Common Words That Are Used When Talking About Sexual Development:

• Gender: How a society or culture believes people should look, think, and act.
• Gender identity: How a person feels inside and how they show themselves with clothing, behavior and personal look.
• Masturbation: Touch or rub their own genitals because they like the way it feels.
• Puberty: The time when kids mature into young adults through physical and emotional changes.
  
• Genitals: External sex and reproductive organs (vulva, penis, and scrotum).
• Sexual orientation: Refers to the gender to which a person is emotionally, romantically, or sexually attracted to.
  
• Sexuality: How sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, interests, and behaviors shape and are shaped by one’s life and social context.
• Sexually transmitted diseases or infections: Infections spread from person to person during sex (vaginal, oral, or anal) or close sexual contact.