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.
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