Women who have sex with women

Women who have sex with women

Women who have sex with women (WSW) is a term used to identify women who have sex with other women, but may or may not self-identify as lesbian or bisexual. The term is often used in medical literature to describe such women as a group for clinical study, without needing to consider the issues of sexual self-identity.

A 1990 U.S. study showed that women who had had female sexual partners in the last 5 years had an average of 10.1 partners in those 5 years, while women with only male partners had an average of 2.2 partners. [cite book
title=The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States
last=Laumann
first=Edward O.
date=1994
publisher=University of Chicago Press
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=72AHO0rE2HoC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&source=web&ots=kHfFtQQH7j&sig=ZS5sk4GqzcR4e8mLVIHTNPsHt-Y#PPA315,M1
page=315
]

See also

* Same-sex relationships
* Men who have sex with men
* Terminology of homosexuality
* Lesbian sexual practices

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