Sex (disambiguation)

For the numerical prefix sexa- see Wiktionary.

Sex has a number of common meanings:

• Sexual intercourse - the physical acts related to sexual reproduction.
• A biological distinction between two or more categories (sexes), such as male and female, which combine genetic material to reproduce. Sometimes referred to as genders, although some linguists object to this.
• A general topic of human or animal behavior. See human sexual behavior or human sexuality.

Other things named Sex or SEX include:

• Sex is a 1926 play by Mae West.
• Sex is a 1991 book by entertainer Madonna and photographer Steven Meisel.
• Sex: The Annabel Chong Story is a 1999 documentary film about porn star Annabel Chong.
• SEX was a boutique on Kings Road in the Chelsea district of London. Owned by Malcolm McLaren, it was a seminal location in the emerging punk rock scene in the mid-1970s.
• The "SEX" assembly language mnemonic is often used for the "Sign EXtend" machine instruction found in the PDP-11 and many other computer architectures.
• SEX is also a good mnemonic for advice about writing essays. It stands for Sentence, Explanation, and eXample.

See also Sexi, Sei