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Sexual Reproduction: A system of reproduction in which two haploid sex cells (gametes) fuse to produce a diploid zygote.

Sexual Politics: In feminist studies, the power relationship between men and women.

Sexual Harassment: Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects . . . View Full Definition

Asexual Reproduction: A method of reproduction in which genetically identical offspring are produced from a single parent; occurs by many mechanisms, including fission, budding, and fragmentation.

Third-Party Sexual Harassment: Harassment of an employee by someone other than another employee, such as a client, customer, vendor or service provider.

Transsexualism: Severe gender dysphoria, coupled with a persistent desire for the physical characteristics and social roles that connote the opposite biological sex.

Transsexual: An older term that originated in the medical and psychological communities. Many transgender people prefer the term 'transgender' to 'transsexual.'

Sexual Dimorphism: A difference in form, color, size, etc., between sexes of the same species.

Sexual Orientation: The scientifically accurate term for an individual's enduring physical, romantic, emotional and/or spiritual attraction to members of the same and/or opposite sex, including lesbian, gay, bi . . . View Full Definition

Heterosexual : People whose enduring physical, romantic, emotional, and/or spiritual attraction is to people of the opposite sex. Also called straight.