relating to the instincts, physiological processes, and activities connected with physical attraction or intimate physical contact between individuals
the principles determining the relationship of the sexes; relations between the sexes regarded in terms of power
distinct difference in size or appearance between the sexes of an animal in addition to the sexual organs themselves
harassment (typically of a woman) in a workplace, or other professional or social situation, involving the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks
sexual contact between individuals involving penetration, especially the insertion of a man’s erect penis into a woman’s vagina, typically culminating in orgasm and the ejaculation of semen
a person’s sexual identity in relation to the gender to which they are attracted; the fact of being heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual
the liberalization of established social and moral attitudes to sex, particularly that occurring in western countries during the 1960s, as the women’s movement and developments in contraception instigated changes in attitudes towards sex and women’s sexuality, and sexual equality became an aim of society
natural selection arising through preference by one sex for certain characteristics in individuals of the other sex
the production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes). In most higher organisms, one sex (male) produces a small motile gamete which travels to fuse with a larger stationary gamete produced by the other (female)
any physical characteristic developing at puberty which distinguishes between the sexes but is not directly involved in reproduction
not limited or inhibited in sexual choice with regard to gender or activity
involving, related to, or characterized by a diverse sexual propensity
of or involving the psychological aspects of the sexual impulse
discrimination in employment and opportunity against a person (typically a woman) on grounds of sex