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What is the definition of sex?

What is Sex?



In today's diverse society it is difficult to say what "counts as sex." America as a whole, is made up of a range of people with different perceptions and ideals instilled in them since a small age. Although we all come from different parts of the world, most people think of penetration when the subject of sex is touched, which eventually has led me to believe this to be sex. In many cultures it is believed that the act of having sex should be for the most part, to procreate. In the Samoan culture it is greatly favored for the guy to become sexually experienced in pleasing a girl without getting her pregnant.(Grant) This means that the practice of oral sex might be an example of how the guy might satisfy the girl. In the Samoan culture it was implied that oral sex might be "sex." Although, it was not until when the sailors came and had sexual intercourse with the girls that sex was defined. Part of the reason it had gotten defined was because girls were loosing th...

Posted by: Andres Cisneros

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