Sex and Relationships

Word Bank

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Body Parts

Sexuality

Sex and Masturbation

Safe Sex and Contraception

Abuse

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Friendships and Relationships

Boyfriend / Girlfriend

A boyfriend or girlfriend is someone you fancy and like spending time with, who feels the same way about you.

Friend

A friend is someone you like spending time with.

Partner

Partner is another name for a boyfriend or girlfriend.

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Body Parts

Menstruation

Menstruation is another name for a Period. When women have a period blood comes out of their vagina. This happens about once a month.

Penis and Testicles

are the medical names for male sexual private parts. They can be different shapes and sizes.

Penis Testicles
When a man or boy's penis gets harder this is an erection.

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Body Parts

Puberty

Puberty is the changes that happen to people's bodies as they become adults. The body changes shape, hair grows in new places, and girls start their period. These changes can happen to people at different ages.

Vagina and Clitoris

Vagina and Clitoris are the names for female sexual private parts.

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Sexuality

Bisexual

Someone who fancies men and women is bisexual.

Gay

Gay means fancying people that are the same sex as you. Gay men fancy other men, gay women fancy other women.

Heterosexual

means that you fancy people who are the opposite sex

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Sexuality

Lesbian

A lesbian is a woman who fancies other women.

Transgender

means feeling you are a different sex to the one you were born - a boy may grow up feeling like he is a girl, and a girl may feel like she is a boy.

Transvestite

A Transvestite is someone who dresses up as and pretends to be the opposite sex.

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Sex and Masturbation

Anal sex

Masturbation

is when someone puts their penis inside another person's bottom. It is important they use a condom to stop infections spreading.

Masturbation means rubbing or stroking parts of your body to create good feelings.

A man masturbates by rubbing and stroking his penis. This might make his penis hard.

A woman masturbates by rubbing and stroking her breasts, clitoris and vagina. This might make her vagina feel wet.

Oral sex

Oral sex is when someone licks and sucks another person's penis or vagina.

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Sex and Masturbation

Orgasm

Orgasm is a name for the strong feeling that can happen when someone has sex or masturbates. The good feelings get stronger and stronger until the body feels really good all over. Sperm comes out of a mans penis, and a womans vagina might feel wetter.

Pregnant

When a woman is Pregnant this means there is a baby is growing inside her.

Sex

is when people kiss, stroke and rub each other's bodies.

Sexual Intercourse

Sexual intercourse is when a man puts his penis inside a woman's vagina. This can make a woman pregnant.

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Safe Sex and Contraception

Condoms

Condoms are a type of contraception made from soft rubber, this is worn on a man's penis when he has sex. If a condom is used properly it will stop infections being passed on, as well as stopping a woman becoming pregnant.

Contraception

Contraception is used to stop a woman getting pregnant when she has sex with a man.

There are different types of contraception, that you can get from a doctor or sexual health clinic.

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Safe Sex and Contraception

Contraceptive Pill

The Contraceptive Pill is a drug that a woman takes to stop her becoming pregnant.

You have to get the pill from a doctor and take it exactly the way you are told to.

Sexual transmitted infections (STIs)

These are infections that can be passed on by having sex with someone. An infection might make it hurt when you wee. They can make the vagina or penis feel sore or itchy.

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Sex and Relationships Word Bank Consent

Abuse

Giving Consent means agreeing to do something. It is very important that both people give consent to have sex.

You do not have to give your consent if you do not want to have sex.

means treating someone unfairly because they are gay. This might include bullying or hurting someone who is gay.

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Sex and Relationships Word Bank Rape

Abuse

If someone forces you to have sex when you dont want to, it is called rape.

Sexual Abuse and Rape are both against the law.

Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse is when someone touches your body or your private parts when you dont want them to.

If someone makes you touch their body when you dont want to that is also sexual abuse.

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