Sexual abstinence

Sexual abstinence is the practice of voluntarily refraining from sexual intercourse and (usually) other sexual activity. Persons abstaining from sex typically do so for reasons of chastity, to prevent conception, to prevent the transmission of pathogens, or due to a lack of desire to participate in sexual activity.

See also

• asexuality
• chastity belt
• Harmful to Minors, a book by Judith Levine which deals with sexual morality in the United States and also discusses the issue of abstinence education
• Lent challenge
• Masturbation
• Platonic love
• promiscuity
• Religious aspects of marriage
• Refusal skills
• Spiritual marriage
• Straight edge
• teenage pregnancy