Glossary

How a person experiences emotional connections with others. It’s not limited to sexual or romantic relationships, but all relationships in life, such as those with our friends and family. The experience of feeling connected to someone through some sort of bond or experience and where you can show and be seen as your true and authentic self.

According to SisterSong (n.d.), “the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities.”

The degree to which and how someone experiences physical or psychological pleasure from their body and those of other people

The focus on bodies and how they function in the context of sexual activity and reproduction across the course of our lives, from birth to death.

The sense of who one is as a person and how they both explain and express those aspects to other people.

How power is used to influence, manipulate, or control others. Sexualization can be used in positive and negative contexts, based on consent.