sexual intercourse
See also: sexual-intercourse
English
Noun
sexual intercourse (countable and uncountable, plural sexual intercourses)
- Coitus or genital-genital sexual contact; copulation.
- Sexual interaction, usually involving vaginal and/or anal and/or oral penetration, between at least two organisms.
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- Dating and courtship provide many examples of indirect communications. The young man may want sexual intercourse. The young woman may want marriage. In the initial stages of the dating game neither knows just what the other wants. Hence, they do not know precisely what game they are going to play. Moreover, in our culture direct communications about sexual interests and activities are still felt to be discouraged, even prohibited. Hinting and alluding thus become indispensable methods of communication.
- 2009, John Bancroft, Human Sexuality and Its Problems, page 197:
- Mosher et al (2005), from the NSFG for 2002, reported on the percentage of each age group who had experienced oral sex but not sexual intercourse.
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Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:copulation
Translations
the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse — see copulation
sexual intercourse — see intercourse
sexual intercourse — see coition
copulation
sexual interaction — see coitus
sexual interaction
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