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Sex (play)
Sex is a three-act Broadway play written by Mae West under the pseudonym Jane Mast, who starred in it as the Montreal prostitute Margy LaMont.
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is a 2010 British biopic of Ian Dury, directed by Mat Whitecross, written by Paul Viragh, starring Andy Serkis, who sings with the Blockheads; premiered at Tribeca 2010. Also a 2015 FX series with Denis Leary.
Sex and Candy
Sex and Candy is a 1997 alternative rock song by Marcy Playground, written by John Wozniak for the band's self-titled debut. It spent fifteen weeks at number one on Billboard's Modern Rock chart and peaked at number 8 on the Hot 100.
Sex and drugs
Sex and drugs: drug interactions with hormonal contraceptives. Enzyme inducers such as rifampin and anticonvulsants reduce pill effectiveness; COCs alter lamotrigine and other drug levels.
Sex and gender differences in autism
Sex and gender differences in autism: males are diagnosed about 3–4 times more often than females (CDC 2022 ratio 3.4), a gap moderated by intellectual disability, camouflaging, and underdiagnosis, with proposed genetic, hormonal, and neurodevelopmental mechanisms.
Sex and Lucia
Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el sexo) is a 2001 Spanish erotic drama directed by Julio Medem, starring Paz Vega as a waitress who flees to Formentera.
Sex and the City
Sex and the City: HBO comedy-drama (1998–2004), 94 episodes, created by Darren Star from Candace Bushnell's New York Observer column, starring Sarah Jessica Parker; franchise includes films and And Just Like That..., which ended with season 3 in 2025.
Sex and the City (film)
Sex and the City (2008 film), directed by Michael Patrick King, continues the HBO series four years later with Parker, Cattrall, Davis, and Nixon; grossed $415.2 million worldwide despite mixed reviews (Metascore 53).
Sex and the City 2
Sex and the City 2 is a 2010 American romantic comedy directed by Michael Patrick King, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon.
Sex and the law
Sex and the law: the legal regulation of sexual conduct, consent, expression, and health across criminal, family, and communications law, covering consent standards, sexual offences, sex work, decriminalization, and 2025 deepfake and age-verification laws.
Sex and Zen (玉蒲团之偷情宝鉴)
Sex and Zen (玉蒲團之偷情寶鑑, Yuk po tuen: Tau ching bo gam) is a 1991 Hong Kong Category III erotic comedy directed by Michael Mak, adapted from Li Yu's novel The Carnal Prayer Mat, and Hong Kong's highest-grossing adult film at HK$18.42 million.
Sex Appeal (2022 film)
Sex Appeal (2022) is a Hulu Original teen comedy directed by Talia Osteen, written by Tate Hanyok, starring Mika Abdalla and Jake Short; released January 14, 2022, 90 minutes, TV-MA, 58% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sex assignment
Sex assignment, also called sex designation, is the classification of a newborn as male, female, or other, usually based on external genitalia and recorded on the birth certificate.
Sex at Dawn
Sex at Dawn (2010) by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá argues human ancestors were promiscuous, bonobo-like foragers and that monogamy arose with agriculture; a bestseller popularly, it drew strong academic criticism, notably Lynn Saxon's 2012 rebuttal Sex at Dusk.
Sex Characteristics
Sex characteristics: the biological traits distinguishing male from female, including primary traits (ovaries, testes, genitalia, hormones) and secondary traits (body hair, breast development), their development, variation, and measurement.
Sex chromosome
Sex chromosome: chromosome involved in sex determination, as in the human XY system (females XX, males XY). Also ZW and UV systems; evolved from autosomes, Y degenerates via recombination arrest, with dosage compensation.
Sex club
Sex club: venue or organization where adults pay to engage in or observe sexual activity; also called swingers, lifestyle, or on-premises clubs. Distinct from brothels; regulated by zoning, licensing, and public health codes.
Sex cord-stromal tumor of testis
Testicular sex cord-stromal tumor (TSCST): rare non-germ-cell testicular neoplasm (4–8% of testicular tumors) arising from Sertoli, Leydig, or stromal cells; mostly benign, cured by excision; malignant forms resist chemotherapy.
Sex Determination Analysis
Sex Determination Analysis (MeSH D012732): validating an individual's sex by gonadal inspection or genetic tests. Covers karyotype, QFPCR, SRY testing in DSD care, prenatal screening, forensic amelogenin/SRY methods, and sports eligibility testing.
Sex differences in crime
Sex differences in crime: the universal pattern that women offend less than men, with men about 90% of US murderers and 98.4% of Albanian prisoners; covers socialization, feminist, and biosocial explanations.
Sex differences in human physiology
Sex differences in human physiology: biological differences between males and females in chromosomes, hormones, anatomy, brain, and drug response; most traits overlap, NIH SABV policy (2016) requires studying both sexes.
Sex differences in humans
Sex differences in humans: average male-female differences in biology, psychology, and behavior. Meta-analyses show mostly overlapping distributions (average d < 0.22), larger gaps in mental rotation, and NIH/FDA rules requiring sex-specific clinical research.
Sex differences in intelligence
Sex differences in intelligence: average male-female differences in IQ and specific cognitive abilities. Also called the gender similarities debate. No reliable mean difference in general intelligence; largest gap is 3D mental rotation (d 0.51-0.73) favoring males; math and verbal near parity.
Sex differences in psychology
Sex differences in psychology: average male-female differences in cognition, personality, and behavior. Meta-analyses (Hyde 2005; Zell 2015) find most effects small, average d = 0.21, with context-dependent exceptions.
Sex Distribution
Sex distribution is the composition of a population by sex, also a MeSH descriptor (D017678). Covers sex ratios by age, skewed birth ratios, missing female births, and female underrepresentation in clinical studies.
Sex doll
A sex doll, also called a love doll, is a human-like figure for sexual use, typically TPE or silicone over a metal skeleton, and non-interactive unlike a sex robot.
Sex Drive (film)
Sex Drive is a 2008 American teen sex comedy directed by Sean Anders, about a teenager who drives cross-country to meet a woman he met online.
Sex Ed (film)
Sex Ed (2014 film), also marketed as Sex Ed, is an American romantic comedy directed by Isaac Feder, written by Bill Kennedy, starring Haley Joel Osment as a virgin teacher who secretly teaches sex education; distinct from Brenda Goodman's documentary Sex(Ed): The Movie.
Sex education
Sex education: structured teaching about sexuality, sexual health and relationships. Principal forms are comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and abstinence-only education; evidence favors CSE, which delays sexual initiation, increases contraceptive use, and does not increase sexual activity.
Sex Education (TV series)
Sex Education is a British Netflix comedy-drama (2019–2023) created by Laurie Nunn, four seasons and 32 episodes, starring Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, and Ncuti Gatwa, filmed in Wales, Emmy-winning.