A glossary of sexual termsStarting with letters M to P
Definitions of sexual terms starting with letters M to P:
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Masturbation: Usually refers to any
manual self-stimulation of a person's sexual organs. Mutual masturbation
involves two or more persons stimulating each other. (Slang term: circle jerk)
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Metrosexual: An urban male with a heterosexual orientation
who rejects many macho attributes often linked to masculinity. He adopts
many traits often associated with heterosexual females and gay males --
e.g. expensive hair care, stylish clothes.
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Miscarriage: An normally tragic event in which an embryo, or a fetus before the
25th week of gestation, dies from natural causes and is expelled from the
woman's body.
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Misgendering: Referring to a transgender person by a gender that is not the gender that they identify as.
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Misogyny: Exhibiting dislike of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.
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Monogamy: An exclusive sexual relationship between two persons.
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Monosexual: A person who is sexually attracted to persons of
only one sex. About 95% of adults are monosexual: about 95% have a heterosexual and 5% have a homosexual orientation. (Antonym is "bisexual.")
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Morning-after pill: Poorly chosen, but common, synonym for emergency
contraception that is used up to about 72 hours after unprotected sexual
intercourse to prevent pregnancy.
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Nepiophilia: Synonym: "Infantophilia:" An individual, typically male, who is 16 years or older and who is sexually attracted to very young children ages 0 to 3. The older person may or may not sexually abuse the child.
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Omnisexual: See Pansexual.
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Open marriage: A committed relationship of two persons in
which the spouses agree that both are free to engage in outside sexual relationships.
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Oral Sex: The use of the mouth and/or tongue to stimulate another
person's genitals.
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Orgasm: A combination of phenomenally intense feelings of
pleasure with contractions of muscles in the area of the genitals. Many
women can have a series of orgasms, one following shortly after another.
Most men have only a single orgasm, accompanied by an ejaculation. Some men
can experience multiple orgasms within a short interval, in which
ejaculation occurs only once, during the last orgasm.
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Orgy: Sexual activity involving a group of more than two persons, usually in the same room.
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Ovum: The female reproductive cell. Plural form: ova
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Pain Capable: A term used to refer to a fetus who has matured to the point where they are capable of feeling pain. The term came into common use in during the 2010's with the passage in a dozen U.S. states and in federal House of the "Pain capable" unborn child protection acts. These acts are based on the assumption that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks gestation which is about a full month before the higher functions of a fetal brain first turn on and the fetus becomes sentient.
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Pansexual: An individual who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to -- and may actually engages
in sex with -- a very broad range of individuals, which might involve some or all of the following:
- Cisgendered males and
females, (that is, persons whose current gender identity matches their biological, birth-identified gender)
- Male to female (MTF) transgender persons,
- Female to male (FTM) transgender persons,
- Androgynous persons,
- Intersexual persons.
- A wide range of adult ages, sexual orientations, and perhaps
- A variety of paraphilias.
The term "pansexuality" is so close to "bisexuality" that they are often used interchangeably. However, some bisexual persons regard gender as having only two types -- male and female -- while pansexual persons generally regard gender as being non-binary. That is, people may identify as male, female, both, neither, or alternating.
Synonym: Omnisexual.
"Pansexual" was Merriam-Webster's most searched for term during early 2018. 2
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Paraphilia: An umbrella term which includes many conditions in which an adult's sexually arousing
fantasies involve non-human objects, the infliction of pain, non-adults, or
other non-consenting persons, etc. Some examples are: ephebophila, exhibitionism, hebephilia,
fetishism, frotteurism, pedophilia, sexual masochism, sexual sadism,
bondage, transvestite behavior, and voyeurism.
It is derived from two Greek words: ''para" means "beyond" and "philia"
means "love for." They may or may not act on their
attraction. A very few religious and social conservatives link the 25 or so recognized
paraphilias with the three generally accepted sexual orientations
(homosexuality, bisexuality and heterosexuality) and add being transgender, engaging in prostitution, etc. to
produce about 30 classifications that they arbitrarily define as sexual orientations. Using this definition, a wide range of sexual activities can be referred to as a sexual orientation. There is
a near consensus among people who are not religious and social conservatives
that only the three generally accepted sexual orientations exist.
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Pedophile: From the Greek "pis" (child) and "philia" (friendship.)
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Medical definition: An adult or older youth who has "recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors
involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children (age 13 years or younger)." Some pedophiles prefer males,
others prefer females, and many are aroused by both males and females." 1 Pedophiles do not necessarily act on their desires.
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Common definition: An adult or older youth who sexually abuses a prepubescent
child or children.
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Law enforcement definition: An adult or older youth who has been convicted of a sexual crime involving a child or youth under the age of 18. The term "predatory pedophile" is now becoming more widely used to differentiate abusive pedophiles from pedophiles that do not abuse.
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Phebophilia: Alternative term for ephebophilia. Both words are
derived from the Greek words ''phepius" means "youth;" and "philia"
means "love for."
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Plural marriage: Synonym for polygyny. Typically, one husband shares
many wives; each wife sometimes has a separate living space.
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Polyamory: Greek for "many loves." The state of loving
multiple people at the same time. I am told that this can be very exhausting!
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Polyandry: The relatively rare practice in which a woman is
married to
more than one husband.
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Polygamy: An umbrella term encompassing both polyandry and
polygyny.
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Polyfidelity: Committed relationships involving more than
two persons in which all sexual activity is confined to the group.
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Polygyny: A form of polygamy in which a man has more than one wife.
This was seen in many places in the Bible. It is still practiced in
predominately Muslim countries where a man can generally be married to
up to four wives -- but only if he can treat them equally. This is seen in many Western U.S. states
among some fundamentalist Mormon denominations. It is illegal in Canada. However, it has been practiced for decades by a fundamentalist Mormon sect in British Columbia, Canada with minimal to no government or police interference. The ruling of a recent court case in British Columbia determined that married polygyny is illegal, but that informal living arrangements that have not been solemnized by a commitment ritual can be legally pursued.
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Polymarriage: A committed relationship involving more than
two persons. It often involves a commitment ritual. Synonym: Group
marriage
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Pre-embryo: The products of conception shortly after time of
fertilization when its cells are undifferentiated stem cells.
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Prepubescent: An ambiguous term used to refer to a child who has not reached puberty or to a child who is close to attaining puberty.
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References used:
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"Discrimination Against transgender People In America," The
International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy (ICTLEP),
at:
http://www.qrd.org/. See also:
http://web.telecom.cz/
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E Price, "The Trope of the Depraved Bisexual," Medium, 2018-JUN-22, at: https://medium.com/
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Originally written: 2003-DEC-11
Latest update: 2019-MAY-23
Author: B.A. Robinson 
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