 First came A, now here is a vocabulary list of sexuality related terms that start with the letter B. So what can you do with it?
Use it as a self-quiz to see how many you know. Use it as a topic generator for your next school paper, Wikipedia rabbit hole dive, or visit to the library. Use it to suggest a topic to me for an upcoming video, podcast, or other deep dive. Use it as inspiration for your next party theme, Halloween costume, or print out the words and decorate your apartment with them. OK just kidding about the last one… Are there any "B" terms I forgot? Let me know in the comments! Baby boom Back up method Bacterial STI Bacterial Vaginosis Balloon fetish Balls Bareback Barrier methods Bartholin’s Gland Basal body thermometer Baseball metaphor BDSM Bear Beate Uhse AG Bestiality Bias Bi-curious Bi-Erasure Bigender Binder Biphobia Birth Birth canal Birth center Birth control Bisexual Blastocyst Blow job Blue balls Body image Boi Bondage Boner Boot fetish Born-again virgin Bottom surgery Boyfriend Bra Brachioproctic intercourse Breast self-exam Breastfeeding Breasts British Journal of Sexual Medicine Bugchasing Bukkake Bulbourethral Glands Bundling Burusera Butch Butt plug Buttocks
0 Comments
I recently got a pap, which is a routine cervical cancer screening test. When I walked into the exam room, I saw all the tools spread out and took a photo because I’m always a sexologist and always seeing opportunities for sex education, even when standing bottom-half-naked at the doctor’s office! This a list of the tools seen on the cart here, used to perform a pap test (in this pic, from right to left):  Speculum This is the “duck lips” instrument that keeps the vaginal walls open so the medical provider can have better access to the cervix, which sits at the end of the vagina. Cervical Spatula This is one of the tools used to collect cervical cells for examination. The flat end, like a kitchen spatula, is used to scrape, in this case, cells off the outer cervix. Vaginal Swabs Basically like an extra large Q-Tip, these are used to blot away excess blood or mucus from the cervix and vagina so the blood/mucus cells don’t contaminate the sample. Cytobrush Another cell collection tool, this is a long stick with a round bristle brush at the end rotated in the opening of the cervix. Liquid-Based Crytology Container The cells collected from the cervical spatula and cytobrush are deposited into a small bottle of preservative liquids until it gets to the lab to be examined under a microscope. The cells used to be smeared across a glass slide, hence the term “pap smear”, but the liquid container method is more modern and offers more accurate results. Lubricant See that big pile of lube at the bottom left? That helps the speculum be inserted into the vagina with ease. Examination Table with Stirrups Laying down with feet in holders (not pictured) off the bottom of the table, this keeps the legs open, vagina relaxed, and the genitals at eye-level for the seated medical provider as they do the screening. #tbt to last year and the first episode of Sex in 60 Seconds, a sexual education video series in which I explain all about a topic, talking sssssssuper fast to give you as much content as possible in just ONE MINUTE! In this episode, I list as many sex topics that I can think of from A-Z in 60 seconds, and I invite you to let me know in the comments which one you'd like to learn more about in a future video! This is not exclusive content, as it's sponsored by Cal Exotics, but since social media continues to delete and restrict sexuality content, I wanted to post the series here for safe keeping, and for your learning and entertainment pleasure :)  Here is a vocabulary list of sexuality related terms that start with the letter A. So what can you do with it?
Use it as a self-quiz to see how many you know. Use it as a topic generator for your next school paper, Wikipedia rabbit hole dive, or visit to the library. Use it to suggest a topic to me for an upcoming video, podcast, or other deep dive. Use it as inspiration for your next party theme, Halloween costume, or print out the words and decorate your apartment with them. OK just kidding about the last one… Are there any "A" terms I forgot? Let me know in the comments! Abortifacient Abortion Abstinence Abstinence-only education Ace Acquaintance rape Acrotomophilia Adolescent/adolescence Adult entertainment Adultery Afterbirth Age of consent Agalmatophilia AIDS Ally Amenorrhea Amniocentesis Amniotic fluid Amour Androgens Androgynous Anti-choice Antiretroviral Anus Anal beads Anal bleaching Analingus Anal sex Anatomical sex Anorgasmia Aphrodisiac Areola Aromantic Asexual Assault Assigned gender Ass to mouth Aunt Flo Autoerotic Autoerotic asphyxiation Autonomy Axillism  I’m frequently asked for resources on how to pursue formal training in human sexuality and where to earn a degree, so I thought this would be helpful :) When I was a high school senior 17 years ago (!!!) and desperately looking for a college that offered a sex major, my searches came up empty. Except for one, in another country. Which I did pursue, despite the hassle of visas, international student fees, and missing home. Now, there are 84 institutions of higher learning offering bachelor degrees in human sexuality. 84! And some are in places that never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine at age 17 would someday offer sexuality degrees to undergrads- Iowa, Kansas, Indiana! Twelve of these sex degree granting universities are located within a reasonable commute to my childhood home. Damn! I was a decade too early. But lucky for you, there are now so many incredible education opportunities to pursue, and I'm sure there will be more every year until finally sexuality studies is as universal and as normal as economics, communications, marketing, or any other college major that examines a specific subset of human behavior. Allegheny College
BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies American University BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Amherst College BA Sexuality, Women’s, and Gender Studies Appalachian State University BA Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Augsburg College BA Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Bard College BA Gender and Sexuality Studies Bowling Green State University BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Brandeis University BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Brown University BA Gender and Sexuality Studies Bryn Mawr College BA Gender and Sexuality Butler University BA Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies California State University Long Beach BA Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies Colby College BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies College of Staten Island BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies College of William and Mary BA Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies College of Wooster BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Columbia University BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Cornell University BA Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Davidson College BA Gender and Sexuality Studies Dickinson College BSc Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Duke University BA Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Earlham College BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Emory University BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Fairfield University BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Gettysburg College BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Goucher College BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Grinnell College BA Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Guilford College BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Gustavus Adolphus College BSc Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Haverford College BA Gender and Sexuality Studies Kalamazoo College BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Lehigh University BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies McCalester College BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies McGill University BA Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice McMicken College BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Metropolitan State University of Denver BA Gender, Women’s, and Sexualities Studies Miami University of Ohio BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Middlebury College BA Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Mills College BA Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies Montclair State University BA Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies New Mexico State University BA Gender and Sexuality Studies New York University BA Gender and Sexuality Studies Northwestern University BA Gender and Sexuality Oberlin College and Conservatory BA Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Ohio State University BA Sexuality Studies Oregon State University BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Otterbein University BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Rice University BA Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality San Diego State University BA Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Simon Fraser University BA Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Stanford University BA Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies State University of New York at New Paltz BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Stonehill College BA Gender and Sexuality Studies Swarthmore College BA Gender and Sexuality Studies University at Albany BA Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies University of California, Davis BSc Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies University of California, Riverside BA Gender and Sexuality Studies University of Chicago BA Gender and Sexuality Studies University of Cincinnati BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies University of Connecticut BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies University of Iowa BA Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies University of Kansas BA Human Sexuality University of Massachusetts Amherst BA Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies University of Minnesota BA Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies University of Nevada Las Vegas BA Gender and Sexuality Studies University of North Carolina Asheville BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies University of Pennsylvania BA Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies University of Pittsburgh BA Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies University of Redlands BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies University of Richmond BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies University of Tennessee Knoxville BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality University of Toronto BA Sexual Diversity Studies University of Vermont BA Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies University of Washington-Bothell Campus BA Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies University of Waterloo BA Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies (This was my undergraduate program) Virginia Commonwealth University BA Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Wake Forest University BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Washington University BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Webster University BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Wesleyan University BA Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Williams College BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Wright State University BA Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Yale University BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies York University BA Sexuality Studies |