Sex Education Glossary

FALLOPIAN TUBES

The two tubes in a woman's body that carry sperm and eggs. The tubes are attached to the uterus. They are very thin - like pieces of spaghetti - and only about 4 inches long. When an egg leaves the ovary, it goes into one of the tubes. When a woman has intercourse, sperm wsim through the tubes to meet with the egg.

FANTASY

A dream or story that someone makes up. Some fantasies are sexual and can involve one person wishing or thinking about having sex in certain ways.

FECES

The solid waste that comes out of the anus. It comes from material/food that the body cannot use.

FELLATIO

When a person uses his or her mouth to sexually pleasure his or her partner's penis. Also called a "blow job," this is one way to have oral sex. People can get HIV and other STDs from fellatio. People doing this could get infected semen or pre-seminal fluid into their mouths. People having it done to their penis could get HIV if blood from a partner's mouth goes into the hole at the tip of the penis. A non-lubricated latex condom will stop both of these things from happening.

FEMALE CONDOM

The female condom is designed to fit inside the vagina. It is a soft pouch made of polyurethane that is inserted into the vagina before sexual intercourse.

FERTILE

The time during a month that a woman can become pregnant. It usually begins up to five days before ovulation, because sperm can live this long inside the body. It also includes the day ovulation happens, and the two days (the life-span of an egg) after ovulation.

FERTILIZATION

The joining of a man's sperm cell and a woman's egg cell. If the fertilized egg attaches itself to the inside of the uterus, pregnancy has begun.

FETUS

The name of the pregnancy from 8 weeks until the delivery of the baby.

FORESKIN

Loose skin that covers the tip of the penis on uncircumcised men.

FRENCH KISSING

A kiss in which both people open their mouths and each puts their tongues into the other person's mouth.

FROTTAGE

When two people rub their bodies together to feel sexual pleasure. Another phrase for it is "dry-humping."