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sex hygiene

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noun

a branch of hygiene concerned with sex and sexual behavior as they relate to individual and community well-being.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for sex hygiene

Historical Examples of sex hygiene

The fact is that eugenics and sex-hygiene have little in common.
Sex-education
Maurice Alpheus Bigelow
Of such sort are the majority of inflammatory suffragettes of the sex-hygiene and birth-control species.
In Defense of Women
H. L. Mencken
A few standard books on sex-hygiene and social purity should be put in every home.
Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction
T. W. Shannon
There is a growing conviction among the students of sociology that sex-hygiene should be taught in the public schools.
Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction
T. W. Shannon
Such limited personal instruction might suffice if sex-education were limited to sex-hygiene.
Sex-education
Maurice Alpheus Bigelow

sex hygiene in Medicine

sex hygiene

n.

The branch of hygiene that is concerned with healthy sexual practices.

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