Glossary

Glossary

Abortion - An operation to end a pregnancy.

Abstain / abstinence - To choose not to do something, e.g. to abstain from sex would be to chose not to have sex.

Anal Sex - When the penis is inserted into another person's anus.

AIDS - Short for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - a disease that destroys the body's immune system.

Bisexual - Male or female who is sexually attracted to both males and females.

Blow Job - When someone puts a man's penis into their mouths to give pleasure. Also known as oral sex.

Chlamydia - A very common sexually transmitted infection which, if untreated, can cause infertility in girls.

Ejaculate - When a man reaches climax and his penis produces sperm.

Emergency contraception - Also know as the 'morning after pill' this is a pill which women can take up to 72 hours after unprotected sex to help prevent pregnancy.

Foreplay - Any kind of sexual activity that leads up to but doesn't include full intercourse.

Gay - A word meaning homosexual. Someone who is sexually attracted to people of their own sex.

Gonorrhoea - A sexually transmitted infection.

Heterosexual - A person who fancies people of the opposite sex.

Homosexual - A person who fancies people of the same sex.

Homophobia - The unreasonable hatred of homosexuals.

IUD - Another name for the coil - a contraceptive device inserted in the womb.

KY Jelly - A kind of lubricant you can buy used by some to aid sex.

Lesbian - A girl who fancies other girls.

Masturbate - To stimulate your own or someone else's genitals for sexual pleasure by touching, stroking or rubbing.

Morning After Pills - Another name for emergency pills. Taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex the morning after pill prevents pregnancy.

Oral Sex - To stimulate the sexual organs of a partner using the mouth.

STI - This stands for Sexually Transmitted Infection. These are infections that are passed on through vaginal intercourse, anal sex or oral sex.

Termination - The means the same as abortion.