Encyclopedia of Sex and Sexuality

Dr. Heather L. Armstrong is lecturer (assistant professor) in sexual health at the University of Southampton.

Introduction
Entries
Abortion, Elective
Abortion, Late-Term
Abortion, Medical
Abortion, Risks of
Abortion, Surgical
Abortion, Therapeutic (Medically Necessary)
Abortion, Unsafe
Abortion Legislation
Abstinence
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Adolescent Sexuality
Adrenarche
Adultery
Advertising, Sex in
Advocate, The
Afterplay
Age of Consent
Agender
American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
Anal Intercourse
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
Androgens
Androgyny
Andropause
Anorgasmia
Antigay Prejudice
Aphrodisiac
Arousal
Artificial Insemination
Asexuality
Assisted Reproductive Technology
Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians
Attachment Theory of Love
Bacterial Vaginosis
Barrier Contraceptive Methods
Basson, Rosemary
BDSM
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Benjamin, Harry
Bigender
Binary Gender System
Biological Sex
Biological Theories of Sexual Orientation
Biphobia
Birth Control Pills, Estrogen-Progestin
Birth Control Pills, Progestin-Only
Bisexuality
Black Sexuality
Born This Way Foundation
Bornstein, Kate
Breast, Female
Breast Cancer
Breastfeeding
Bulbourethral Glands
Castration
Casual Sex
Celibacy
Cervical Cancer
Cervical Cap
Cervical Mucus Method
Cervix
Chancroid
Cheating and Infidelity
Child Sexual Abuse
Childhood Gender Nonconformity
Childhood Sexuality
Chlamydia
Chromosomal Sex
Circumcision
Cisgender
Civil Union
Clitoris
Colposcopy
Coming Out
Commission on Obscenity and Pornography
Communication, Sexual
Companionate Love
Compulsivity, Sexual
Conception
Condoms, Female (Receptive)
Condoms, Male (Insertive)
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Consummate Love
Contraception
Contraceptive Implant
Contraceptive Injectables
Contraceptive Patch
Date Rape
Dating
Dating, Cross-Cultural Comparison of
Demisexuality
Dental Dam
Desire
Desire, Models of
Desire Discrepancy
Desire Disorders
DHEA
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Diamond, Milton
Diaphragm
Disabilities, Sexual Function and
Dodson, Betty
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Double Standards, Sexual
Douching
Down Low
Drag
Dysmenorrhea
Dyspareunia
Ejaculation
Ellis, Albert
Ellis, Henry Havelock
Emergency Contraception
Endometriosis
Endometrium
Epididymis
Erectile Dysfunction
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs
Erection
Erogenous Zones
Erotophilia and Erotophobia
Essure Coil
Estrogen
Evolutionary Perspectives on Gender and Sexual Behavior
Exhibitionism
Extramarital Sex
Fallopian Tubes
Family Planning Clinics
Fantasy, Sexual and Erotic
Fausto-Sterling, Anne
Feinberg, Leslie
Female Ejaculation
Female Genital Cutting
Female Sexuality
Femininity
Feminist Theory
Fertility
Fertility Awareness Methods of Contraception
Fertility Drugs
Fetishism
5-Alpha-Reductase Deficiency
Fluidity, Gender
Fluidity, Sexual
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
Foreplay
Foreskin
Foucault, Michel
Freud, Sigmund
Friends with Benefits
Frotteurism
FTMInternational
Galactorrhea
Gay Affirmative Therapy
Gay Rights Movement
Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)
Gender
Gender Diversity
Gender Dysphoria
Gender Expression
Gender Identity
Gender Identity Development
Gender Roles, Socialization and
Gender Transition
GenderPAC
Genderqueer
Genital Dysphoria
Genital Warts
GLAAD
GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network)
Gonorrhea
Grafenberg Spot (G-Spot)
Green, Jamison
Gynecomastia
Hepatitis
Herpes
Heterosexism
Heterosexuality
Hirschfeld, Magnus
Homophobia
Homophobia, Internalized
Homosexuality
Hooker, Evelyn
Hookup Culture
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Hot Flashes
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Hyde Amendment
Hymen
Hymenoplasty
Hypersexuality
Hypogonadism
Hysterectomy
Incest
Infertility
Intercourse
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11)
International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
Intersexuality
Intimacy, Sexual and Relational
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
Intrauterine Device (IUD)
Jealousy
Johnson, Virginia
Jorgenson, Christine
Joy of Sex, The
Kama Sutra
Kaplan, Helen Singer
Kaplan's Triphasic Model
Kegel Exercises
Kellogg, John Harvey
Kink
Kinsey, Alfred
Kinsey's Continuum of Sexual Orientation
Kissing
Klinefelter Syndrome
Krafft-Ebing, Richard von
Labia
Labiaplasty
Lee's Theory of Love Styles
LeVay, Simon
LGBTQ+
Love
Lubricants
Luteinizing Hormone
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Madonna-Whore Dichotomy
Male Sexuality
Maltz Hierarchy
Marriage
Marriage, Cross-Cultural Comparison of
Masculinity
Mastectomy
Masters, William H.
Masters and Johnson Four-Stage Model of Sexual Response
Masturbation
Mattachine Society
Media and Sexuality
Medical Treatment of Sex Offenders
Megan's Law
Menarche
Menopause
Menstruation
Miller v. California
Molluscum Contagiosum
Money, John
Monogamy
Mutual Masturbation
National Center for Transgender Equality
National Health and Social Life Survey
National LGBTQ Task Force
National Organization for Women (NOW)
National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC)
Nocturnal Emissions
Nonbinary Gender Identities
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Oedipus Complex
Online Dating
Online Sexual Activity
Oophorectomy
Open Marriage
Oral Sex
Orchiectomy
Orgasm
Outing
Out-of-Control Sexual Behavior
Ova
Ova Donation
Ovarian Cancer
Ovaries
Ovulation
Oxytocin
Pansexuality
Pap Smear
Paraphilias
Passing
Pedophilia
Pelvic Floor Muscles
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Penile Cancer
Penis
Performance Anxiety
Perimenopause
Perineum
Pfizer Global Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors
PFLAG
Pheromones
Phimosis
Physical Attractiveness
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
PLISSIT Model of Sex Therapy
Polyamory
Polyandry
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Polygamy
Polygyny
Pornography
Pornography Addiction
Preejaculate Fluid
Pregnancy
Premarital Sex
Premature Ejaculation
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
Priapism
Progesterone
Pronoun Usage
Prostate
Prostate Cancer
Prostatectomy
Prostatitis
Prostitution
Psychosexual Therapy
Puberty
Puberty, Delayed
Pubic Hair
Pubic Lice
Public Displays of Affection
Purity Pledges
Queer
Questioning
Rape
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)
Rape Shield Laws
Rape Trauma Syndrome
Reimer, David
Religion, Diversity of Human Sexuality and
Reparative Therapy
Reproductive Coercion
Retrograde Ejaculation
Roe v. Wade
Roman Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Scandal
Romantic Attraction and Orientation
Safer Sex
Same-Sex Attraction and Behavior
Same-Sex Marriage
Sanger, Margaret
Satcher, David
Savage, Dan
Scabies
Scrotum
Semen
Seminal Vesicles
Seminiferous Tubules
Sensate Focus
Serial Monogamy
Sex Chromosomes
Sex Differentiation of the Brain and Sexual Orientation
Sex Education
Sex Guilt
Sex Hormones
Sex Reassignment Surgery
Sex Tourism
Sex Toys
Sex Work
Sex Workers, Male
Sexaholics Anonymous
Sexism
Sexology
Sexting
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Assault
Sexual Avoidance
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
Sexual Consent
Sexual Dimorphism
Sexual Disorders, Female
Sexual Disorders, Male
Sexual Dysfunction, Treatment of
Sexual Expression
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment in College
Sexual Harassment in Education
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Sexual Health
Sexual Identity
Sexual Learning
Sexual Orientation
Sexual Revolution
Sexual Rights
Sexual Satisfaction
Sexual Script
Sexual Slavery
Sexuality across the Life Span
Sexuality among Older Adults
Sexuality among Younger Adults
Sexualization
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Shepard, Matthew
Slut Shaming
Smegma
Social Learning Theory, Gender and
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS)
Sodomy Laws
Somnus Orgasm
Sperm
Spermicides
Sponge, Contraceptive
Start-Stop Technique
Statutory Rape
Stereotypes, Gender
Stereotypes, Sexual
Sterilization
Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love
Stonewall Riots
Storms's Model of Sexual Orientation
Sugar Daddies and Sugar Babies
Surrogate, Sexual
Surrogate Mothers
Swinging
Synthetic Hormones
Syphilis
Tantric Intercourse
Teen Pregnancy
Teena, Brandon
Testicles
Testicular Cancer
Testing, STI
Testosterone
Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Touching, Sexual Arousal and
Transexual Menace
Transgender
Transphobia
Transsexual
Transvestite
Trichomoniasis
Tubal Ligation
Turner Syndrome
Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Two-Spirit
Ulrichs, Karl
Unconsummated Marriage
Urethra
Uterine Cancer
Uterus
Vagina
Vaginal Lubrication
Vaginal Ring
Vaginal Secretions
Vaginismus
Vaginitis
Vas Deferens
Vasectomy
Victorian Era
Virginity
Voyeurism
Vulva
Vulvodynia
Withdrawal Method
World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
X Chromosome
Y Chromosome
Yeast Infection (Candidiasis)
About the Editor and Contributors
Index