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sexual intercourse

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sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur

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It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague. Angela Carter

What holds the world together, as I have learned from bitter experience, is sexual intercourse. Henry Miller

Flirting is a promise of sexual intercourse without a guarantee. Milan Kundera

I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been initiated by the woman, out of her own genuine affection and desire. Robin Morgan

In certain tantric rituals the candidate is first beaten by his guru, hashish forced down him, and he is taken at midnight to a dark cemetery for sacred sexual intercourse. Thus he achieves union with his god. Peter J. Carroll

Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must be sexual intercourse. James Joyce

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