sexual rights
Americanplural noun
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human rights relating to sexuality, such as freedom from discrimination, access to education and medical care, and freedom from coercion or violence.
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the presumed entitlement to sexual access within marriage or a long-term intimate relationship; often no longer legally valid.
Example Sentences
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While Cairo recognized sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights for women, it did not recognize sexual rights.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024
More than 10,000 people assembled at different town halls in the last week alone, according to the Social Unity Roundtable, a civil society umbrella organization that represents different student, workers, sexual rights and environmental groups.
From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2019
The last five years have seen sweeping changes in laws governing social and sexual rights in Malta.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2016
Park Han-Chul, the presiding judge in the case, cited shifting views of individual sexual rights as the motive for lifting the ban.
From Newsweek • Feb. 26, 2015
"Many of us Malaysian gays, lesbians and transgenders have absolutely no regrets being who we are," said rights activist Pang Khee Teik, co-founder of the Malaysian sexual rights awareness group Sexuality Independence.
From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2011
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