sexual

Related to sexual: sexes

have (sexual) relations (with someone)

To engage in sexual activity (with someone); to have or be in a sexual relationship (with someone). As there was no hard evidence that Mr. Smith's ex-wife had sexual relations outside of marriage, the judge was obliged to uphold the prenuptial agreement during the divorce proceedings. I hear Jim got fired for having relations with his secretary.
See also: have, relation

sexual congress

Sexual intercourse. As there was no hard evidence that sexual congress occurred outside of marriage, the judge was obliged to uphold the prenuptial agreement during the divorce proceedings.
See also: congress, sexual

sexual minority

A phrase used to refer to a person whose sexual orientation is not completely heterosexual. It is typically used as an adjective (i.e. "sexual minority males"). When I worked in the counseling center, many of my patients were sexual minority teenagers.
See also: minority, sexual

sexual misconduct

A term used to refer to a broad spectrum of improper behavior (such as sexual harassment and sexual violence) without specifying the action in question. The phrase is typically applied to such behavior when it has occurred in settings with an unequal power dynamic, such as the workplace. Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has been accused of all manner of sexual misconduct. In this company, we have a zero-tolerance policy for sexual misconduct.
See also: sexual

sexual relations

Sexual activity between two (or more) people. As there was no hard evidence that sexual relations occurred outside of marriage, the judge was obliged to uphold the prenuptial agreement during the divorce proceedings. I hear Jim got fired for having sexual relations with his secretary.
See also: relation, sexual

sexual tension

A tension, awkwardness, or underlying unease in the relationship of two people resulting from a strong mutual sexual attraction between them that has not been consummated. Just ask Chuck out already—I'm sick of being around you two and witnessing all your sexual tension. I can just feel the sexual tension every time Matt and I are together.
See also: sexual, tension
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • have (sexual) relations (with someone)
  • have relations with
  • relation
  • sexual relations
  • piece of snatch
  • (but) not in the biblical sense
  • biblical
  • get (one's) ashes hauled
  • piece of tail
References in periodicals archive
The findings come from a secondary analysis of data collected for a larger project titled Sexual Violence and Women Veterans' Gynecologic Health.
Sexual assault in military linked to sexual pain in women
When it comes to teacher and student "romances," Lin said "wolf [sexual predator] teachers are wolf teachers, there is no such thing as teacher-student love." Lin explained to Liberty Times that according to Article 21 of the the Gender Equity Education Act, the Assault Crime Prevention Act, the Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act, and the People with Disabilities Rights Protection Act, principals, teachers, staff members, or workers who are aware of suspected on-campus sexual abuse, sexual harassment, or sexual bullying should inform the competent authorities in schools and local municipalities directly under the central government within 24 hours.
Sex offenses by teachers in Taiwan rise eightfold in 10 years: MOE
He is charged with child abduction and trafficking a female within the UK with a view to her sexual exploitation.
Defendants in court to face massive list of sex abuse charges
This Article revisits the facts, findings, and fallout of Fourtin circuitously, by way of and in order to vindicate a reconstructed, relational right to sexual autonomy.
Disabling consent, or reconstructing sexual autonomy
Sexual desire is conceptualized as the experience of sexual thoughts, fantasies, and urges to engage in sexual activity (Basson, 2000) and is suggested to be the most universal sexual response experienced by both men and women (Regan & Atkins, 2006).
The impact of daily sexual desire and daily sexual desire discrepancy on the quality of the sexual experience in couples
Reumann demonstrates that the Kinsey Reports re-shaped American sexual consciousness by bringing new terms and ideas into the public debate.
American Sexual Character: Sex, Gender, and National Identity in the Kinsey Reports
Students also demonstrated a shift in attitude toward the timing of sexual activity: Whereas 84% said before taking the sex education course that people should wait until after high school, until after postsecondary school or until marriage to have sex, 87% gave these answers after participating in the course.
Education program design may benefit from health professionals' involvement
When did God say that one of the purposes of sexual intercourse was the transmission of life?
Pre-marital sex is really fornication
Similarly, some public health practitioners may view sex workers as positive agents for sexual health and engage them in screening, preventive, and curative interventions for STD control and prevention.
Sexual health in art and science
Conduct may be vulgar, hostile, and offensive, but unless the plaintiff is able to establish that it is conduct motivated because of the plaintiff's sex, it is not actionable under Title VII as "sexual harassment." (5) For example, in Succar v.
Sexual harassment by supervisors: how well do you know who you are promoting?
Sexual abuse of children involves someone too young to give informed consent but who has been involved in a sexual act.
Childhood sexual abuse: what rehabilitation counselors need to know
Additionally, California courts have suggested that all employers act to ensure a workplace free of harassment by training all employees about workplace sexual harassment.
Raising the bar: more than a 'best practice,' sexual harassment training is state law
In illustration of the misguided legal actions that have marked legal responses to adolescent sexual offending, he reviews three disturbing cases and the troubling legal reactions that followed.
Franklin E. Zimring, An American Travesty: Legal Responses to Adolescent Sexual Offending
These involve "dual cultivation," the exchange of physical fluids and subtle essences with a sexual partner.
Taoist art of cultivating male sexual energy