sexual intercourse

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The WHO defines infertility as a disease of the male or female reproductive system that is defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.

From Reuters • Apr. 4, 2023

It can cause severe pain during periods, sexual intercourse and bowel movements, as well as pelvic pain, abdominal bloating, nausea and fatigue.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2023

Mr. Lehrmann, 27, was charged in August 2021 with one count of sexual intercourse without consent.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2022

“Today, a woman who wants to be a mother doesn’t need to be married. She doesn’t even need to have sexual intercourse to become a mother,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2021

So the later Sun-god, Jesus, is born without sexual intercourse, and Mary never bears another child.

From The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History by Besant, Annie Wood