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1
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What is “passing”?

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Presenting a false image of being heterosexual

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2
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what is a dominant homosexual referred to as?

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Butch

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What is a submissive homosexual referred to as?

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Femme

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What is sequential bisexuality?

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Sex solely with one gender, followed by sex solely with the other

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What is the condition characterized by a low interest in sex?

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Asexual

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What are the biological factors that try to explain sexual orientation?

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  • Genetic DNA markers, genes, chromosomes, neuroanatomy
  • Hormone (prenatal), androgen levels
  • Brain structure contributions (cerebral hemisphere size, markers in the hypothalamus)
  • Birth order (maternal immune hypothesis)
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What are the psychological and sociological perspectives on sexual orientation?

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  • Developmental
  • Life experiences
  • Learned rewards/punishment
  • Body images
  • unhappy heterosexual experiences, seduction, smothering, passive/dominant parents, absent father
  • different traits
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What % of males and females are gay?

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  • 3-4% of males are gay
  • 1-3% of females are lesbian
  • 2-5% identify as bisexual
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What is the Alfred Kinsey model?

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Describes sexual behavior on a linear 7-point scale that suggests sexuality is a fluid and continuous variable

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What is the Michael Storm model?

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Conceptualizes sexual orientation on a two-dimensional grid with one axis representing high to low heteroeroticism and the cross axis representing high-to-low homoeroticism

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What is the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid?

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Took the Kinsey Continuum further by including more dimensions and to see if it’s changed over time

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Is there a difference in sexual orientation of homosexual parenting compared to heterosexual parenting?

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No

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13
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What is the gay parenting statistics?

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  • 1 in 3 lesbians have given birth

- 1 in 6 gay men have fathered or adopted

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Who is the last person to find out about sexual orientation?

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Parents. Usually 26% are forced to leave home

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When do people develop a sexual orientation?

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  • 80% develop by teen years

- come out much later

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What is the rejecting-punitive stance of Christianity?

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  • believes homosexuality is a sin
  • unconditionally rejects it
  • bears a punitive attitude toward gay people
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What is the rejecting-nonpunitive stance of Christianity?

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  • believes homosexuality is inherently unnatural and must be condemned
  • but because of God’s grace, the homosexual person must not be condemned
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What is the qualified acceptance stance of Christianity?

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  • believes that homosexuality is a sin
  • acknowledges that homosexuality is largely unsusceptible to change by contemporary medical and psychological science
  • homosexuals should maintain fully committed relationships
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What is the full acceptance stance of Christianity?

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  • believes sexuality is intrinsically important for the capacity of love
  • ethical sexual relationships include a commitment to each other regardless of the sex of the partner
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20
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What are examples of nonverbal communications?

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majority of communication!!

  • facial expressions
  • hand and arm gestures
  • postures, body positioning
  • speech rates
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21
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What % of college students log on to FB multiple times a day?

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80%

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22
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What are genderlects?

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We learn different ways and rules of communicating

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What are the common ways men communicate?

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  • less likely to share painful feelings
  • try to go for quick and easy solutions
  • more forceful
  • loud and demanding
  • self-protective
  • interrupt more frequently
  • REPORT TALK
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What are the common ways women communicate?

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  • more emotional in their communication
  • want to share
  • take longer to share
  • listen without interruption
  • want to talk about feelings
  • RAPPORT TALK
  • tag questions
  • use more nonverbal
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What is an affectively oriented communication skill?

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more comforting and involve significant amounts of listening, more valued by women

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What is an instrumentally oriented communication skill?

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More persuasive and narrative, more valued by men

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27
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What are the two primary goals of communication?

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  • get the job done: send the message

- Relational goal: maintain a relationship

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T/F: Silence and body language can convey as much as 65% of your message.

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TRUE

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29
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What is active listening?

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  • maintaining eye contact

- showing we understand the other person’s feelings and ideas

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30
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What is effective listening

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  • suspending one’s personal reactions and feelings

- tuning into the speaker’s viewpoints

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What is nondefensive listening?

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  • focusing your attention on what your partner is saying without being defensive
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32
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What is romantic or erotic love?

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Physically and emotionally intense love that often leads to a binding partnership, sexual, passionate, longing, desire, intimacy

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33
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What is platonic love?

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Deep and intimate but is not physical, does not include exclusiveness

34
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What is devotional love?

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profound and caring, no physical contact, love or country or faith, etc.

35
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What is parental love?

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Intense, committed, first encounter with love, role model

36
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What is altruistic love?

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Selfless concern for the welfare of others, generosity, charity i.e. Mother Teresa

37
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What is Sternberg’s triangle theory? What are the three parts to the triangle?

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  • attempted to explain the nature of love

- states there are three distinct components of love: intimacy, passion, commitment

38
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What is casual sex?

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Sexual encounters that do not take place within a durable sexual relationship

39
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What are the facts on casual sex?

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  • 1 in 5 think non-marital sex is always wrong

- 4 in 5 think extramarital sex is always wrong

40
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What is hooking up?

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uncommitted sexual intimacy with an acquaintance (friend with benefits)

41
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What % of college men agree to casual sex with an attractive female stranger?

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75%

42
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What is the attraction theory?

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Holds that several factors are critical in determining with whom we will be attracted to/fall in love with

43
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What is reciprocity/reciprocal liking?

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Theory of mutual exchange: I’m nice to people who are nice to me

44
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What is homophily/similarity?

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Attracted to people who are similar to me in attitude, age, race, education, religion

45
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What is homogamy?

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Tendency of sexually partnered to couples to resemble each other

46
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What is proximity?

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Attracted to others with whom you interact on a regular basis

47
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Do opposites attract?

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no. and if they do, they don’t last long

48
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What mold our sexual relationships the most?

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  • life experience

- society

49
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Why to people enter relationships?

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  • love
  • sex
  • security
  • profit
  • desire to have children
50
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What is infatuation?

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  • The process of falling in love

- emotionally and physically exhilarating

51
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What are the 6 characteristics that help marriages survive?

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  1. companionship
  2. caring
  3. intimacy
  4. sex
  5. romance
  6. commitment
52
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What is receptivity?

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Shows others we are open to communication; approachable.

Important trait to intimacy

53
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What are the “dark sides of love?”

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  • jealousy (emotional reaction to relationship threats)
  • compulsiveness (love addiction)
  • possessiveness (abuse)
    ALL OF THESE SHOW CONTROL
54
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What are some problems with love relationships?

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  • jealousy
  • neglect
  • abuse
55
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What is stonewalling?

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When relationships seem hopeless and there is the sense that no response is necessary (refusing to talk)

56
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What are Gottman’s destructive ways of approaching relationship conflict?

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  • criticism
  • contempt (intentionally insulting someone)
  • defensiveness
  • stonewalling
57
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Why do we have sex?

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  • orgasm

- pleasure

58
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What is HSRC and what is it controlled by?

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sequence of changes in the body that take place when someone becomes aroused
controlled by:
- central nervous
- peripheral nerves
- endocrine system (hormones)
59
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What are the two most common physiological responses that happen during sex?

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  • Vasocongestion

- Myotonia

60
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What is vasocongestion?

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concentration and swelling of blood in body tissue

61
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What is myotonia?

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Increased muscle tension esp. with orgasms

62
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What is sex drive (libido) determined by?

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testosterone (hormones)

63
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Who came up with HSRC and what are the different stages?

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  • Masters and Johnson in 1966
  • Excitement
  • Plateau
  • Orgasm
  • Resolution
64
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What are the differences in male/female orgasms?

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  • Males have one orgasm thats followed by ejaculation and refractory period is intense and shorter
  • Females can have multiple orgasms (15%) and are less intense and shorter
65
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What and where is the G-Spot?

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  • Grafenberg spot
  • anterior (front) wall of vagina
  • causes intense orgasms and female ejaculation
66
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What controls male erections?

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spinal reflex

67
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What are the two muscles that help maintain erection?

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  • bulbocavernosus

- ischiocavernosus

68
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What are the two stages of ejaculation?

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  • emission (contractions of scrotum, bladder stops, increased HR and BP, ejaculatory inevitability)
  • expulsion (rapid rhythmic contractions of urethra, prostate, muscles at base of penis)
69
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What are nocturnal emissions?

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ejaculations during sleep

70
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What are the two reasons for not having sex as we age?

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  • health issues

- lack of a partner

71
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What is “vision”?

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how sight is used to arouse; someone’s looks, watching someone undress, watching porn

72
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What are pheromones?

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Odorless chemical substance secreted externally that convey information

73
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What are primary erogenous zones?

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Sensitive because they are richly endowed with nerve endings

74
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What are secondary erogenous zones?

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become erotically sensitized through experience

75
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What is aphrodisiac?

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A drug or other agent that is sexually stimulating or increases sexual desire

76
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What is fellatio?

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Oral stimulation of the male

77
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What is cunnilingus?

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Oral stimulation of the female

78
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What is anilingus?

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oral stimulation of the anus (rimming)

79
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What is buttockry?

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partner rubs penis between the cleft of the butt

80
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What is tribadism?

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Rubbing genitals together

81
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What is coitus?

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Penetration of vagina by penis

82
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How long does sex usually last?

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15 minutes

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