Definitions for
Sexual Activity
Abstain
Abstinence
Renewed Abstinence
Sexual Abuse
Anatomy –
Male
Female
Oxytocin
Vasopressin
Serotonin
Sexual Activity
According to Webster’s dictionary, sexual activity is “actions, such as touching, kissing, and other types of stimulation, relations to the expression of sexuality”.
Includes:
- mutual masturbation - hands on someone else’s genital area
- vaginal – insertion of the penis into the vagina
- oral sex – use of the mouth and/or tongue to stimulate another person’s genitals
- anal sex – insertion of the penis into the anus
Abstain
To avoid or refrain, voluntary
Abstinence
Avoiding sexual activity until marriage
Renewed Abstinence
Renewing, starting over, with avoiding sexual activity until marriage. You can never get your virginity back but you can always start over!
Sexual Abuse
- Any time someone touches your genitals and/or breast area (girls) against your will. If you have been sexually abuse . . .
- It was not your fault. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!
- You need to talk to a trusted adult about what happened – NOW!
- You can still consider yourself a virgin if that’s the only sex you’ve ever had. Emotionally and Mentally you didn’t choose to have sex.
- Again, talk to a trusted adult.
ANATOMY
Male
Scrotum
A sack where the testes are. There are two testes and this is where the male sperm cells are produces. Testes mature at puberty and sperm begin to be produced.
Vas Deferens
The sperm travel along this tube to the prostate gland where they mix with a special fluid called semen. Semen provides the nutrients the sperm need to stay alive and fluid needed for them to swim
Penis
Within the penis, there is a tube called the urethra coming from the bladder. The Vas Deferens joins the urethra which exits to the outside of the body. Whenever the tube is being used for semen, the bladder will not release urine.
ANATOMY
Female
Vagina
The vagina is not a space that can be measured. It is called potential space. Babies weigh different amounts and the vagina forms a birth canal just big enough for each baby to come through.
Uterus
This is where the baby is kept safe and fed while it grows. The uterus is one of the strongest of all muscles. The contraction of the uterus opens the cervix which allows the baby to be born.
Cervix
The opening to the uterus. It is a ring of muscle that is strong enough to hold the baby in the uterus until the baby is ready to be born. Certain STDs can cause cancer of the cervix.
Fallopian Tubes
There are two, one on each side of the uterus. At the very end of these tubes are finger-like projections that vacuum in an egg when it’s released form an ovary. If the tubes are damaged by STDs a woman may never be able to have children.
Ovaries
At birth they contain all the eggs a girl will ever have (400,000), as opposed to guys who begin producing sperm at puberty.
Ovulation
Aperiod of time – usually about 1-2 days – where the egg is released into the fallopian tube and travels through the tube until it is either fertilized by a sperm or is not fertilized and causes menstruation to occur.
