sexual intercourse

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This was the year Japan passed landmark laws to redefine rape from "forcible sexual intercourse" to "non-consensual sexual intercourse" and raised the age of consent from 13 to 16.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

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

In August, the police charged Bruce Lehrmann, then 26, with one count of sexual intercourse without consent in the Higgins case.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022

Muslims are forbidden from engaging in sexual intercourse, cutting their hair or trimming nails while in the state of ihram.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2019

The Indians of Hispaniola observed the same privations when they sought for it, abstaining from food and from sexual intercourse.

From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Irving, Washington