"Relationship : Liaison usually involving two people and their dirty dishes."

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“Deviant : A person who wanders from the One True Path and is caught urinating somewhere in the midst of the unthinkable. A person taking any exit ramp off the freeway of self-righteousness.”

“All that is required of us, in our "new sexual ethic," is that we have sex in a way that favours us more than it favours our diseases.”

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“Erotica: the depiction of naked men. Depictions of naked women are far less innocent and are known as "pornography.”

“Right wing : As with the left wing, half the propulsive force of a flightless bird.”

“Butch : Macho with a purse.”

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