sexual activity
Example Sentences
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It’s possible that declining fertility “may be less about the cost of raising a child and more about whether the relationships and sexual activity that produce children are forming at all.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
“People think you can only get hepatitis B through intravenous drug use or sexual activity, and that’s actually not true,” says Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics committee on infectious diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
Studies suggest that notification requirements don’t significantly impact sexual activity or contraceptive use, but they do lead more adolescents to become parents.
From Slate ● May 29, 2025
Laws criminalising sexual activity between people of the same sex in English-speaking Caribbean nations were first imposed by the British under their rule in the 1800s, according to a report by Outright.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2024
When this social machinery grew up, to regulate sexual activity was in general to regulate reproduction.
From Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family by Knight, Melvin Moses
