexual activities can be engaged in by same sex or opposite sex partners. However some, (most notably sexual intercourse), can only be engaged in by partners of opposite sexes.
Most people experiment with a range of sexual activities during their lives, though they tend to engage in only a few of these regularly. Some people enjoy many different sexual activities, while others avoid sexual activities altogether for religious or other reasons (see chastity, sexual abstinence). There is also a widespread belief that sex acts are devalued when engaged in outside of a long-term, monogamous romantic relationship.
Sexual behavior, like other kinds of social activity, is generally governed by rules of etiquette which are culturally specific and vary widely (see sexual morality, sexual norms).
Some activities are actually illegal in some jurisdictions even between (or among) consenting people (see sodomy law, incest).
Some people engage in various sexual activities as a business transaction; this is called prostitution.
Nearly all cultures consider it a serious crime to force someone to engage in sexual behavior or to engage in sexual behavior with someone who does not consent. This is called sexual assault, and in the case of sexual intercourse it is called rape, the most serious kind of sexual assault. Details on this distinction may vary. Also, precisely what constitutes effective consent to have sex varies from culture to culture and is frequently debated. Laws regulating what constitutes consent, including the minimum age at which a person can consent to have sex, are frequently the subject of debate; see age of consent.
The wide range of human sexual activities includes:
Generally less common, but still widespread, are the various paraphilias. Some of the more common ones are:
- seduction
- petting
- foreplay
- frotteurism
- vaginal intercourse
- masturbation
- oral sex (cunnilingus, fellatio, rimming, felching, snowballing)
- anal sex
- fisting
- sexual roleplaying
- BDSM
- fetish
- outercourse
Other special forms of human sexual behaviour:
- Leather fetishism
- Rubber fetishism
- Foot fetishism
- Transvestic fetishism
- Bondage
- Spanking
All sexual behaviors that involve the contact of semen with the vagina or vulva may result in pregnancy. To prevent pregnancy, people employ a variety of birth control measures.
- Cybersex
- Prostitution
- Phone sex
- Orgies
All sexual behaviors that involve contact with another person or the body fluids of another person entail some risk of transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, which is why safer sex techniques are recommended.
Sexual desire or libido is the desire for sexual behavior. See also sexual orientation.
Many people enjoy fantasizing about, or reading or viewing depictions of, sexual fantasies of activities that they do not wish to engage in in their own lives, or that they would be unable to engage in in their own lives (see pornography and erotica).
See also: sex, human sexuality, child sexuality, sexual orientation, gender and sexuality studies, obstetrics and gynecology, sexual arousal, pornography, X-rated, Sexual ritual, Love-shyness, Sex positivity.
External links
- what is sex? -- Why do we consider some activities "sexual" and others not?
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Human sexual behavior."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Broadly speaking, the term sexual intercourse may refer to any sexual activities between people, but it is commonly (and in this article) confined to the meaning of coitus or copulation, the insertion of the erect penis of the male into the vagina of the female. Sexual intercourse and masturbation are the two most common human sexual activities, with sexual intercourse being the primary step in procreation or reproduction.
The act
Sexual intercourse is usually preceded by foreplay which leads to sexual arousal of the partners, resulting in erection of the penis and natural lubrication of the vagina. The erect penis is inserted into the vagina and the partners move back and forth to stimulate themselves and each other usually to the point of ejaculation and orgasm. Sexual intercourse may be performed in a wide variety of positions, the most common ones being
- the woman lying on her back, the man on top and facing her ("missionary position")
- the woman on hands and knees, the man kneeling behind her ("doggy style" or in Latin coitus more ferarum "sex in the manner of beasts")
- the man on his back, the woman kneeling or squatting on top (slang "cowgirl")
- both partners lying on their sides, the man entering from behind ("spooning")
Morality and legality
Various laws, moral rules and taboos surround sexual intercourse. See sexual morality for a detailed discussion.
Unlike some other sexual activities, sexual intercourse itself has rarely been made taboo on religious grounds or by government authorities. It is assumed that all of the cultures that entirely prohibited sexual intercourse no longer exist, such as the Shakers, an extinct sect of Christianity. Within some ideologies coitus has been considered the only "acceptable" sexual activity. Relatively strict designations of "appropriate" and "inappropriate" sexual intercourse have been almost universal in human societies. These have included prohibitions against specific positions, against intercourse among partners who are not married (this is called fornication) or are married, but not to each other (called adultery), against incest, and against intercourse during a woman's menstrual period.
Most countries have age of consent laws specifying the minimum legal age for engaging in sexual intercourse. Sexual intercourse with a person against their will, or without their informed legal consent, is called rape and is considered a serious crime in most cultures.
Biology
Coitus is the basic reproductive method of Homo sapiens as of all mammals. During ejaculation, which normally accompanies the male orgasm, a series of muscular contractions delivers semen containing male gametes known as sperm cells or spermatozoa into the vault of the vagina. The subsequent route of the semen is from the vault of the vagina, through the cervix and into the uterus, and thence into the fallopian tubes. Semen can survive up to nine days in the female body. When a fertile ovum from the female is present in the fallopian tubes, the male gamete joins with the ovum resulting in fertilization and the formation of a new embryo. When a fertilized ovum reaches the uterus, it becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus known as endometrium and a pregnancy begins.
Sexual intercourse should always be considered likely to result in pregnancy unless adequate contraceptive (birth control) measures are in force. Even then, pregnancy should be considered a possible outcome of the activity since few birth control measures are 100% effective. Coitus interruptus, or "withdrawal" of the penis from the vagina just before the man's orgasm, cannot be considered an effective method of contraception and is not recommended. Outercourse in which there is sexual activity without insertion can be performed without resulting in pregnancy provided that semen does not come in contact with the vulva.
Sexual intercourse, like other sexual activities which involve the possibility of transfer of body fluids, is also a means of propagating sexually transmitted diseases. Health care professionals suggest that condoms should be used to lessen the risk of contracting STDs, but they should by no means be considered an absolute safeguard. The best suggestion is to avoid sexual intercourse with anyone known to have a sexually transmissible disease, and, indeed, with anyone whose disease-negative status is in doubt.
Miscellaneous
The strong profanity to fuck means to copulate but is also used in several other senses.
See also
oral sex, anal intercourse, List of sex positions, pornography, prostitution, reproduction, sexual morality, sexology, Sex toy
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sexual intercourse."
Synonyms: Have SexSynonyms: bang (v), be intimate (v), bed (v), bonk (v), do it (v), eff (v), fuck (v), get it on (v), get laid (v), have a go at it (v), have intercourse (v), have it away (v), have it off (v), hump (v), jazz (v), know (v), lie with (v), love (v), make love (v), make out (v), screw (v), sleep with (v). (additional references) |
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Sexuality | Verb: mate, copulate; make love, have intercourse, fornicate, have sex, do it, sleep together, sleep around, play the field. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Have Sex |
| English words defined with "have sex": dishonor, dishonour ♦ fornicate ♦ have ♦ make ♦ outrage ♦ rape, ravish ♦ score, seduce ♦ take ♦ violate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "have sex": balls, bangs, boink , boinked , boinking, boinks ♦ get your dick on, gettin' some ♦ Pound, Pounding, Pro ho, pu in sai ♦ slot her. (references) |
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Screenplays | But all I really want to do is have sex with you as soon as possible (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Celeste, you have to have sex to be pregnant (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan; Fredric LeBow) No one will have sex with me. I'm so close to the end and all I want is to get laid for the last time (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) These people don't even have sex. (Sister Act; writing credit: Joseph Howard) Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and Billy Crystal) | |
Movie/TV Titles | I Could Never Have Sex with a Man Who Has So Little Respect for My Husband (1973) | |
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 | Line graph showing proportion of AIDS cases among men aged 13 years and older who have sex with men, by race/ethnicity and year of diagnosis--United States, 1989-1998. Credit: CDC. |  | If you're planning to have sex in the next 30 years, spend 2 minutes reading this. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | Do not have sex until both you and your sex partner complete your chlamydia drug treatment. (references) | |
Two people who know that they are not infected and who have sex only with each other cannot contract syphilis. (references) | ||
Men who have sex with men can become infected and can get sick from the infection, but they often do not have symptoms. (references) | ||
Women | South Africa | In a MRC study of 1,800 working men in the Western Cape Province over a 10-year period, 22 percent reported forcing their wives or girlfriends to have sex. (references) |
Kuwait | In September the courts sentenced one noncitizen to deportation for life for raping a housemaid, while another noncitizen was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment, to be followed by deportation, after beating his Asian maid and then locking her in a room to starve her until she would have sex with him. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Brazil | Instead, he discovered that he was expected to have sex with Japanese women and transvestites. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "have sex"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | neuk (have, screw). (various references) | |
Chinese | 進行性交 (to have sex, to have sexual intercourse), 騷 (have sex appeal), 交媾 (to copulate, to have sex). (various references) | |
Dutch | wippen (balance, drop, overthrow, poise), vozen, neuken (screw), naaien (needlework, screw, sew), copuleren. (various references) | |
Esperanto | seksumi. (various references) | |
French | baiser. (various references) | |
German | bumsen (ball, bang, bonk, bonking, bump, clout, hammer, kick, lay, screw, shag, thump). (various references) | |
Hungarian | közösül (copulate, engender, frig, to bed, to check the oil, to get down, to make it, to roger, to scam, to shaft, to yard). (various references) | |
Indonesian | begituan (like that). (various references) | |
Papiamen | hunga (play, screw), limpia (clean, cleanse, make clean, purge, screw), kue (screw), koi (clutch, grab, grasp, grip, make love, screw, seize), kohe (clutch, grab, grasp, grip, make love, screw, seize). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | avehay exsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | transar (screw), copular (buck, copulate, couple, mount, screw). (various references) | |
Turkish | sevişmek (bang, bill, jump, lay, lie with, make love, pet, shag, sleep with), cinsel ilişkiye girmek (have a screw, hump, jazz, lie with, shag, sleep with). (various references) | |
Yucatec | ts'iis. (various references) | |
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| Language | Date | Source | Leviticus Chapter 20, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai aschmosunhn adelfhV patroV sou kai adelfhV mhtroV sou ouk apokaluyeiV thn gar oikeiothta apekaluyen amartian apoisontai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Turpitudinem materterae tuae et amitae tuae non discoperies qui hoc fecerit ignominiam carnis suae nudavit portabunt ambo iniquitatem suam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The filthheed of thi moder sister, and thi fader sister, thow shalt not discouer; who that doth this, the shenship of his flesh he shal nakyn, and both shal bere her wickidnes. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes of thy mothers syster nor of thy fathers systers, for he that doth so, vncouereth his nexte kyn: ad thei shall bere their mysdoynge. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And you may not have sex connection with your mother's sister or your father's sister, for they are his near relations: their sin will be on them. |
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| Language | Leviticus Chapter 20, Verse 19 |
| Cebuano | Ug dili mo pagbuksan ang kahubo sa igsoon nga babaye sa imong inahan, kun sa igsoon nga babaye sa imong amahan; kay gibuksan niya ang iyang kaubanan: ang ilang pagkadautan pagadad-on nila. |
| Croatian | Ne otkrivaj golotinje sestre svoje majke niti sestre svoga oca - to je otkrivanje golotinje svoga roda, neka snose posljedice svoje krivnje. |
| Danish | Du må ikke blotte din Mosters og din Fasters Blusel, thi den, der gør det, afdækker sin kødelige Slægtnings Blusel; de skal undgælde for deres Brøde. |
| Dutch | Daartoe zult gij de schaamte van de zuster uwer moeder, en van de zuster uws vaders niet ontdekken; dewijl hij zijn nabestaande ontbloot heeft, zullen zij hun ongerechtigheid dragen. |
| Finnish | Älä paljasta äitisi sisaren tai isäsi sisaren häpyä; sillä se, joka niin tekee, on paljastanut veriheimolaisensa; he joutuvat syynalaisiksi. |
| French | Tu ne découvriras point la nudité de la soeur de ta mère, ni de la soeur de ton père, car c`est découvrir sa proche parente: ils porteront la peine de leur péché. |
| German | Deiner Mutter Schwester Blöße und deines Vater Schwester Blöße sollst du nicht aufdecken; denn ein solcher hat seine nächste Blutsfreundin aufgedeckt, und sie sollen ihre Missetat tragen. |
| Hungarian | A te anyád leánytestvérének, vagy az atyád leánytestvérének szemérmét se fedd fel; mivelhogy az õ vérrokonát takarja ki: viseljék gonoszságuk terhét. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Apabila seorang laki-laki bersetubuh dengan bibinya, kedua-duanya harus menanggung akibat dari pelanggaran itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan lagi jangan kamu berseketiduran dengan saudara perempuan ibumu atau dengan saudara perempuan bapamu, karena demikian orang menghinakan daging darahnya sendiri, keduanya akan menanggung salahnya. |
| Italian | Non scoprirai la nudit della sorella di tua madre o della sorella di tuo padre; chi lo fa scopre la sua stessa carne; tutti e due porteranno la pena della loro iniquit . |
| Maori | Kaua ano e hurahia kia takoto tahanga te teina, tuakana ranei, o tou whaea, te tuahine ranei o tou papa: e hurahia ana hoki e ia tona whanaunga tupu: ka waha e raua to raua kino. |
| Norwegian | Din mors eller din fars søster skal du ikke ha omgang med, for den som gjør dette, vanærer sin nærmeste slekt; de skal lide for sin misgjerning. |
| Portuguese | Não descobrirás a nudez da irmã de tua mãe, ou da irmã de teu pai, porquanto isso será descobrir a sua parenta chegada; levarão sobre si a sua iniqüidade. |
| Rumanian | Sq nu descoperi goliciunea sorei mamei tale, nici a sorei tatqlui tqu, cqci knseamnq sq descoperi pe ruda ta de aproape: amkndoi acewtia kwi vor lua pedeapsa pqcatului. |
| Russian | оБЗПФЩ УЕУФТЩ НБФЕТЙ ФЧПЕК Й УЕУФТЩ ПФ"Б ФЧПЕЗП ОЕ ПФЛТЩЧБК, Й'П ФБЛПЧПК П'ОБЦБЕФ МПФШ УЧПА: ЗТЕИ УЧПК ПОЕУХФ ПОЙ. |
| Spanish | "No descubrirás la desnudez de la hermana de tu madre, ni la de la hermana de tu padre, porque sería desnudar a tu parienta cercana. Ambos cargarán con su culpa. |
| Swedish | Du skall icke blotta din moders systers eller din faders systers blygd. Ty den så gör avtäcker sin nära blodsförvants blygd; de komma att bära på missgärning. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-s-v-x" | |
-1 letter: heaves, sheave. | |
-2 letters: eaves, haves, heave, hexes, shave, vexes. | |
-3 letters: aves, axes, ease, eave, eves, exes, haes, have, save, shea, vase, vees. | |
-4 letters: ash, ave, axe, eve, hae, has, hes, hex, sae, sax, sea, see, sex, sha, she, vas, vee, vex. | |
-5 letters: ae, ah, as, ax, eh, es, ex, ha, he, sh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-s-v-x" | |
+3 letters: exhaustive. | |
+5 letters: exhaustively. | |
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