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