Sexual health

Sexual health

Enjoying emotional, physical, and social well-being in regard to one’s sexuality, including free and responsible sexual expression that enriches one’s personal and social life and fulfills one’s sexual rights. Disorders in sexual health can impact a person’s physical and emotional health, as well as his or her relationships and self-image.

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Rapid orgasm

Health care; Sexual health

An orgasm experienced by a woman before her partner climaxes, at which time she loses interest in sex.

Circumcision

Health care; Sexual health

An operation in which the doctor removes the foreskin or the clitoral hood from the penis. The foreskin is the skin that covers the tip of the penis.

Sexual compulsion

Health care; Sexual health

An obsession with having very frequent sex, often with many different sex partners.

Copper t-380 a

Health care; Sexual health

An IUD that contains copper and can be left in place for up to 12 years.

Declaration of Sexual Rights

Health care; Sexual health

Drafted by the World Association for Sexual Health and endorsed by the World Health Organization, the declaration includes these sexual rights: : The right to sexual freedom — allows us to express ...

Abstinence-only-until-marriage programmes

Health care; Sexual health

Curricula that teach abstinence as the only morally correct option for unmarried people. These programs, funded under Title V of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, do not allow instructors to share ...

Abstinence-only programmes

Health care; Sexual health

Curricula that teach abstinence as the only morally correct option for unmarried people. They do not include information about the health benefits of condoms for the prevention of sexually ...