Dictionary
Aesthetic Attraction: (es-ˈthe-tik attraction) Attraction to someone based on finding them attractive or aesthetically pleasing though you don’t necessarily want a sexual or romantic connection with them.
Ableism: (əb(ə)l-ism) prejudice or discrimination towards non able bodied or aneurotypical people.
CAFAB: (K-Fab) Coercively Assigned Female at birth, synonymous with FAAB, although when used by intersex people it underlines the fact that this assignment was against their will
CAMAB: (K-Mab) Coercively Assigned Male at birth, synonymous with MAAB, although when used by intersex people it underlines the fact that this assignment was against their will
cis gender: (sis gender) anyone who identifies their gender as their assigned sex, a cis man identifies as male and is assigned the male sex, a cis woman identifies as female and is assigned the female sex.
cissexism: (sis-sexism) prejudice or discrimination towards trans*people (preferable to transphobia as -phobia words can be offensive and abelism)
Clitorodynia: (Clit-or-o-die-nia) Much like vulvadynia only the condition only affects the clitoris
Cunnilingus: (Cun-i-lingus) Oral sex involving a “vulva”, eating out, going down
FAAB: (Fab) Female Assigned at birth
Fellatio: (fə-ˈlā-shē-ˌō) Oral sex involving a “penis”; blow jobs, going down
Fetish: (fe-tish) Something that is needed for sexual gratification or orgasm.
FTM: (Eff-Tee-Em) Female to male trans person, also referred to as trans man/male
Genderneutral pronouns: pronouns used either when you don’t know the gender of a person or where they prefer pronouns that aren’t gendered. Common ones are They/them or zie/hir.
Gender Roles: The social and behavioural norms for a certain gender. Ex: the male is the provider and the female cooks, cleans and raises children. Although we are starting to move past this in our society, gender roles can still be seen in society and popular media. Can especially be confusing and unhealthy in regards to non binary or non cis gender people.
GSM: (Gee-Ess-Em) Gender and Sexuality (sexual orientation) Minorities
heterosexism: (Hetero-sexism) prejudice or discrimination towards homosexual or queer people (preferable to homophobia as -phobia words can be offensive and abelism)
HRT: (ach-ar-tee) Hormone Replacement therapy, when someone is put on the hormone opposite of what is naturally the highest hormone in their body, IE going on estrogen when you are a person with more testosterone.
Kegels: (ˈkā-gəls) Exercises for the pelvic floor muscles. They can help treat Vaginismus and menstrual cramps as well as prostate pain and inflammation.
Kink: Something that is found arousing
LGBT*: (El-Gee-Bee-Tee plus) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender. Can also refer to other gender and sexuality minorities
MAAB: (Mab) Male Assigned at birth
Manual sex: any kind of sexual act involving hands stimulating the genitals. Also known as digital sex.
Monosexism: (mono-sexism) prejudice or descrimination of people who are attracted to more than one gender (preferable to biphobia as it is more inclusive and -phobia words can be offensive and abelism)
MTF: (Em-Tee-Ef) Male to female trans person, also referred to as trans woman/female
Non-monogamy: not practicing monogamy, can include friends with benefits, open relationships, swinging, or polyamory
PC: (Pee-See) Politically Correct
PinV sex: (Pee- in- Vee sex )Penis in Vagina sex
POC: (Pee-Oh-See) People of Color
Polyamory: being able to love and be in a relationship with more than one person at a time
Queer: can be used as an umbrella term for gender and sexuality minorities. Can also be used as a synonym for multisexualities like bisexuality, pansexuality or polysexuality. Can also be a term for someone that feels no other labels fit them
Riding: when a person is on top of another person during sex
Romantic Attraction: Attraction to someone based on the desire to be in a romantic relationship with them.
Sexual Attraction: Attraction to someone based on arousal or sexual desire
Smegma: (smeg-muh) secretions that get caught in folds of skin. It’s most commonly used for the white discharge like stuff found in and around foreskin but it also occurs under and around the hood of the clitoris.
SRS: (Ess-Ar-Ess) Sexual reassignment/realignment surgery. When someone goes through surgery to change body parts that socially are used to denote sex, top surgery being the removal or addition of breasts, bottom surgery being on the genitals to create either a penis or vagina.
Trans*: Anyone who does not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. Could be any gender variant or trans person
Transgender: Person who does not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth but does identify as a binary gender (Trans man or Trans woman for example)
Transsexual: Basically the same as Transgender, this word is falling out of favour but if used usually use used to describe someone who is transitioning, going through hormones or surgery.
TW: (tee-Double You) Trigger warning
Vaginal Discharge: You vagina’s way of cleaning itself. Secreted from the vagina and cervix to get rid of dead cells and bacteria in the vagina.
Vaginal Ejaculation: secreted from skenes gland and is made up of the same thing secreted from the prostate found in penile ejaculation.
Vaginal lubrication: secreted from the Bartholin gland located on either side of the vagina and from the vagina itself during arousal.
Vaginismus: (Vag-in-is-mus) A medical disorder in which the muscles of the vagina clench upon penetration and make it very painful or impossible to be penetrated.
Vulva: external genitalia including the labias, clitoris, and openings of the vagina and urethra.
Vulvadynia: (Vulva-die-nia)A medical disorder in which the vulva or parts of the vulva hurt when touched or stimulate
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