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sexual relations

Sexual activity between two (or more) people. As there was no hard evidence that sexual relations occurred outside of marriage, the judge was obliged to uphold the prenuptial agreement during the divorce proceedings. I hear Jim got fired for having sexual relations with his secretary.
See also: relation, sexual
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Among youth who had ever had sexual relations, 61% of girls and 29% of boys had had a C.
One example of a question measuring motives was: of the following motives listed below, could you tell us how important each of them was in determining whether you engaged in a sexual relation with different partners?, with answer options that included <<because the opportunity was there>>, <<because I wanted to experiment >> and <<because I was physically attracted to them>>, each of which was assessed with a Likert-type scale ranging from one (it was not a determinant motive) to four (it was a determinant motive).
Although there is no "express offer of sexual relations," in the recording, the minority concluded that it could have been inferred from the conversation and the woman's testimony "that defendant made the statements in exchange for an implicit promise of sexual relations," Centra and DeJoseph wrote.
The worker said that the manager had developed sexual relations with him, when he came to the country more than a year back.
Penalties for sexual relations (especially when the Christian was a female) became quite harsh over time, signaling the change in attitudes that accompanied Christians' newly gained political advantages in the peninsula.
Greco Belgica, a defeated senatorial candidate in the 2016 elections, sought the preventive suspension of Senator Leila de Lima for gross immorality for her relationship with her alleged bagman and having sexual relations with a married man.
Russia has been harshly criticized for its gay-rights record, including a vaguely worded law banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" that critics say has led to attacks against LGBT people.
Hopper added: "Why don't you come and stay with me for the weekend?" before telling her he wanted to have sexual relations with her.
Instead, and in conversation with competing liberal and feminist political theoretic accounts of sexual autonomy, this Article defines sexual autonomy as the capability to codetermine sexual relations (Part II).
Benjamin Howells appeared before a professional conduct committee at Cardiff's Future Inn accused of having sexual relations with a young person under the age of consent and misconduct.
All eight of the teams through to the quarter-finals allowed their players to have sexual relations with partners during down time, according to Brazil's Lance!
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