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| Involuntary orgasm during sleep |
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| An expression of sexuality in which an individual does not engage in either masturbation or interpersonal sexual contact |
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| An expression of sexuality in which an indiviual does not engage in interpersonal sexual contact but continues to engage in masturbation |
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| Stimulation of ones own genitals to create sexual pleasure |
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| Rubbing ones genitals against anothers body or genitals |
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| Oral stimulation of the vulva |
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| Oral stimulation of the penis |
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| Oral stimulation of the anus |
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| Insertion of the penis into the vagina |
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| Sexual attraction to both men and women |
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| A lack of sexual attraction to either sex |
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| Sexual attraction to ones own sex , to the other sex, or to both sexes, or lack of sexual interest in either sex |
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| Individuals who are primarily hetero. and have some degree of sexual interest in and/or experience with the same sex |
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| Individuals who are primarily homosexual and have some degreeof sexual interest in and/or experience with the other sex |
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| Variability in same-sex and other-sex attraction and involment at different times and in different situations throughout the life span |
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| A homosexual person, typically a homosexual male |
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| A lack of conformity to sterotypical masculine and feminine behaviors |
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| Therapy to help homosexual clients cope with negative societal attittudes |
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| Conversion Therapy/ Sexual Reorientation Therapy |
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| Therapy to help homosexual men and women change their sexual orientation |
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| Irrational fears of homosexuality, the fear of the possibility of homosexuality in onself, or loathing toward ones own homosexuality |
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| The process of becoming aware of and disclosing ones homosexual identity |
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| Presenting a fale image of being heterosexual |
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| The number of women out of 100 who become pregnant by the end of 1 year of using a particular contraceptive |
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| Contraceptive methods used similtaneously with another method to support it |
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| Noncoital forms of sexual intamacy |
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| Constant-dose combination pill |
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| Birth control pill that contains a constant daily dose of estrogen |
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| Birth control pill that varies the dosages of estrogen and progestin during the menstrual cycle |
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| Birth control pill that reduces menstrual periods to four times a year |
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| Contraceptive pill that contains a small dose of progestin and no estrogen |
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| A sheath tha fits over the penis and is used for protection against unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections |
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| Foam, cream, jelly, suppositories, and film that contain a chemical that kills sperm |
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| A small, plastic device that is insterted into the utuerus for contraception |
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| Hormone pills or an IUD that can be used after unprotected intercourse to prevent pregnancy |
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| Fertility Awareness Methods |
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| Birth control methods that use the signs of cyclic fertiity to prevent or plan conception |
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| A birth control method that requires couples to avoid unprotected intercrouse for a 12- da period in the middle of the menstrual cycle |
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| A birth control method based on determining the time of ovulation by the means of the cycical cahnges of the cervical mucus |
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| A birth control method based on abstinence from intercourse during calandar estimated fertile days |
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| Basal Body Temperature Method |
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| Birth control method based on body temp. changes before and after ovulation |
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| Female sterlization accomplished by severing or tying the fallopian tubes |
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| Transcervical Sterilization |
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| A method of female sterilization using a tiny coil that is insterted through the vagina, cervix, and utuerus into the fallopian tubes |
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| Male sterilization accomplished by cutting and closing each vans deferens |
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| A damaged or enlarged vein in the testis or vas deferens |
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| Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) |
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| Procedure in which a single sperm is injected into an egg |
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| A medical procedure in which semen is place in a womans vagina, cervix or utuerus |
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| A woman who is artifically inseminated by the male partner in a childless couple, carries the pregnancy to term, delivers the child and gives it to the couple fr adoption |
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| Assited Reproductive Technology (ART) |
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| The techniques of extrauterine conception |
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| In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) |
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| Procedure in which mature eggs are removed from a womans ovary and fertlized by sperm in a lab. dish |
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| Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer (ZIFT) |
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| Procedure in which an egg is fertilized in the lab. and then place in a fallopian tube |
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| Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer ( GIFT) |
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| Procedure in which the sperm and ovum are placed directly in a fallopian tube |
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| Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) |
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| A hormone that is detectable in the urine of a pregant woman within 1 month of conception |
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| Spontaneous Abortion (Miscarriage) |
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| The spontaneous expulsion of the fetus from the uterus early in pregnancy, before it can survive on its own |
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| Medical procedure performed to terminate pregnancy |
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| The us of medications to end a pregnancy of 7 weeks or less |
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| A procedure in which the cervical os is dilated by using graduated metal dilators or a laminar; then a small plastic tube, attachted to a vacuum aspirator, is inserted into the uterus, drawing the fetal tissue, placenta, and built up uterine lining out of the utuerus |
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| Dilation and Evaciation (D and E) |
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| An abortion procedure in which a curette and suction equipment are used |
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| Hormones that are used to induce uterine contractions and fetal expulsion for second-trimestr abortions |
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| Late-term abortion ( intact dilation and evacuation) |
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| An abortion done between 20 and 24 weeks when serious health risks to the woman or severe fetal abnormalities exist |
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| The single cell resulting from the union of sperm and egg cells |
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| Multicellular descendant of the united sperm and ovum that implants on the wall of the uterus |
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| A waxy, protective substance on the fetus's skin |
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| A disk-shaped organ attachted to the uterine wall and connected to the fetus by the umbilical cord. Nutrients, oxygen, and waste products pass between mother and fetus through the cell walls of the placenta |
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| Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) |
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| Syndrome in infants caused by heavy maternal prenatal alcohol use; characterized by congenital heart defects, damage to the brain and nervous system, numerous physical malformations of the fetus, and below normal IQ |
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| Birth following an education process that can involve information, exercises, breathing , and working with a labor coach |
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| The initial stage of childbirth in which regular contractions begin and the cervix dilates |
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| Flattening and thinning of the cervix that occurs before and during childbirth |
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| The middle stage of labor, in which the infant descends through the vaginal canal |
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| The last stage of childbirth, in which the placenta separates from the uterine wall and comes out of the vagina |
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| The placenta and amniotic sac following their expulsion through the vagina after childbirth |
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| Cesarean Section ( C-section) |
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| A childbirth procedure in which the infant is removed through an incision in the abdomen and uterus |
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| The first several weeks after childbirth |
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| Postpartum Depression (PPD) |
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| Symptoms of depression and possibly obsessive thoughts of hurting the baby |
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| A thin fluid secreted by the breasts during later stages of pregnancy and the first few days after delivery |
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| A reddish uterine discharge that occurs after childbirth |
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| An incision in the perineum that is sometimes made during childbirth |
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| A period of rapid physical changes in early adolescence during which the reprodcutuve organs mature |
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| Pituitary hormones that stimulate activity in the gonads ( testes and ovaries) |
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| Secondary Sex Characterstics |
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| The physical characterscics other than genital development that indicate sexual maturity, such as body hair, breasts and deepedned voice |
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| Physical contact, including kissing, touching, and manual or oral-genital stimulation- but excluding coitus |
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| Sending sexuall suggestive photos or text messages via the internet, cell phones or other electroni devices |
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| Adolscent sexual interaction involging multiple simultanous partners that may be either consenual or forced |
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| Living together and having a sexual realtinoship without being married |
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| An unmarried couple living in the same household in a committed relationship |
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| A society in which women carry the family name through the generations, and women govern the economic and social affairs of the community |
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| Sexual interaction outside a couple relationship |
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| Consenual Extramarital Relationship |
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| A sexual relationship that occurs outisde the marriage bond with the consent of ones spouse |
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| The exchange of marital partners for sexual interaction |
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| A marriage in which spouses, with eachothers permission, have intimate relationships with other people as well as with the marital partner |
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| Multiple consenual sexual realtionships of trios, groups of couples, and intentiontally crearted families that emphasize emotional commitment |
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| Nonconsenual Extramarital Sex |
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| Sexual interaction in which a married person engages in an outside sexual relationship without the consent of his or her spouse |
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