ADJ
- female, male
- opposite
- At that age they can started becoming shy with the opposite sex
- single
- a single-sex school
- fair/fairer, gentle
- (humorous) (= women; some women may find these terms annoying)
SEX + NOUN
- change
- She's had a sex change operation
- equality
- discrimination, inequality
- ratio
PREP
- between the ~es
- differences/inequalities/relations between the sexes
PHRASES
- the battle of the sexes
- The quiz is a battle of the sexes between a team of male students and a team of female students
- on grounds of sex
- discrimination on grounds of sex
- irrespective/regardless of sex
- The word 'man' can refer to all humans, irrespective of sex
ADJ
- anal, oral, penetrative, vaginal
- gay, homosexual, lesbian
- heterosexual
- good, great, passionate
- safe
- unprotected, unsafe
- consensual, non-consensual
- extra-marital, illicit, premarital
- kinky
- casual, promiscuous
- unlawful
- He was convicted of having unlawful sex with an underage girl
- explicit, gratuitous
- Films containing explicit sex are banned
VERB + SEX
- engage in, have
- She had never had sex before
- consent to
- refuse
- obtain, procure
SEX + NOUN
- life
- a healthy sex life
- drive, urge
- a low sex drive
- appeal
- Despite his age, he still has a lot of sex appeal
- act, practices
- photos showing sex acts safer sex practices
- therapist, therapy
- organ
- hormone
- education
- abuse, assault, attack, crime, offence
- child sex abuse
- maniac
- He had a reputation of being a sex maniac
- fiend (informal), offender, pest
- (informal)
- film, scene, show
- symbol
- She wants to be known as a singer rather than as a sex symbol
- shop
- aid, toy
- scandal
PREP
- ~ between
- sex between consenting adults
- ~ with
- sex with her husband