sexual rights

American  

[sek-shoo-uhl rahyts] / ˈsɛk ʃu əl ˈraɪts /

plural noun

singular

sexual right

1. human rights relating to sexuality, such as freedom from discrimination, access to education and medical care, and freedom from coercion or violence.

2. the presumed entitlement to sexual access within marriage or a long-term intimate relationship; often no longer legally valid.

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Example Sentences

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

“Lots of imams and enlightened theologians will explain that to you … It is a question of human rights, sexual rights, the right to dignity and in particular the dignity of women’s bodies.”

From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 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

In an , World Bank President Jim Yong Kim warned that legislation restricting sexual rights "can hurt a country's competitiveness by discouraging multinational companies from investing or locating their activities in those nations".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2014