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9.9: Glossary

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    1. Arranged marriage, a marriage planned and agreed upon by the families of the couple to be married
    2. Cohabitation is when a couple are living together in a sexual relationship when the partners are not legally married
    3. Common-law marriage, if a couple lives together for a certain number of years, they are automatically considered as married in the eyes of the law.
    4. Consensual non-monogamy an explicit agreement between partners that they accept sexual or romantic pursuit outside of their primary relationship.
    5. Cunnilingus oral stimulation of the female genitals
    6. Domestic Partnership, a legal relationship between couples that allows them to obtain many of the same benefits as a marriage.
    7. Fellatio Oral stimulation of the male genitals
    8. Foreplay means a pre-coital partnered sexual activity
    9. Marriage the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship
    10. Masturbation, also known as auto eroticism, is often when a person touches, strokes or rubs their own genitals or fantasizes for sexual pleasure
    11. Monogamous having a sexual relationship with only one partner at a time
    12. Polyamory People who love multiple people simultaneously
    13. Polygamy The practice of having more than one spouse at a time.
    14. Sexual fantasy is any mental picture or thoughts that come to mind while you are awake that generate sexual arousal

    This page titled 9.9: Glossary is shared under a CC BY 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Susan Rahman with Nathan Bowman, Dahmitra Jackson, Anna Lushtak, Remi Newman, & Prateek Sunder.