1. Sexuality Vocabulary

2. Gender: the way people perceive maleness or femaleness
Gender role: the accepted behaviors, thoughts and emotions of a specific gender based upon views by society or culture
Stereotype: exaggerated belief that can be positive or negative but generalizes without allowing for differences
Sexism: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex
Infatuation: feelings of intense attraction to another person
Emotional Intimacy: refers to the openness, sharing affection, and trust that can develop in a close relationship
Abstinence: act of practice of refraining from, or not having, sexual intercourse
Dating Violence: pattern of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse that occurs in a dating relationship

3. Physical Abuse: intentionally causing physical harm to another person
Emotional Abuse: nonphysical mistreatment of a person
Sexual Abuse: forcing a person to engage in any unwanted sexual behavior
Rape: a type of assault in which one person forces another to have sexual relations
Date Rape: a rape that occurs during a date
Statutory Rape: having sex with someone under the age of consent
Incest: sex between people who are too closely related to marry
Pedophilia: mental disorder in which a person has a sexual attraction to children
Sexual Harassment: any uninvited and unwelcome sexual remark or sexual advance

4. Contraception: the use of any accepted method to intentionally prevent pregnancy
Effectiveness: the likelihood that using a method of contraception will prevent pregnancy
Failure Rate: percentage of women who become pregnant using a particular contraception method during one year’s time
Spermicide: chemical agent that kills sperm
Sterilization: use of surgery or other procedure to make a person permanently incapable of reproduction