The word "ejaculation" comes from the Latin word meaning "throwing out."

The G-spot, a sensitive area located inside the vagina on the upper wall, an inch or two behind the back of the pubic bone, is named for Dr. Ernest Grafenberg.

The modern psychiatric definition of nymphomaniac is a woman who cannot experience sexual satisfaction regardless of the number of orgasms or partners she has.

Pornography is derived from the Greek word meaning "the writings of prostitutes."

The word "masochism" was coined because of the 1870 novel, Venus in Furs.

The expression venereal disease was first used in 1527 by Jacques de Bethercourt.

According to author Camille Paglia in Sexual Personae, Bob Dylan's song "Ballad of a Thin Man" contains lyrics that describe the rape-like devouring of a penis described as a breast. ("You're a cow! Give me some milk or else go home!")