Sexual partner
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Sexual partners are people who engage in
As such, the term sexual partner can be applied to both consenting and non-consenting sexual relationships. Some people who maintain logs of their sexual activity have adopted the practice of listing partners they both did and did not consent to sex with, but with the non-consenting partners annotated differently in some way to note the act of rape.[2]
A sexual partner may or may not have equal power during a sexual activity; such sexual "roles" (which can sometimes be determined by personality type but can also be determined by a conscious choice by the individual to "assume" a particular "role") typically fall under various dominance/submission (D/s) categories.
Terminology
Generally, a sexual partner is one with whom one engages in a sexual activity on a regular or ongoing basis.
An ex-sexual partner is a person with whom the other partner does not intend to engage in any further sexual activity, while a prospective sexual partner is one with whom the person has not previously engaged in any sexual activity, but desires to do so.
References
- ^ Anonymous Sex – The Body
- ^ McGuire, Brianne (14 July 2018). "Rapist vs Partner: Indexing A Sexual History". GRAPHICPAINT. Retrieved 19 August 2021.