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Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln
Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln: the debate over whether the 16th US president, married to Mary Todd from 1842, had intimate relationships with men, centered on Joshua Speed, bodyguard David Derickson, and C.A. Tripp's 2005 thesis.
Sexuality of Adolf Hitler
Sexuality of Adolf Hitler: biographical topic covering Hitler's documented relationships with women (Geli Raubal, Eva Braun), the recurrent homosexuality rumors including Machtan's 2001 The Hidden Hitler and their scholarly rejection, genital myths, and Nazi persecution of gay men under Paragraph 175.
Sexuality of Whitney Houston
Sexuality of Whitney Houston: the singer's long intimate relationship with Robyn Crawford, confirmed in Crawford's 2019 memoir A Song for You, the rumors, family and industry pressure, and posthumous descriptions of her as bisexual or fluid.
Sexuality of William Shakespeare
Sexuality of William Shakespeare: debate over the Bard's same-sex desire, centered on the 1609 sonnets to the Fair Youth and Dark Lady, Sonnet 20, Mr. W.H., and the absence of archival proof.
Sexualization
Sexualization is the assignment of a person's value through sexual appeal or imposed sexuality, distinct from healthy sexuality per the APA's 2008 Task Force definition. Related concept: objectification; key mechanism: self-objectification with measured cognitive and health consequences.
Sexually transmitted infection
Sexually transmitted infection (STI), also called STD: infection with any of over 30 pathogens acquired through sexual contact. WHO estimated 374 million new curable STI cases in 2020; US 2024 cases fell to 2.25 million.
Sexually transmitted infections in the pornography industry
Sexually transmitted infections in the pornography industry, also called adult film industry STIs, are an occupational health issue: frequent testing systems (AIM, PASS), documented HIV outbreaks in 2004 and 2014, and California condom regulations such as Measure B.
Sexx Laws
"Sexx Laws" (also Sexxlaws) is a 1999 funk-rock song by Beck Hansen, lead single and opening track of Midnite Vultures, known for its horn hook, banjo-pedal steel bridge, and James Brown-style funk.
Sexxx Dreams
Sexxx Dreams (clean version "X Dreams") is a synth-pop song by Lady Gaga from ARTPOP (2013), track 4, written with DJ White Shadow, Martin Bresso and William Grigahcine, about a tryst while a lover's boyfriend is away; never released as a single.
Sexy and I Know It
"Sexy and I Know It" is a 2011 electro-hop single by LMFAO from Sorry for Party Rocking, a Redfoo-led comic boast that hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in January 2012 and peaked at #5 in the UK.
Sexy Beast
Sexy Beast is a 2000 British-Spanish crime drama and black comedy, the feature debut of director Jonathan Glazer, starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, and Ian McShane.
Sexy Beast (TV series)
Sexy Beast (2024) is a Paramount+ British crime drama, an eight-episode prequel to Jonathan Glazer's 2000 film, starring James McArdle as Gal Dove and Emun Elliott as Don Logan in 1990s East London; critics scored it 47 on Metacritic and 33% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sexy Bitch
Sexy Bitch (clean version "Sexy Chick") is a 2009 electro-house single by David Guetta featuring Akon, from One Love. B minor, 130 BPM; peaked at number 5 on the US Hot 100, number 1 in the UK and Australia.
Sexy Boy (Air song)
Sexy Boy is a 1998 synth-pop song by French duo Air, the debut single from Moon Safari. UK peak number 13; vocoder vocals by both members, Minimoog-talkbox bass, Leslie-speaker vocal effect; became a gay anthem.
Sexy prime
A sexy prime, also called a sexy number, is a prime number forming a pair (p, p + 6) with another prime, such as (5, 11) and (7, 13).
Sexy Sadie
Sexy Sadie: 1968 Beatles song by John Lennon, originally titled "Maharishi", written after leaving the Rishikesh ashram; recorded July-August 1968 for the White Album.
Sexy son hypothesis
Sexy son hypothesis: Weatherhead & Robertson's 1979 idea that females gain grand-offspring fitness by mating with already-mated attractive males whose polygyny their sons inherit; tested in flycatchers, contested by Kirkpatrick's models.
Sexy Star
Sexy Star (Dulce María García Rivas, b. 1982, Monterrey) is a Mexican luchadora, boxer, and MMA fighter; first woman to win the Lucha Underground Championship, injured Rosemary at TripleMania XXV 2017, later fought for Combate Americas.
Sexy, Sexy, Sexy
Sexy, Sexy, Sexy is a 1973 funk single by James Brown with The J.B.'s, from the blaxploitation soundtrack Slaughter's Big Rip-Off on Polydor; it peaked at No. 6 US R&B and No. 50 pop. Distinct from later same-titled songs by Janet Jackson's refrain and Kirani Ayat.
SexyBack
"SexyBack": 2006 single by Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland, lead single of FutureSex/LoveSounds; first solo Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 (7 weeks), UK/Germany/Ireland/Norway No. 1, Grammy Best Dance Recording winner.
Sexyy Red
Sexyy Red (Janae Nierah Wherry, born 1998) is an American rapper from St. Louis, Missouri, known for "Pound Town", "SkeeYee", and Drake's "Rich Baby Daddy", with mixtapes Hood Hottest Princess and In Sexyy We Trust.
Seyahatname
The Seyahatname, also written Seyahatnâme, is a ten-volume 17th-century travel work by the Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi, covering journeys through the Ottoman world from the 1630s to 1683.
Seychelles
Seychelles (Republic of Seychelles), Indian Ocean archipelago of 115 islands northeast of Madagascar; Africa's smallest nation and highest GDP per capita. Tourism- and fisheries-based high-income economy; independent from Britain 1976; President Patrick Herminie since the 2025 runoff election.
Seychelles coup attempts
The Seychelles coup attempts were a series of plots against Seychelles' government between 1977 and 1992, starting with the 1977 coup that installed France-Albert René as president.
Seychelles International Airport
Seychelles International Airport, also known as Mahé Airport, is the primary international airport of Seychelles, on the southeast coast of Mahé; opened in 1972 by Queen Elizabeth II, it is the country's main gateway.
Seychelles People's Defence Force
Seychelles People's Defence Force (SPDF), also Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF): Seychelles' national military, founded 5 June 1977 after the coup. About 420 personnel focused on maritime security, counter-piracy, and EEZ patrol.
Seychelles People's Progressive Front
Seychelles People's Progressive Front (SPPF), later Parti Lepep and United Seychelles, is the Seychellois party founded as the SPUP in 1964 by France-Albert René; it ruled from the 1977 coup, was sole legal party 1979 to 1991, and lost power in 2016 and 2020.
Seychellois Creole
Seychellois Creole, known to speakers as Seselwa, is a French-based creole spoken by about 85,000 people in the Seychelles, where it has official status with English and French.
Seychellois rupee
The Seychellois rupee is the currency of Seychelles, issued by the Central Bank of Seychelles, successor to a currency board created in 1914; it has floated since November 2008.
Seydou Badian Kouyaté
Seydou Badian Kouyaté, pen name Seydou Badian, was a Malian novelist and politician best known for his 1957 novel Sous l'orage and the Malian national anthem lyrics.