Identity

Sexuality

Sexual orientation

Gender

Female

Male

1. The quality of being sexual or having sex.

b. (See quot.)

1888 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VI. 436/2 According to a strict biological definition sexuality is the characteristic of the male and female reproductive elements (genoblasts), and sex of the individuals in which the reproductive elements arise. A man has sex, a spermatozoon sexuality.

2. Possession of sexual powers, or capability of sexual feelings.

1879 J. M. DUNCAN Dis. Wom. xxvii. (1889) 223 In removing the ovaries, you do not necessarily destroy sexuality in a woman. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 191 Precocious sexuality..interferes with normal mental growth.

3. Recognition of or preoccupation with what is sexual; pl. (nonce-use), allusions to sexual matters.

1893 C. A. CLARKE Knobstick xiii. 137 Under the unsteady inspiration of..alcohol, there was rude and uproarious bawling of music hall ditties..and chuckling sexualities were tossed to and fro.

4. Appearance distinctive of sex.