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Harry Benjamin's Syndrome: A biological condition
in which a person's brain develops as one sex, but the rest of the body takes
on the physical attributes of the other sex. This appears to be caused by an
interruption to the sexual differentiation processes which normally happens in
early pregnancy. This syndrome has been renamed
Transgenderism or Gender Identity Disorder (GID).
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Hebephilia: A condition in which an adult or older teen, almost always male, is
sexually attracted to young persons who are going through puberty -- typically 11 to 14 years-of-age. The older person may or may
not act on their feelings. | ||||||
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Hermaphrodite: A person who genitals possess elements of male and female
primary sexual characteristics. | ||||||
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Heternormal: The opinion that only heterosexual sexual orientation is normal, natural, and potentially moral. | ||||||
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Heterosexism: Rejecting homosexual and bisexual orientations as normal, valid sexual orientations. | ||||||
| Heterosexual:
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| Homophobia: A term that has so many
different definitions that it is almost meaningless. A few of its meanings
are:
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| Homosexual:
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Hysterotomy: A method of terminating a late pregnancy.
It is similar to performing a Caesarian Section. An incision is made into
the woman's uterus and the fetus is removed. | ||||
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Implantation: The embedding of the
blastocyst in the inside wall of the uterus.
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Incest: Sexual behavior between two persons who are closely
related genetically -- typically parent-child or brother-sister. Various political jurisdictions and faith groups define
the degree of closeness differently and assign different punishments for infractions. | ||||
| Infanticide:
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Infantophilia: Synonym: "Nepiophilia." 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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Intersexuals: Individuals born with anatomy or physiology
which differ from cultural ideals of male and female." The newborn
may have an enlarged or protruding clitoris, or a "micro-penis".
1 Frequently, intersex infants undergo genital surgery to make them appear
as a "normal" female. There is growing opposition to such surgery.
As adults, they often "manifest physical characteristics,
expression or identity" that differs from the sex that was assigned
to them at birth. 2 | ||||
| Lesbian:
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LGBT: An acronym that stands for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender/transsexual community. Sometimes the letter I is added as a suffix to indicate intersexual. Sometimes the letter is added as a suffix to indicate questioning. LGBT is sometimes written as GLBT. | ||||
| Lingam: Sanskrit word for the penis. Loosely translated as "wand
of light." | ||||
| Masturbation: Usually refers to any
manual self-stimulation of a person's sexual organs. Mutual masturbation
involves two or more persons stimulating each other. | ||||
| 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. 3 | ||||
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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. | ||||
| Monogamy: An exclusive sexual relationship between two persons. | ||||
| Monosexual: A person who is sexually attracted to persons of
only one sex. They may have a heterosexual or a homosexual orientation. |
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Morning-after pill: 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: An individual who is open to -- or who actually engages
in -- a broad range of sexual activities, which might involve males and
females, a wide range of adult ages, and perhaps a variety of paraphilias.
Synonym: 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. |
| 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. |
| Ovum: The female reproductive cell. Plural form: ova |
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Pansexual: An individual who is open to -- or who actually engages
in -- a very broad range of sexual activities, which might involve males and
females, a wide range of adult ages, and perhaps a variety of paraphilias.
Synonym: omnisexual. |
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Paraphilia: An umbrella term which includes many conditions in which an adult's sexual arousing
fantasies involve non-human objects, the infliction of pain, non-adults, or
other non-consenting persons. Some examples are: ephebophila, exhibitionism, hebephilia,
fetishism, frotteurism, pedophilia, sexual masochism, sexual sadism,
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 transgenderism to produce about 30 classifications that they arbitrarily define as sexual orientations. There is a near consensus among people who are not religious and social conservatives that only the three generally accepted sexual orientations exist. |
| Pedophile: From the Greek "pis" (child) and "philia" (friendship.)
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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! |
| Polyandry: The extremely rare practice in which a woman is
married to
more than one husband. |
| Polygamy: An umbrella term encompassing both polyandry and
polygyny. |
| Polyfidelity: A 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 and 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. |
| 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. |
| Quad: In a sexual sense: A sexual exchange involving four
persons. A sexually active relationship involving four persons. |
| Queer: This most often
refers to something that is strange or odd. It is also often used in
reference to gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, intersex, and asexual
communities. It is also used as a synonym for GLBT and LGBT. Antonym:
heteronormative. |
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Rape: A criminal act involving sexual activity without the
informed consent of the other person. This may happen because of coercion,
or because the other person in not fully capable of granting consent, or is
underage. Starting in 2012, rape was legalized in some U.S. states when laws were passed require a physician to insert a transvaginal ultrasound probe in a patient's vagina against her will. The laws require this if she is seeking an abortion early in gestation. |
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RU-486: A commonly used abortifacient medication used to terminate pregnancy non-surgically. |
References used:
- The Intersex Society of North America maintains a home page at: http://www.isna.org/ They have a FAQ section, which describes their newsletter and other materials on intersexuality.
- "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/
- "84 definitions of metrosexual," at: http://www.urbandictionary.com/
- "Harry Benjamin Syndrome," at: http://www.harrybenjaminsyndrome-info.org/
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Copyright © 2003 to 2013 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Originally written: 2003-DEC-11
Latest update: 2013-APR-21
Author: B.A. Robinson
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