Fellatio Oral stimulation of the male genitals

Cunnilingus Oral stimulation of the female genitals

Foreplay physical interactions that are sexually stimulating and set the stage for penetrative sex

Sexual Fantasy Mental imagery that’s sexually arousing or erotic.

Mutual cyclical growth the view that you need for your partner promotes commitment,which promotes acts that enhance the relationship, and that these acts build trust, increasing your partner’s commitment to the relationship.

Intimacy Feelings of closeness and connectedness marked by sharing of one’s innermost thoughts and feelings.

Infatuation a state of intense absorption in or focus on another person,usually accompanied by sexual desire,elation, and general physiological arousal or excitement. Infatuation is also referred to as passion.

Storge ( STORE-gay) Loving attachment that nonsexual affection. This is the type of emotion that binds parents to children.

Agape (AH-gah-pay) selfless love. This kind of love is similar to generosity and charity.

Philia (FEEL-yuh) Love between friends. This kind of love is based on liking and respect rather than sexual desire.

Attraction similarity hypothesis the concept that people tend to develop romantic relationships with people who are similar to themselves in factors such as physical attractiveness, cultural background,personality traits, and interests.

Psychological androgyny a state characterized by possession of both stereotypical masculine traits and stereotypical feminine traits.

Phalloplasty surgical creation of an artificial penis.

Hermaphrodite an individual who possesses both ovarian and testicular tissue.

Erogenous Zones Parts of the body,including but not limited to the sex organs, that are responsive to sexual stimulation.

Fetishism a paraphillia in which an inanimate object,such as an article of clothing or items made of rubber, leather, or silk, elicits sexual arousal.

Partialism a festishism- related paraphilia in which sexual arousal is exaggeratedly associated with a particular body part, such as feet,breasts, or buttocks.

Paraphilia sexual interest and arousal in response to unusual stimuli such as children, other non-consenting persons, non human objects, or pain and humiliation.Mutually consenting and unharmful paraphiliac behaviours are often referred to as kinky sex.

Telephone scatologia A paraphilia characterized by making of obscene telephone calls.

Voyeurism a paraphilia characterized by strong repetitive urges and sexual fantasies related to observing unsuspecting strangers who are naked,disrobing, or engaged in sexual relations.

Sexual masochist a person who becomes sexually aroused by experiencing pain or humiliation inflicted by a sexual partner.

Sexual masochism a paraphilia characterized by the desire or need for pain or humiliation to enhance sexual arousal and attain gratification.

Bondage Ritual restraint (e.g,by shackles) practised by many sexual masochists.

Sexual Sadist a person who becomes sexually aroused by inflicting pain or humiliation on a sexual partner.

Hypoxyphilia a practice in which a person seeks to enhance sexual arousal,usually during masturbation,by depriving himself or herself or oxygen.

Sexual sadism a paraphilia characterized by the desire to inflict pain or humiliation on others in order to enhance sexual arousal and attain gratification.

Sado-masochism (S&M) a mutually gratifying sexual interaction between consenting partners, in which sexual arousal is associated with inflicting and receiving pain or humiliation.

Frotteurism a paraphilia characterized by recurrent powerful sexual urges and fantasies that involve rubbing against or touching a non consenting person.

Toucherism a practice related to frotteurism, characterized by the persistent urge to fondle noncondensing strangers.

Zoophilia a paraphilia involving persistent or repeated sexual urges and fantasies that involve sexual contact with animals.

Necrophilia a paraphilia characterized by the desire for sexual activity with corpses.

Klismaphilia a paraphilia in which arousal I’d derived from the use of enemas.

Coprophilia a paraphilia in which sexual arousal is attained in connection with feces.

Urophilia a paraphilia in which sexual arousal is associated with urine.

Aversion therapy a method for terminating an undesirable sexual behaviour. The behaviour is repeatedly paired with an aversive stimulus,such as electric shock, until the person develops a conditioned aversion to the stimulus.

Orgasmic reconditioning a method for strengthening the connection between sexual arousal and an appropriate sexual stimulus (such as a fantasy about an adult of the other gender).It involves repeatedly pairing the desired stimulus with orgasm.